The great femto sell: LTE will see them really fly (allegedly)

Posted By TelecomTV One , 14 October 2009 | 1 Comments | 0 people rated this an average of 3/5

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It's fair to say that we're femto-sceptics here on TelecomTV. We don't think any one big thing rules them out.. there's just a slight unease about the entire concept. Ian Scales reports.

Are femtos - the small antenna unit mobile users can install inside their houses or offices to provide cellular coverage via broadband as an adjunct to the conventional radio network - a consumer play that YOU plug in to enhance your connectivity as a consumer?

Or are they a network play that the operator plugs in for you to enhance HIS connectivity. If the latter, why would you be incentivised to even think about getting one (much less paying for one) and what does it say about the technical wizardry of the broadband mobile network that you have to start plugging in adjuncts just to get the service running properly?

And if a femto is a consumer play, why would it be better than WiFi? Especially as, according to Manish Singh of femto specialist Continuous Computing, the target price for a femtocell is north of $50 dollars in the medium term (they think they've nearly got it to $100 now).

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Executive Insight: Manish Singh, Continuous Computing

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(1) 14 October 2009 19:45:58 by Jim Aimone Business Logic does not deal well with a product provided by one party (Cell Carrier) that is required to use a WIRED Broadband Link (usually provided by a competitor) to allow its customer to make a Cell call over the Wireless Network. Not only that, the Home Broadband Link, usually terminated on a Router, in most cases a Wireless (WiFi) based unit, can provide a similar Wireless connection in the home by using the emerging VoiceIP services connected to the house phone(s). Why would these new LTE networks, scheduled to use the 700Mhz spectrum, have concerns with in home penetration of their customers homes. The spectrum should penetrate most all structures. From a Pricing/Contract standpoint you would have to deal with the following bill to deal with a ew LTE FemtoCell deployment: 1. DSL Link 2. FemtoCell 3. Cell Network VOice & Data service Check out what Time Warner Cable is charging for its new VoiceIP-RoadRunner-Clear(WiMAX)FIxed/Portable bundles, and then run what Verizon Wireless and or AT&T will need to charge their customers for similar services. Jim A.

(1) 14 October 2009 19:45:58 by Jim Aimone

Business Logic does not deal well with a product provided by one party (Cell Carrier) that is required to use a WIRED Broadband Link (usually provided by a competitor) to allow its customer to make a Cell call over the Wireless Network.
Not only that, the Home Broadband Link, usually terminated on a Router, in most cases a Wireless (WiFi) based unit, can provide a similar Wireless connection in the home by using the emerging VoiceIP services connected to the house phone(s).
Why would these new LTE networks, scheduled to use the 700Mhz spectrum, have concerns with in home penetration of their customers homes. The spectrum should penetrate most all structures.
From a Pricing/Contract standpoint you would have to deal with the following bill to deal with a ew LTE FemtoCell deployment:
1. DSL Link
2. FemtoCell
3. Cell Network VOice & Data service

Check out what Time Warner Cable is charging for its new VoiceIP-RoadRunner-Clear(WiMAX)FIxed/Portable bundles, and then run what Verizon Wireless and or AT&T will need to charge their customers for similar services.

Jim A.

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