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Motorola, Netgear announce femtocell products

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:59:53 -0500

A host of femtocell-related news has come out before this week's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Motorola introduced its first 3G femtocell customer premise equipment (CPE) and announced it will release two commercial devices in the second half of the year. Motorola's 8000 Series Femtocell Ethernet Gateway features a four-point Ethernet gateway, VoIP port, USB connections and a WiFi router.

Netgear announced its new Femtocell Voice Gateway that will become available in the first half of this year. Netgear's box includes a residential gateway with integrated ADSL2+ modem, router, 10/100 wired LAN switch, wireless access point, VoIP, firewall and 3G femto technology from Ubiquisys.

Meanwhile, after the Femto Forum announced plans to help harmonize the integration of femtocells into mobile core networks, NEC and Kineto Wireless announced a standards proposal based on the existing 3GPP Generic Access Network (GAN) model. The two companies said a formal standard will help the market achieve mass market success.

For more about the femtocell announcements:
- read this telecoms.com article

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Nortel announces the "Unwired Enterprise"

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 06:59:53 -0400

Nortel Networks announced its plan for creating the "Unwired Enterprise," which involves integrating WiFi into existing wired infrastructure. Nortel said it will bring to market WiFi products based on the 802.11n draft specification once it's ratified as a standard. The idea is to combine WiFi and mesh systems, switches and routers embedded with wireless capability and a unified network management platform. For instance, Nortel will integrate WiFi functionality directly with the Ethernet switch, as opposed to offering stand-alone equipment like a wireless access point or a router.

Nortel's seriousness in the business can be measured by the fact that the vendor plans to build products in-house by upping its R&D spending. Previously, the company had outsourced its WiFi equipment to OEMs.

For more about Nortel's "Unwired Enterprise" strategy:
- check out this article from InformationWeek
- read this release

ALSO NOTED: Cisco reaches 4-million access point milestone; Research points to 31M WiMAX users in Asia within 5 years; and much

Sun, 08 Apr 2007 20:01:31 -0400

> Cisco announced a 4-million wireless access point milestone. Release

> Arlington County in Virginia picked EarthLink to provide a county-wide WiFi network. Article

> According to a new study from Analysys, mobile carriers cannot assume that usage will increase enough to validate the price cuts introduced to accelerate fixed mobile substitution. Release

> More than 31 million people in Asia will be using WiMAX within five years, according to new forecasts from the region. Article

And Finally... The municipal court of Phoenix has turned its jury assembly room into a wireless hotspot. Blog