NEC Corp has started working on developing a residential femtocell for LTE according to a Light Reading article.  

NEC now wants its own LTE femtocell eNBs. Before this NEC has relied on using femto access points and network elements from partners. For 3G, NEC has been offering Ubiquisys' &  Airvana's femtocell access point as part of its femtocell solution  to mobile operators worldwide.

"Mobile operators are looking to transform their networks towards future IT and mobile broadband services such as new businesses created by cloud-based applications. However, the changing dynamics of the mobile market means that more than ever before, they have to prove the business case for next-generation mobile technology such as LTE," said Dr Shahram Niri, Director of Global LTE/SAE Strategy & Solution at NEC Europe Ltd, earler this month. "NEC is helping mobile operators to achieve these goals with its small cell LTE solutions."

By using small cells, mobile operators can tailor the provision of their LTE services according to capacity demand from small-scale to wide-scale commercial deployments. NEC's small cells are SON (Self-Organising Network)-managed, which allows mobile operators to deploy and operate LTE efficiently, easily and quickly and at a lower cost than previous 2G and 3G deployments.

NEC's small cell solution includes LTE Femto & All in one (Micro/Pico). Visit NEC for NEC product details.