Sprint Nextel Corp. will expand its femtocell offering nationwide in the coming weeks, the company said today.The carrier's Airave - essentially a small network base station for the home that connects to DSL or cable lines - will sell to consumers for $100 apiece....
Femtocells - sounds like a science fiction term for robotic feminine cells - but it's just another buzzword for a new technology and product that promises so much in the future, yet has delivered mostly in practical terms thus far.For the moment, the technology...
Qualcomm Inc. will buy a stake in ip.access Ltd., a U.K.-based femtocell vendor. The dollar amount of the investment and Qualcomm's relative share in ip.access were not made public, but ip.access said the stake was not a controlling one.Other well-known ip.access investors include the...
According to a report from research and banking firm ThinkPanmure, AT&T Mobility plans to sell up to 7 million femtocells from ip.access Ltd., a picocell and femtocell infrastructure vendor based in Cambridge, United Kingdom.According to ThinkPanmure, AT&T signed a contract with the firm for...
Patricia Russo is chief executive officer of Alcatel-Lucent. Before helping to spearhead Alcatel's tie-up with Lucent, Russo was chairman and CEO of Lucent. She helped launch Lucent in 1996.Q: It seems the wireless infrastructure market has experienced some turbulence over the past several...
Daniel Moloney is executive VP of Motorola Inc. and president of the company's Home & Networks Mobility business, which provides digital video set-tops and infrastructure, cable modems and consumer gateways, cellular infrastructure, and emerging wireless broadband technologies. A 20-year Motorola veteran, he has served...
The fixed-mobile convergence market could grow to 250 million users by 2012, according to new research from ABI Research.Converged services on fixed and mobile networks are currently available, and a new round of trials should be forthcoming as femtocell technology becomes available, said ABI."As...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. In the coming weeks look for columns from NPD Group's Ross Rubin, Enderle Group's...
The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.--Ad Infuse: Softbank Capital led a $12 million round of funding into mobile advertising company Ad Infuse. Existing investors...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. In the coming weeks look for columns from Jupiter Research's Julie Ask, iGR's Iain...
A new report from ABI Research says carriers need to keep long-term considerations in mind when formulating their femtocell strategies, because femtocell solutions probably won't generate profits until three or more years after services are launched."Our studies found that the margins carriers would expect...
Wireless carriers should be expected to speak highly of their networks-it's arguably their greatest asset alongside spectrum holdings-but the No. 3 and No. 4 carriers are now enabling customers to build their own micro networks of sorts. Are they giving up some of the...
Welcome to our Friday feature, Week in Review. Every Friday, RCR Wireless News runs through the major events of the past week, outlining what happened and speculating on what to look for in the coming weeks, months and years. Check below for news about...
Sprint Nextel Corp. announced it has begun selling a compact, consumer-targeted femtocell base station that will work with any Sprint Nextel CDMA phone, an effort designed to allow customers to improve their own in-home wireless coverage. The Sprint Airave, which is manufactured by Samsung...
Femtocells could become a catalyst for growth of triple-play service revenues in developed countries, said a new report from research firm In-Stat.Mobile triple play services offer a revenue solution as developed markets become saturated with little differentiation among carriers, said In-Stat. But in order...
The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.--Ubiquisys: Accel Partners, Atlas Venture, Advent Venture Partners and Google invested $25 million into Ubiquisys Ltd. during the company's...
Femtocells, or access point base stations, are making some big waves in the wireless industry this month. Shortly after ABI Research released a positive report on the outlook for femtocells, Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia Siemens Networks each announced new partnerships and detailed plans for their...
The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced this week.--4Info: Gannett Co. Inc. led a $10 million series D funding round into 4Info, a mobile search, publishing and advertising company. Previous investors U.S. Venture Partners and Draper Fisher Jurvetson...
The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.--AceComm: Hale Fund Management L.L.C. invested $4.2 million into AceComm Corp. via a private financing arrangement that included...
Editor's Note: Welcome our Monday feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. In the coming weeks look for columns from Strategy Analytics' Chris Ambrosio, Ovum's Roger Entner...
L.M. Ericsson, the world's largest network-equipment provider, announced the launch of the company's femtocell product, news that could stand as a major event in the evolution of the wireless industry by giving cellular carriers the ability to compete directly with wireline carriers."This is a...
There's a fair amount of chatter in the wireless industry about a developing technology that promises to add capacity to cellular networks wherever needed. This new technology is referred to as femtocells and one day could come to life as small base stations for...
Editor's Note: Welcome our Monday feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. In the coming weeks look for columns from Strategy Analytics' Chris Ambrosio, Ovum's Roger Entner...
