Having a hard time “hearing me now” inside a building, especially your home? Verizon Wireless has your back. The No. 2 US wireless carrier has announced that they intend to enhance indoor wireless coverage for their Verizon network by making femtocells available to customers later this year.
Femtocells are small-scale cellular base stations, typically designed for use in residential or small business environments. They connect handsets to a particular service provider’s network via broadband. The Verizon femtocell will route voice calls through a wired or wireless router and over your broadband data connection – a much cheaper alternative than expensive infrastructure build-outs.
Sprint is already trialling their own femtocell solution, and is expected to cost $50 after subscription subsidies. We’re looking for Verizon to offer their femtocell at a similar price point.
[Via: jkOnTheRun]