Major operators scale up small cell deployments and set sights on rural, enterprise and LTE

Numerous operators announce deployments of hundreds of thousands of 3G small cells

London, UK – Informa Telecoms & Media today issued its latest femtocell market status report which highlights that operators’ 3G small cell deployments are achieving volume and extending into new markets beyond the home. It also registers the growing number of operators committing to LTE small cell deployments which are expected to form a key market trend in 2012.

There are currently 37 commercial deployments with regional US operator, Mosaic Telecom, being the latest to deploy femtocells. Telecom Italia announced its plans to launch before t...

3GPP2 and Femto Forum Announce Publication of a Best Practice Guide for cdma2000 Femtocell Deployments

Deployment guide aims to help the hundreds of cdma2000 operators understand how they can successfully deploy femtocell services

Arlington, VA –November 14, 2011 – 3GPP2, the organization responsible for the development of specifications which are the basis for the cdma2000®1 family of standards, and the Femto Forum, the independent industry and operator association that supports femtocell deployment worldwide, today announce the publication of an operator guide for cdma2000 femtocell and small cell deployments. It provides an overview of cdma2000 standardized architecture and interfaces, as well as deployment best practices. These in...