Femtocell

I found this article from BBC click online. It talks about a device called a femtocell that acts as a base station in a building or home.

How it works is that its is connected a router or some broadband internet connection. A limited number of phones in the building can be used to access this device. The device routes voice calls and data through the internet to the mobile operators network. This is handy when your 3G connection is unreliable.

Femtocell is beneficial to both the operator and sunscriber in that it by diverting calls over the internet network congestion on the operator's network is reduced. Also calls could become cheaper. This could put companies such as skye out of business as this essentially is VOIP and more.

http://www.bbcworld.com/Pages/ProgrammeFeature.aspx?id=18&FeatureID=491
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femtocell
http://www.ubiquisys.com/ubiquisys3/


Paul