Feburary 05, 2010 | TMCnet - KDDI, Japan's second biggest operator reportedly selected vendorsAirvana and Hitachi (News - Alert) for femtocell trials, which will commence in March. This is Airvana’s second big CDMA femtocell win within the last eight months as Airvana, is one of the few vendors offering both CDMA and UMTS femtocells in its portfolio.

Femtocells provide in-building wireless coverage and connect to the operator network via a cable or DSL broadband internet connection. For end users, Airvana’s (News - Alert) HubBub femtocells provide exceptional indoor coverage and high-performance data and multimedia, using the latest HSPA and EV-DO technologies. For mobile operators, femtocells fundamentally change the economics of delivering coverage and network capacity.

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