Oommen held off of revealing exactly when Sprint’s 3G femtocell would arriv

[Metalmayhem]

Sprint have thrown down the gauntlet to AT&T over which US carrier can stage a full commercial release of a 3G femtocell first. According to Unstrung, Sprint’s VP of device and technology development Mathew Oommen has promised they will be first to launch a 3G femtocell this year, which will not only boost voice-call reception for Sprint handsets but also EVDO Rev.A coverage.

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“Just like Sprint was the first with 2G, we’ll definitely be the first in the 3G space as well. We’re not talking about trials; we’re talking about full commercial service.” Mathew Oommen, Sprint

Oommen held off of revealing exactly when Sprint’s 3G femtocell would arrive, nor any specifics about service plans, hardware providers or price. Nonetheless, he’s confirmed that there will be more than one 3G femtocell on offer, as well as one more tailored to enterprise use, and that the devices will be part of Sprint’s open device initiative.

Femtocells create patches of localized cellular coverage by acting as mini base-stations, routing calls – and, in the case of 3G femtos, data – across the user’s broadband service. Sprint launched their 2G femtocell, the Samsung AIRAVE, back in September 2007; while the hardware and service were praised, the extra fees involved left many users cautious and reviewers disappointed. AT&T recently confirmed that they plan to release a 3G femtocell supporting HSDPA data by the end of 2009.


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Can't wait to switch out my Airave for free :P

[ronaldsdv]

Man this would be awesome ... can't wait for this to happen ...

[iamdasht19]

“ Originally Posted by Metalmayhem ”

Sprint have thrown down the gauntlet to AT&T over which US carrier can stage a full commercial release of a 3G femtocell first. According to Unstrung, Sprint’s VP of device and technology development Mathew Oommen has promised they will be first to launch a 3G femtocell this year, which will not only boost voice-call reception for Sprint handsets but also EVDO Rev.A coverage.




Oommen held off of revealing exactly when Sprint’s 3G femtocell would arrive, nor any specifics about service plans, hardware providers or price. Nonetheless, he’s confirmed that there will be more than one 3G femtocell on offer, as well as one more tailored to enterprise use, and that the devices will be part of Sprint’s open device initiative.

Femtocells create patches of localized cellular coverage by acting as mini base-stations, routing calls – and, in the case of 3G femtos, data – across the user’s broadband service. Sprint launched their 2G femtocell, the Samsung AIRAVE, back in September 2007; while the hardware and service were praised, the extra fees involved left many users cautious and reviewers disappointed. AT&T recently confirmed that they plan to release a 3G femtocell supporting HSDPA data by the end of 2009.


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Can't wait to switch out my Airave for free :P

very nice!!! cant wait to upgrade my airwave for free..... my shit is flaky and gives errors from time to time and stops working so hopefully this one will function better.

[Metalmayhem]

“ Originally Posted by D/\SH ”

very nice!!! cant wait to upgrade my airwave for free..... my shit is flaky and gives errors from time to time and stops working so hopefully this one will function better.

haha nice will do the same....

Just noticed I messed up on the threads title lmao

[iamdasht19]

“ Originally Posted by Metalmayhem ”

haha nice will do the same....

Just noticed I messed up on the threads title lmao

what you want it changed to?