It's interesting to see how the wireless carriers are trying to compete with VoIP and (at the same time) leverage the broader coverage of broadband in areas where cell service is weak.
On the cool side: A few of us here have been using T-Mobile's wifi service and GSM+WiFi phones for the past 8 or so months. Calls made over a WiFi connection don't count against minutes. That's a no-brainer since we're at home or the office 90% of the time. When we go to our remote sites where there is no cell coverage, I still have service if I can get WiFi connectivity. I bought an AirPort Express to take along for just that reason. On the down side: They're launching a VoIP product that competes directly with one we're about to launch; theirs is less, but it requires the cell phone contract to be oh-so much, almost making it a wash. Luckily they're not in our market. Whether you're for UMA over WiFi or Femtocell, it certainly enhances the value of the cell phone + Internet connection. -- Bryan Gino Villarini wrote: > Hmm I see better opportunity going to the Cellco directly and offer them > the service, so that they do a bundle to the end user... Internet - > Femtocell > > And you make and arrangement with the cellco to deliver the traffic > directly to them instead of going to the internet...Saving them some $$ > On Internet Bandwidth and also providing a lower latency link to them!!! > > > ... maybe this is the next step beyond voip... > > Gino A. Villarini > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. > tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of George Rogato > Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 6:30 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: [WISPA] Femtocells > > femtocells > > This is a great innovation that can help wisps gain market share. > > With these femtocells, the cell phone works in the house so the consumer > > doesn't need to have an extra land line. > The customer is probably paying 80.00 or so for their dsl - telephone > line. No land line needed for us wisps, the customer's 80.00 telco > package is now in "play". Maybe they want to trade it in for a faster > and probably lesser expensive internet connection. > > It's a good opportunity for us, or the cable company. > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/wireless_show_femtocells;_ylt=ArOpXSwLh8fh4Jp > nL.VHQpsjtBAF > > Verizon Wireless is joining Sprint Nextel Corp. in jumping on the latest > > craze in the wireless world: little boxes called femtocells that boost > cell-phone coverage in subscribers' homes. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
