FEMTOCELLS

Femtocells , known as Acess Point Base Stations are small devices that boost cellular networks around areas in the interior of buildings that might have low signal strength. A femtocell is no different from a wireless router and are about the size of a paper back. Femto cells route the signals from upto 5 mobile phones through a broadband connection and pass them to a service provider thereby bypassing the convectional phone to tower path, GSM,CDMA and UMTS connections are currently supported by femtocells. Femtocells benefit both customers and operators. Customers benefit by improved coverage, lower costs per call, longer battery life and usage of multiple phones and line on the same connection. Operators get more customers by minimal infrastructure investment and reduced congestion in the wireless network. Therefore its a win-win scenario for everyone involved