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• Femtocells: Spectrum Efficiency Improved – Wireless Week

  By: Manish Singh in In The News | June 16, 2008

  A femtocell is essentially a small wireless base station that resides in the consumer’s home or office. Femtocells transmit at very low power, yet create almost ideal indoor radio conditions. For backhaul, femtocells use an IP broadband (e.g., fiber/DSL/cable) connection. The very walls which are radio signals’ foes actually become their friend as they attenuate RF signal propagation out of the home and thereby minimize radio interference with an existing macrocellular network or another nearby femtocell.

• The Need for Femtocells – EETimes.com

  By: Manish Singh in In The News | June 2, 2008

  Cell phone traffic may soon be riding on the consumer’s own broadband line, thanks to the advent of the femtocell. This fast-rising technology could revolutionize cellular service, even as it lowers network costs for carriers while delivering flawless service within the four walls of the indoor environment.

• Femtocells may sound like science fiction, but they could prove pivotal in expanding cellular coverage – RCR Wireless

  By: Continuous Computing in In The News | May 28, 2008

  Femtocells — sounds like a science fiction term for robotic feminine cells — but it’s just another buzzword for a new technology and product that promises so much in the future, yet has delivered mostly in practical terms thus far.

• Growing diversity of femtocell vendors – ThinkFemtocell

  By: Continuous Computing in In The News | May 11, 2008

  In a recent exclusive interview with ThinkFemtocell.com, Manish Singh, VP Product Management for Continuous Computing revealed their company has an astonishing 23 active engagements in the femtocell marketplace. This suggests that many more “undeclared” vendors may be joining the fray having identified strong market potential.

• Using Fully Integrated Platforms to Develop Telecom Equipment – AdvancedTCA Newsletter

  By: Brian Wood in In The News | April 21, 2008

  TEMs have moved toward integrating standards-based, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) building blocks. The key forces were widespread telecom deregulation and telecom’s “nuclear winter” in 2000-2002, resulting in TEMs shedding thousands of workers and turning toward standards-based platforms such as CompactPCI and AdvancedTCA. Although painful, this shift resulted in TEMs accelerating time-to-market from 36 to 24 months.

• Continuous Computing, Kontron and RadiSys Increase their Support of CP-TA to Achieve Mainstream Interoperability for the ATCA Ecosystem

  By: Continuous Computing in In The News | March 11, 2008

  The Communications Platforms Trade Association (CP-TA) today announced that CP-TA member companies Continuous Computing, Kontron and RadiSys have upgraded their membership to the Sponsor level. The increased participation of these leading AdvancedTCA vendors demonstrates their active dedication to achieving CP-TA’s vision of a mainstream market for interoperable standards-based communications platforms that enable cost-efficient communications infrastructure solutions.

• Continuous Expands FlexTCA – Light Reading

  By: Continuous Computing in In The News | February 11, 2008

  In a bid to broaden its appeal in the fast-growing deep packet inspection (DPI) and fixed/mobile convergence (FMC) markets, Continuous Computing Corp. announced new functionalities and partnerships related to its FlexTCA family of AdvancedTCA products.

• Femto glue: Continuous Computing and picoChip partner - Telecommunications Online

  By: Continuous Computing in In The News | February 11, 2008

  Femtocells apparently have a magnetic quality. They’ve pulled two companies, Continuous Computing and picoChip, into a partnership to speed the development of the on- premise mobile wireless base station technology and offer a step-saving reference design to newcomers entering the mobile space.

• Barcelona Show Unveils New Products – Wireless Week

  By: Continuous Computing in In The News | February 11, 2008

  From components to interfaces to new handsets and network equipment, the Mobile World Congress played host to numerous exhibitor announcements. Continuous Computing and picoChip partnered on an integrated HSPA femtocell software reference design. The joint femtocell solution pre-integrates Continuous Computing’s Trillium Femtocell protocol software with picoChip's PC8208 software and PC202 picoArray single-chip processor.

• Can femtocells live up to the hype? – Network World

  By: Continuous Computing in In The News | January 8, 2008

  Although femtocells have generated quite a bit of hype for their potential to save money and boost call quality, analysts and manufacturers say that there is still much work to be done if femtocells are to have a major impact in the wireless market.