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What to ask before you buy a femtocell

Introduction

Femtocells are all the rage.   These tiny cellular radios promise to improve in-building cellular coverage and are primarily targeted at the home user.  However, some vendors are now building enterprise femtocells.  Should you consider femtocell deployment in order to improve your cellular coverage?  This article identifies the key questions you should ask before you buy [...]

My wicked bad Verizon adventure

I normally focus my blog entries on wireless and mobility issues, but today I must digress and tell you about my wicked bad Verizon adventure. For those of you who are not from the greater Boston area, the word “wicked” is local vernacular for “very”, as in, “The new Star Trek movie was wicked [...]

Let’s be clear about Clearwire

Clearwire recently announced the completion of the Sprint Nextel transaction and the formation of the new Clearwire Corporation.  In addition, they received $3.2 Billion from Comcast, Intel, Time Warner Cable, Google and Bright House Networks. As expected, their conference call emphasized all the positive aspects of the deal.  Namely, they own lots of spectrum, [...]