FON´s idea –that people build their own FON company–, may be replicated by cellular operators according to this interesting article in GigaOM.
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This is the year in which Europe will either fall apart or emerged stronger. I give it 75% that it emerges as a stronger union but the risk of collapse is still there. Germany has the key to solve the problem because of the size of its economy, its saving rate and its export volume. Germany has to decide on whether it continues to transfer some of its wealth in order to create markets for its exports or it let’s Europe fall apart and ends up with an overvalued currency and deteriorated markets. Already today it started paying negative interest rates which is a prelude in my view to a huge rise in the DM should it be born again. Tough choice. I think Germany can actually both save Europe and make money by buying underpriced Italian and Spanish bonds and selling them after stabilization. It can do what the FED did with many financial institutions, make a profit by providing much needed liquidity at a critical time.
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Posted by Mike - December 10, 2006 2:13 pm - #
but how to obtain a frequency license for GSM ??
Posted by Roetzen - December 10, 2006 10:02 pm - #
It will operate under the license of the cell phone operator of the femto cell’s owner.
Posted by Martin Varsavsky - December 11, 2006 7:31 pm - #
Mike,
They give u the box. It’s their box, their license, u help them grow their propietary network with your dsl
Posted by Christian von der Ropp - December 14, 2006 2:46 am - #
IP.access has already developed a so called “femto cell” – a WiFi-router-sized box (120 mm × 162 mm× 40 mm), that provides 3G/HSDPA coverage within a distance of up to 200 meters. The device operates in the licensed 2,1-GHz-band at 5 mW and allows HSDPA (16QAM) connections with 7,2 MBit/s besides voice telephony. The uplink will be established by any broadband internet connection through an ethernet port. Seamless handovers from and to regular 3G-cells are to work, too.
ABI research expects more than 32 million of such or similar devices to be installed by 2011, which will then serve more than 100 million users.