New Report Predicts Femtocells to Become the Next Wave in Fixed Mobile Convergence

Business Wire, July 30, 2008

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b6e43d/femtocells_the_ne) has announced the addition of the "Femtocells: The Next Wave in Fixed Mobile Convergence" report to their offering.

Also known as 3G access points, Femtocells are a low-cost, low-power way of backhauling cellular traffic over a high-speed Internet connection, creating an end point that gives users access to broadband services, and competes with other technologies, such as WiFi, Bluetooth and Wimax. Femtocells are designed to work with existing mobile handsets and can support multiple users in a home environment. In the long run, femtocells also present an opportunity to develop new mobile services for the home. According to ABI Research, there will be 102 million users of femtocell products on 32 million access points worldwide by 2011.

The report also contains profiles on the Top 10 Emerging Private Companies and 10 key public companies.

Key Topics Covered:

1. Introduction

- Femtocells can improve call and connection quality when using a cell phone at home. The market is expected to reach 102 million users by 2011.

2. Key Issues

- Is the market opportunity of providing adequate indoor residential cellular coverage so compelling? What major problem are we trying to address here? And for whose benefit?

3. Emerging Technologies

- Many alternatives exist to improve indoor coverage. Operators are looking to address the wireless home market and to expand their short-range outdoor networks with a number of emerging technologies.

- Technical hurdles

- W-Fi & WiMax comparison

- Femtocell patents

4. Investment Opportunities

- Many VCs are already active in this arena and we expect the investment activity in the sector to continue, as the femtocell market matures.

4.1 Public Companies

- Leading global public companies

- Wireless chip manufacturers

- Equipment producers

- Major mobile operators

4.2 Private Company Profiles

- 10 leading Femtocell companies

- Femtocell alternative

4.3 Comparable Table

- Established femtocell technology companies - valuation

4.4 Financing Activity

- Recent M&A activity

- Recent financings

5. Analysis

- For consolidated operators that have both broadband wireline (or cable), and wireless access facilities, femtocells could be an improvement over conventional FMC dual-mode convergence initiatives.

6. Conclusion

- Harnessed properly, pureplay operators have a great opportunity, should they identify the appropriate platform to profitably support this trend.

Appendix

Glossary of terms

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