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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Survey suggests AT&amp;T still hard at work on femtocell offering]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/15/survey-suggests-atandt-still-hard-at-work-on-femtocell-offering/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/15/survey-suggests-atandt-still-hard-at-work-on-femtocell-offering/</guid><description><![CDATA[This has been AT&T's plan for a long time now.  There is nothing wrong with Femtocells, in comparison to nothing, but there is a simple -- and in my view, better -- alternative: dual-mode cellular/WiFi, such as the UMA standard deployed by T-Mobile USA, Rogers and Orange, among others.  The key thing to understand is that there is nothing mutually exclusive between deploying dual-mode WiFi/cellular, and Femtocells.  In other words, AT&T could at any point simply copy T-Mobile USA's approach, and then also do Femtocells at any time.  Given that dual-mode WiFi/cellular using the UMA standard have been available for well over two years now, it is field-proven with millions of subscribers, and that Femtocells are not yet mass-deployed, one would think that AT&T ought to deploy dual-mode cellular/WiFi UMA as soon as possible (ideally starting over two years ago already).]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Anton Wahlman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 15th 2009 6:50PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Survey suggests AT&amp;T still hard at work on femtocell offering]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/15/survey-suggests-atandt-still-hard-at-work-on-femtocell-offering/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/15/survey-suggests-atandt-still-hard-at-work-on-femtocell-offering/</guid><description><![CDATA[The path you suggest would limit the “take rate” of such a product/service. Remember, not all devices (cell phones) are WiFi enabled (last estimate was somewhere around 18%). So why spend resources on such a limited approach? A mini BSC (FEMTOCELL) is absolutely the right approach since it will be most likely compatible with 100% of their (AT&T’s) 3G devices. The only thing left to do is “GET’ER DONE”!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frankenstein Black]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2009 12:33PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Survey suggests AT&amp;T still hard at work on femtocell offering]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/15/survey-suggests-atandt-still-hard-at-work-on-femtocell-offering/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/15/survey-suggests-atandt-still-hard-at-work-on-femtocell-offering/</guid><description><![CDATA[I beg to disagree.  While it is true, as you say, that only 18% of cell phones now have WiFi, this percentage could easily be increased to 100% at very little cost in new handsets sold.  A WiFi chip can cost less than $2, which compares to approximately $200 for a Femtocell, a 100x difference.  Perhaps even more importantly, however, is that many households are multi-carrier, requiring multiple Femtocells.  Perhaps the household which has phones from AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and others don't want to have yet another box with antennas, let alone 2 or 3.  The same may be true about businesses.  In the case of WiFi, it utilizes what you've already got.  In the meantime, phones churn on average once a year, so after 1 year, one could expect (100%-18%/2 = 59%) of phones to be WiFi capable.  Lastly, some studies appear to suggest that old phones, while theoretically able to talk to a Femtocell, may not do so well.  For this reason, the industry started talking about "Femto-optimized" phones, which pulls the rug from under most of the Femtocell argument to begin with.  One more thing: Carrier-specific femtocells will hurt the consumer because they won't work abroad, where I am now saving $100+ day when traveling, thanks to UMA/WiFi.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Anton Wahlman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2009 12:45PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Survey suggests AT&amp;T still hard at work on femtocell offering]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/15/survey-suggests-atandt-still-hard-at-work-on-femtocell-offering/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/15/survey-suggests-atandt-still-hard-at-work-on-femtocell-offering/</guid><description><![CDATA[I would love to see AT&T copy T-Mobile's WiFi calling, but I don't think it's going to happen.<br><br>"One more thing: Carrier-specific femtocells will hurt the consumer because they won't work abroad, where I am now saving $100+ day when traveling, thanks to UMA/WiFi."<br><br>Exactly, you save $100 a day, AT&T loses $100 a day, since you don't have to buy their international roaming/data/whatever plan.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[bernardino]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2009 1:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Survey suggests AT&amp;T still hard at work on femtocell offering]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/15/survey-suggests-atandt-still-hard-at-work-on-femtocell-offering/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/01/15/survey-suggests-atandt-still-hard-at-work-on-femtocell-offering/</guid><description><![CDATA[If AT&T does this, I'll finally buy an iphone... i have a hard time buying a phone service if it doesn't work in my own house.... Do you have to pay for the minutes used while on your own internet service?  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mulda]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 19th 2009 9:42AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>