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SFR launched femtocell to boost indoor coverage

Source : Unstrung
French mobile operator SFR launched a 3G femtocell service today using petit base stations from Ubiquisys Ltd.

SFR is the second operator to launch a femtocell service in Europe, after Vodafone UK in (where else?) the U.K., and the second commercial customer for femto maker Ubiquisys, after Softbank in Japan.

With the new femto service, dubbed "SFR Home 3G," SFR is targeting customers that suffer from poor indoor 3G coverage with a standalone femtocell access point. The femtocell is not integrated into the operator's Neufbox residential gateways.

(Watch the video advertisement on SFR's Website here for a compelling portrayal of why it's good to have excellent 3G coverage at home.)

SFR's femtocell service is similar to Vodafone's in terms of business case and price. Both operators are targeting indoor coverage in their initial deployments. SFR's femtocell costs €199 (US$298), which is not far off the price of the Vodafone Access Gateway, which costs £160 ($265). And both femtocell services will work with an ADSL connection from any ISP, not just from SFR or Vodafone.



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