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Why have femtocells not sprouted up everywhere?

Aruba Networks, a global leader in wireless networking, has released a new whitepaper on femtocell technology – examining the claimed benefits for both operators and consumers, and the reasons why the market hasn’t yet developed. The paper also offers a comparison of femtocells and Wi-Fi access points, and concludes with an analysis of how the two technologies might coexist in homes in the future.

The new whitepaper can be downloaded from: http://www.arubanetworks.com/pdf/technology/whitepapers/WP_FEMTO.pdf

"This paper explores whether the femtocell is a technology in search of an application, or ripe for growth but just slightly ahead of the curve" said Peter Thornycroft, author of the Aruba white paper.

Thorneycroft reckons that advocates of the technology have by and large come from within the cellular industry. In contrast this paper offers a Wi-Fi infrastructure vendor’s view of femtocells. "As they seek to solve many of the same problems, femtocells and Wi-Fi are often considered competing solutions. In fact, however, there are synergies when the two are used together."