Thursday, July 05, 2007

Femto Forum in the News

Some of the initial press coverage following the launch of Femto Forum:



Netgear to use Ubiquisys femtocell technology
Computerwire

28 June 2007
http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=6B345D38-97BB-4B0A-9325-E016CDA5BE4C
Phemtophobia

Telecoms.com/A week in wireless newsletter
29 June 2007
http://www.telecoms.com/itmgcontent/tcoms/expertview/articles/20017437298.html
Femtocell flurry
TotalTele.com
3 July 2007
http://www.totaltele.com/View.aspx?t=2&ID=93520
Femto Forum promises very small cells
The Register & Newswireless.net

2 July 2007
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/02/femto_forum/
http://www.newswireless.net/index.cfm/article/3489
Industry Forms Femto Forum
Unstrung
2 July 2007
http://www.unstrung.com/document.asp?doc_id=128161
The Femto Forum is Born
Fierce Broadband Wireless
2 July 2007
http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/story/the-femto-forum-is-born/2007-07-02
Femtocells gain ground with Netgear support and new Forum
Wireless Watch
2 July 2007
Newsletter
Forum formed to focus on femtocell development

EE Times
2 July 2007
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=200001834
Femtocell Forum Plans Standards Drive
Computerwire
2 July 2007
http://www.computerwire.com/industries/research/?pid=10AFB764%2D13B1%2D4B2B%2D9D74%2D499D0AA11CFF
Femto Forum promises base stations in homes
Techworld
3 July 2007
http://www.techworld.com/mobility/news/index.cfm?newsid=9350
Open standards forum opens for femtocell firms
Electronics Weekly
2 July 2007
http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2007/07/02/41719/Open+standards+forum+opens+for+femtocell+firms.htm
Femtocell heads get it together
Telecom Redux
2 July 2007
http://www.telecomredux.co.uk/content/view/4504/1/
Femto Forum Launched
3g.co.uk
2 July 2007
http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/July2007/4862.htm
Femto Forum Formed For Support And Promotion Of Femtocell Deployment Worldwide
RF Globalnet
2 July 2007

http://www.rfglobalnet.com/content/news/article.asp?docid=324238f3-f674-404f-afea-ebdb1980b080&atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a
Femto Forum launches to promote femtocell deployment
Telecompaper
2 July 2007
http://www.telecom.paper.nl/news/article.aspx?id=174262&nr=
Key Announcements
inbabble.com
2 July 2007
http://inbabble.com/2007/07/03/briefbabble-iphone-helio-t-mobile-uma-clearwire-voip-femto-forum-grandcentral/
Femtocell-mates multiply

Telecom Redux
2 July 2007
http://www.telecomredux.co.uk/content/view/4503/1/
The Femto Forum - Major Operators and Vendors Join Forces in New Body to Promote Femtocell Standardisation and Deployment

TMC Net
2 July 2007
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2007/07/02/2754783.htm

Sunday, July 01, 2007

The Femto Forum goes live!

West Sussex

I have recently been appointed founding chairman of The Femto Forum, an independent, inclusive, international body promoting the deployment of femtocells. Femtocells are low power home access points using cellular standards and licensed spectrum to provide dedicated home coverage and capacity to standard mobile devices. Femto Forum has major operators and vendors both big and small as its members, and launches publically tomorrow.

Femto Forum will drive standards to ensure femtocells can be manufactured cheaply enough to be suitable for home use, will provide market education to ensure the benefits of femtocells are well understood, and will develop the 'ecosystem' of operators and vendors to help create a thriving industry.

I'm produ to be involved with such an exciting area of technology, which is one of the development which promises to finally fulfill the latent promise of in-building wireless which has been apparent over the last decade or so.
Simon