About femtocell

In telecommunications, a femtocell—originally known as an Access Point Base Station—is a small cellular base station, typically designed for use in residential or small business environments. It connects to the service provider’s network via broadband (such as DSL or cable).

Quotes about femtocell

1. The remote management of consumer equipment like femtocell access points is a vital tool for operators to introduce new revenue-generating services and consistently provide a high level of service.

   Simon Saunders in Forum adopts protocol for large-scale femtocell deployments

2. It brings femtocell technology to campuses, rural areas or metrozone hot-spots.

   In picoChip Class 3 femtocell reference design has 2km range

3. OEMs can follow the DSL and WiFi model to cost-optimise the production of femtocell hardware and quickly integrate the technology into more and more products.

   Chris Gilbert in Ubiquisys aims software platform at low cost femtocells