Disqus
Nokia Siemens Networks has selected Ubiquisys to cooperate and market 3G femto cell solutions to operators around the world. A brief introduction to femto cells: your mobile operator gives you a box that you connect to your broadband internet, now that box handles your voice and data versus the cell tower somewhere in your neighborhood. You benefit by getting signal in your home where you otherwise wouldn’t and they benefit by removing the load off their cell towers. It is a win win situation in theory, but I’m unaware of any operators who have deployed a large cell femtocell augmented network.
Some may find this relevant: Google in July of 2007 invested in Ubiquisys. The exact amount isn’t known, but is less than $25 million.
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Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
