We all know that cell phone usage at home continues to surge while landline usage is declining. With more functions and features continuously being added to this gadget, its role is also changing accordingly. Consumers, consequently, are migrating from 2G to 30 handsets. And home users are doing alot more than simply making or receiving calls. Thus, to ensure that communications in the home environment are of quality with reliable service, we are now looking at an emerging technology: the femtocell. Also known as the 3G access point (AP), the femtocell is slowly but surely making inroads into our homes. In reality, a femtocell is a low-cost, low-power cellular base station that provides improved indoor coverage while backhauling the cellular traffic over a broadband connection. Back-haul will come via the consumer's DSL or cable/ fiber-optic TV broadband connection.
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