New little thing in mobile technology: femtocells

A recent survey revealed that most people switch cell phone providers not because of high-priced calling plans or poor customer services, but because of poor network coverage within their homes, where 27-47% of all wireless minutes are spent. New technologies such as Wi-Fi for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) have been introduced to address poor network coverage within homes. The most effective technology to improve cell coverage is “FEMTOCELL”. The word “femto” denotes something one quadrillionth the size of a given unit, and is derived from the Danish or Norwegian word “femten”. Femtocells are small cell phone base stations designed to be located inside offices or homes. points and use a high-speed Internet connection instead of a wireless network to route a call from a headset to the operator’s switching station from where it goes to its destination. Sometimes they provide. They use a DSL/Cable connection for backhaul of traffic or in simple words they connect cellular networks through broadband lines like digital subscriber line (DSL) or fiber to the home (FTTH), so the purpose of FEMTOCELL is to provide mobile phone users with a good and effective network. in areas far from existing base stations. find a solution to the increasing demands of users for greater and broader coverage.
Compared to more established technologies like Wi-Fi and WiMax that provide high-speed Internet access. Ray Smets, vice president of marketing for Motorola’s broadband solutions group, said femtocells were receiving the same amount of power in terms of importance and were seen as important as other wireless technologies being developed. Search giant Google has invested $20 million in Ubiquisys, the UK-based femtocell startup. Thomson, the world’s largest producer of DSL modems, collaborated with infrastructure manufacturer Nokia Siemens Networks to develop femtocell equipment. Netgear, which makes Wi-Fi routers, co-founded the Femto Forum primarily to promote femtocell standards and applications. World technology leaders Motorola and world leader in web search Google are the first companies to sincerely work on improving mobile coverage within homes/buildings. They are investing huge resources for the rapid development of femtocells. Motorola recently purchased Startup Netopia to add to its femtocell efforts. The main question is why is there such a sudden interest in wireless technology like the femtocell? According to consulting firm ABI Research, by 2012 there will be more than 150 million users of femtocell products at 70 million access points worldwide. That’s a huge leap forward for a technology that is now on its way. Femtocell technology can give newcomers like Google a big foothold in the wireless market while offering competition to existing telecom providers like AT&T and Vonage.