tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500930.post7894624906788436758..comments2024-03-20T22:57:03.923+00:00Comments on Dean Bubley's Disruptive Wireless: Femtos vs. repeaters?Dean Bubleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05719150957239368264noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500930.post-10317668386127373542008-10-08T13:44:00.000+01:002008-10-08T13:44:00.000+01:00I noticed that Wilson Electronics sells repeaters ...I noticed that Wilson Electronics sells repeaters direct to consumers from $330 upwards (so much for repeaters being cheaper than femtocells). You need to lay cables all over your house (and ideally up on the roof). Looks like Nextivity avoids the cabling, but they only sell through carriers. Not sure if carriers are all that keen on supplying repeaters to consumers. They have traditionally used repeaters in enterprises. However, they increasingly prefer picocells (for better integration with the macro network and improved manageability, as well as adding capacity), which perhaps suggests that femtocells may be their preference for the consumer market.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500930.post-27801681482557182402008-10-07T14:03:00.000+01:002008-10-07T14:03:00.000+01:00Hi AlFemtocell development is proceeding - have a...Hi Al<BR/><BR/>Femtocell development is proceeding - have a search of my blog's archives for details, or look at http://3ginthehome.wordpress.com/<BR/><BR/>It's not trivial to get them to market though. They're still at a very early stage.<BR/><BR/>2G femtos are selling in the US, and they'll start to ship in small volumes in Japan in early 2009. I'd expect to see one or two small-scale rollouts in the UK next year, although only for certain customer groups.<BR/><BR/>DeanDean Bubleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719150957239368264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500930.post-25484511665356896912008-10-07T13:31:00.000+01:002008-10-07T13:31:00.000+01:00I've been hearing about femtocells for what seems ...I've been hearing about femtocells for what seems like years now, but nobody seems to be deploying them. Do you know if any of the operators in the UK are thinking about actually shipping to customers any time soon? If not I think I'm going to have to go out and become one of those people with a self-installed repeater that the operators, who won't sell me a femtocell in the first place, are really annoyed with...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01200256129780465367noreply@blogger.com