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UMA TodAY
FALL 2007
Femtocells, or licensed
3g radio access points
designed for deployment
in subscriber homes,
are generating a
tremendous amount
of excitement among
mobile operators.
Femtocells promise
improved indoor
coverage and increased
throughput for mobile
data services while
off-loading traffic from
expensive macro radio
access networks onto
the low-cost public
internet.
UMA Jumpstarts
FeMToCell
Market
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