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Please contact:
Jeff Claudino
Director of Sales, Insider Research Services
619-229-9940
or via email at:
claudino@lightreading.com |
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| Femtocells at the Enterprise: Expanding Coverage Plus UC |
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What began as a way for wireless users in the home to improve coverage and lower costs, femtocells are picking up steam in the medium and large enterprise market among mobile operators, vendors, and enterprises. The initial draw is the same as it was for home users and the small office/home office (SOHO) market: the ability to gain better reception and cheaper calls. And the reasons for utilizing femtocells at the enterprise are growing with the number of users the service garners.
There is no question that femtocell at the enterprise provides a good return on investment for operators in several ways: augmenting network resources, increasing network availability, and enabling them to focus deployment strategies to areas with poor network coverage, just for an example. Enterprises will benefit, as well, through a cost-effective alternative to new VoIP over WiFi services.
One of the biggest issues operators face is femto networks management. While operators manage tens of thousands of cell sites, femtocells will number in the millions, and each one must be provisioned correctly and given ongoing firmware updates. Operators must control which femtocells are operated in case users move to cities where operators do not have licenses.
The ability to tie enterprise femtocell users back into the mobile operator's core and simultaneously expand the capabilities of the private-branch-exchange (PBX) infrastructure to the employees' mobile device is a key reason that femtocell at the enterprise will succeed. Although PBX-like functionality can be provided via femtocells, one of the greatest benefits for the technology remains indoor coverage. Femtocells are intelligent, so operators have confidence that they're delivering superior coverage. Further, femtocell deployment does not require drastic technology upgrades composed of hefty investment and junked existing equipment.
Femtocells at the Enterprise: Expanding Coverage Plus UC provides an in-depth look at the femtocells-at-the-enterprise market, including the needs that the solutions address, as well as a comparative analysis of solutions for 11 top vendors, broken down by vendor, their competitive differences, and partners each works with to develop solutions. It also examines the savings that can be achieved if the solutions are integrated, as well as the vertical market strengths and strategies for 11 vendors. Additionally, this report examines challenges the market faces, trends to expect in the industry, and a competitive analysis of 11 of the top vendors in the industry.
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 Table of Contents (vsi0110_toc.pdf) |
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| Femtocells are small cellular base stations that are installed in homes and offices and connect to a service provider's network via broadband. They work with any wireless device and use the same standards and protocols as external "macro" cells. When users are indoors, their cell phone or data card connects to the femtocell instead of searching for an external base station. Calls are handed off between inside and outside cells as the user moves. The following excerpt introduces 11 vendors, their solutions, and the target business size each is addressing. |
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 Companies analyzed in this report include: Airvana Inc. (Nasdaq: AIRV); AirWalk Communications Inc.; Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU); Continuous Computing Corp.; Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.; ip.access Ltd.; Netgear Inc. (Nasdaq: NTGR); Sonus Networks Inc. (Nasdaq: SONS); Tango Networks; Tatara Systems Inc.; and Ubiquisys Ltd. |
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