Femtocell movement gathers steam

摘要

The market for femtocells—essentially very small IP base stations that could be deployed in customer homes to support fixed/mobile convergence and other applications—may need some time to mature, but interest in developing femtocell products is surging. Several companies announced femtocell products and partnerships at the 3GSM World Congress last week in Barcelona. Samsung and ZTE said they were partnering to develop home base stations, while Tatara Systems and 3Way Networks announced a collaboration involving 3Way's Home Base Station access point product and Ta-tara's Mobile Service Convergence server and other products.