successful worldwide. Deployed for more than a year in
France, Orange's Unik service has delivered a 10% increase
in average revenue per user (ARPU), and 15% of subscribers
who take the service are new to Orange mobile.
currently in limited production, available in just two cities,
but offers a promising glimpse at a femtocell service offer.
unlimited calling when in their Home Zone. This offer
compares very favorably with competitive unlimited call-
ing packages. Vonage, for example, offers unlimited in-
home calling for $25/month.
offer. T-Mobile's HotSpot @Home
offer is a Wi-Fi-based plan that was
rolled out nationwide in June 2007.
The HotSpot @Home plan offers
unlimited calling from within the
zone for $20/month. A T-Mobile-
branded Wi-Fi access point is avail-
able for $49.95, but subscribers are
able to use their own access points.
tach to any access point anywhere
in the world and receive discounted
calling. This has made HotSpot @
Home particularly attractive for in-
ternational travelers.
3GPP standard behind the vast
majority of DMH and femtocell-
based HZ2.0 services. With UMA,
mobile operators can now deploy
low-power, low-cost Wi-Fi or
femtocell access points directly into
subscriber homes for dedicated
coverage and capacity, as well as
leverage broadband access and the
or femtocell services, offering flexibility and protection for
operators investing in a Home Zone infrastructure.
fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) market. In the report,
Infonetics forecasts the FMC market, including UMA
network controllers, multi-access convergence gateways,
and dual-mode cellular/WiFi phones will grow to $46.3
billion by 2010. At the conclusion of his analysis, Teral
commented: "For those who still believe UMA will be
short lived, it can now support 3G, is backed by the 3GPP,
has a clear migration roadmap to IMS and is becoming the
default case for femtocells."