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T-Mobile has invested in another Femtocell company, this time putting cash in to Israeli semiconductor startup Percello Ltd. The deal follows T-Mobile’s venture arm investment in another company called Ubiquisys Ltd.
Percello makes baseband processor chips for 3G and Long-Term Evolution (LTE) femtocells. Its first chip for 3G femtos, the PRC6000, complies with 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release 7 and can deliver 21.6 Mbit/s on the downlink and 5.76 Mbit/s on the uplink. (See Percello Uses CEVA.) The PRC6000 will be available to customers for integration in the first quarter next year. It will be commercially available at the beginning of 2010. Percello targets femtocell access point vendors and residential gateway manufacturers, but the company has not announced any customers.
Hmmm – another space to watch is going to be what happens with Femtocells – Operators are currently having to look at all ways and means of spinning out network infrastructure, without them necessarily having to foot the bill directly. Femtocells are another link in that chain that may end up providing the LTE-like speeds that most of us are expecting from the next generation of devices.
[Via: Unstrung.com]
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Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas! He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to 'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device) isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question of why you continue to use it... His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.
