After serious vulnerabilities were discovered in Vodafone UK femtocells security researchers found that similar products from other telecom operators can also be hijacked to intercept phone calls.Femtocells are cellular base stations designed to improve 3G coverage in homes or offices by routing local traffic over In... |
10 August 2011
13:09 GMT |
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A group of hackers known as The Hacker's Choice (THC) have managed to transform Vodafone UK's "Sure Signal" cellular base station product into a device that can intercept other people's calls over 3G/UMTS/WCDMA networks.Sure Signal is a small cellular base station, also called femtocell, designed to bo... |
14 July 2011
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On Tuesday, Qualcomm Incorporated announced the sampling of its Femtocell Station Modem (FSM) FSM9xxx-series chipsets, which are capable of delivering unprecedented levels of performance and ease of deployment. According to the company, the FSM family of products comes with support for the latest 3GPP and 3GPP2 stan... |
23 June 2010
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Recently, Infonetics Research has conducted a series of studies that have shown that sales of fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) network elements as well as femtocells are expected to record a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 86 percent from 2009 to 2014. The research company has also reported that revenues generate... |
29 April 2010
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Wireless carrier AT&T recently announced that it planned on starting the national deployment of its AT&T 3G MicroCell in mid-April, with new markets receiving it over the following months. According to the company, the AT&T 3G MicroCell is the only femtocell that comes to the market with support for both 3G data and... |
25 March 2010
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Wireless carrier T-Mobile, together with Ubiquisys Limited (“Ubiquisys”) and Huawei Technologies (“Huawei”), announced on Monday the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at femtocell Interoperability Testing (IOT) at T-Mobile’s labs. According to the telecom companies, t... |
15 December 2009
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Leading French telecommunications carrier SFR and NEC Corporation announced today that the first solutions from the leading femtocell technology provider have been deployed in France. Through this roll-out, SFR becomes the first wireless carrier to deliver femtocell services throughout the country, the two companies... |
3 December 2009
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On Monday, Samsung Mobile announced the Samsung 3G Ubicell Personal CDMA Base Station, a new addition to its femtocell family of products, expected to reach the market in 2010. According to the company, the new 3G UbiCell can prove a great option for home or small office coverage, as it can work with existing h... |
17 November 2009
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Wireless carrier AT&T is gearing up to deliver a boost to the indoor coverage of its network with the launch of its own femtocell solution, called AT&T 3G MicroCell. The company already came up with a website for the new solution, and reports say that users in Charlotte, North Carolina, can already try out the AT&T 3... |
22 September 2009
09:31 GMT |
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Infrastructure solutions provider Nokia Siemens Networks and wireless carrier China Mobile have announced today that they managed to successfully complete the world’s first TD-LTE femtocell demonstration. According to the duo, their demonstration proved that future mobile broadband could come with impressive in... |
21 September 2009
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AT&T launched the test phase for its femtocell system a few months ago, and it seems that the company plans to launch its 3G Microcell in the country before the end of the ongoing year.The device has been available in private beta in the United States until now, and the news says that the carrier will launch it in a ... |
25 June 2009
10:29 GMT |
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Wireless carrier Sprint announced recently that it had become the first operator in the US to allow wholesale partners to benefit from the nationwide availability of a femtocell solution, which enhanced the wireless coverage. The femtocell is the latest addition to Sprint's wholesale solutions, which also includ... |
11 June 2009
06:42 GMT |
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Motorola announced today that it has completed end-to-end testing of its 3G femtocell solution and it also begun trialing the solution with an important European mobile operator who's name was not yet disclosed. "Motorola is pioneering the development of femtocell solutions that play a key role in realizing ou... |
5 November 2007
10:17 GMT |
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Trimble announced that its indoor Global Positioning System (GPS) timing solution will be used for Samsung's new Ubicell system - a mini wireless base station that improves mobile coverage inside the home. The indoor GPS timing solution will be used to synchronize the Ubicell system to the communications network... |
6 July 2007
09:14 GMT |
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