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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We live in Madrid. It is at this time of the year, when the days are shorter, that I realize what living in the dark can mean. And I find it very sad. No matter how many Christmas lights there are around. I guess people in the North of Europe get used to it, but I haven’t seen the sun for 5 days now and I miss light, brightness, colors and the dimension that sunlight ads to objects. In Europe, the word immigrant means immigrant from the South. But in Spain, we have 60 million tourists every year. While they come for many reasons, fun, landscapes, food – they mostly come in search of…light.
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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.