On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 01:00:07PM +0200, Sylvain Munaut wrote:
> > The nanoBTS from ipaccess is costing euro 3450 Mind you this is without any
> > software or server, just a single nanoBTS unit.
> 
> I thing several things contribute to the high price:
> 
>  - That's part of ip.access revenue stream, they need to make money
>  - Quantity: There is probably much more femtocell made than nanoBTS

Regarding quantity: 3G femtocells in single quantities are also quite
expensive!  Only if you buy them in volume (as an operator) they become
that cheap.

Furthermore, even the nanoBTS becomes _much_ cheaper when you buy it in volume
(let's say 1000 units or more)

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