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Demand for improved 3G reception will be a principal driving force behind the growth of femtocells in the next few years, with subscribers exceeding 15 million globally during 2012. According to Juniper Research, femtocells began as standalone units but will become integrated into the home wireless routers in future, to form a “multi function mix and match” home network services gateway.
Juniper’s report author, Howard Wilcox, said: “Surprisingly for some people, surveys such as that by Orange in March show that most mobile usage actually takes place from our homes. Poor indoor signal strength and slow web access are quite common problems faced by users. Femtocells offer an attractive solution – both for users and network operators who themselves can achieve economies through data traffic offload.”
The research company identified Western Europe, North America and the Far East & China to be the top three regions for femtocell subscribers in 2014. Moreover, they said that revenues from new, advanced femtocell services will gain traction as soon as 2011…
More information about the study titled “3G Femtocells and Beyond: Opportunities & Service Scenarios in the Home 2009-2014″ is available from Juniper’s website.
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
