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So where should femto go? There is no doubt that the industry needs femto - despite gains from 4G technologies, the macro network will still have capacity, coverage and backhaul issues that the femto would be ideal for. However, I would postulate that the winner will be a flat and mostly free solution.
By flat, I […]

I started the day off at one of Jeff’s “Realtime Social Networking” breakfasts. It sounds hokey at first, but everyone runs around sticking tags on each other forming “tag clouds”. At the end of the session you really meet some good people and in reflection get a glimpse of how others perceive you on a […]

In the last post I set the context for some of the operational challenges of femto, but that situation may not be as bleak given a little time for appropriate industry standards and practices to solidify…. And assuming that the business model becomes decoupled.
Before going forward, lets review some of the current environment of a […]

Sorting through the vast amounts of trees sacrificed for the hype on femto cells, here is my conclusion: Femto is an interesting technology (but not novel), rife with operational issues and founded on a shaky business proposition. For the most part it is a solution looking for a problem, assuming you can even agree on […]

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the power grid people, recently asked the Public Utility Commission for permission to raise wholesale rates to the tune of 34%, which would roughly translate to an average of $9 per customer impact. So you ask, “what does this have to do with telecom?” The answer is simple, […]

I came home this afternoon to find a bag on my front porch containing at least an acre of forest processed into yellow paper. Yes, it’s that time of year where we get our new directories and the recycle center overflows with last years copies. I guess I’m a bit nostalgic here, but I still […]