Femtocells create new opportunities in the enterprise market
Femtocells will allow mobile network operators (MNOs) to target more businesses with indoor cellular services, according to the report The Business Case for Picocells and Femtocells in the Enterprise Market, written by Unwired Insight. “A small number of MNOs are already using 2G picocells to target businesses with indoor cellular voice services,” according to the [...]
Dual-mode handsets could be a distraction from real convergence opportunities
Most network operators will need to offer services over both fixed and mobile access networks. However, a narrow focus on dual-mode services based on Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) could distract operators from achieving market breakthroughs with alternative fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) approaches, according to the report, How to Succeed with Fixed-Mobile Convergence, written by Unwired Insight. [...]
Indoor base stations have a big advantage over converged UMA-based WLAN services
The widespread introduction of indoor 3G base stations (often referred to as femtocells) will enable mobile operators to offer tariffs similar to those of UMA-based services without the need for special handsets, says Unwired Insight. “Some fixed-only and integrated network operators are offering converged fixed and mobile services, such as the UMA-based BT Fusion service [...]
Organisations in the wireless industry must prepare for radically different futures
The wireless industry could evolve in very different ways over the next five to ten years, demanding robust planning by network operators, technology vendors, service providers and regulators, according to the report, Scenarios for the Evolution of the Wireless Industry in Europe to 2010 and Beyond, written by Unwired Insight. Major uncertainties, including fixed-mobile substitution, [...]
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