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Docomo to lease LTE services

Japanese operator NTT Docomo will lease access to its new high-speed mobile LTE network to companies when it begins operation in December, Nikkei reported.

Femto Forum announces Femtocell Industry Awards winners

The Femto Forum has announced the winners of the Femto Forum Femtocell Industry Awards 2010. The awards recognize outstanding achievement within, and contributions to, the femtocell industry.

Qualcomm Sampling Femtocell Chipsets

Qualcomm has started sampling its Femtocell Station Modem FSM9xxx-series chipsets.

Femto Forum announces interoperability testing event

Femto Forum has announced its second plugfest interoperability testing event which will focus on the Broadband Forum’s femtocell management standard. 

NTT DOCOMO plans LTE femtocell launch in 2011

NTT DoCoMo plans to launch commercial LTE femtocells between 2011 and 2012.

ip.access & Kineto Wireless complete femtocell IOT

ip.access and Kineto Wireless have completed interoperability testing (IOT) between ip.access’ Oyster 3G femtocell Access Point and Kineto’s Multi-Service Access Gateway (MSA-GW).

WiMAX Forum and Femto Forum join hands

The WiMAX Forum and the Femto Forum has announced the publication of the first WiMAX femtocell standard.

picoChip sells one million chips, sees revenue growth

picoChip has announced that it has sold one million chips and is on track to achieve over 50% quarter-on-quarter sequential revenue growth this calendar quarter. 

Agilent Chipset Software Supports picoChip Femtocell Test

Agilent Technologies and picoChip has announced a high-volume manufacturing test solution for 3G femtocell products.