Femtocells
Opportunities and Challenges for Business and Technology
Chapter One
Introduction to Femtocells
Simon Saunders
1.1 Introduction
In this chapter we establish the basic 'why, what and how' for femtocells. All of the issues
discussed here are covered in greater depth in later chapters, but this chapter should serve as
a rapid introduction to the whole subject.
1.2 Why Femtocells? The Market Context
Mobile phones have been one of the fastest-growing consumer technologies of all time. Digital
mobile phones were introduced in the early 1990s, and have now grown to include around 4
billion mobile phone subscriptions worldwide - nearly 60% of the world's population. The
number is continuing to grow quickly, and is expected to reach 5.63 billion by 2013. Mobile
phone data traffic is forecast to grow by between 10 and 30 times between 2008 and 2013,
depending on the pricing and promotion of these services.
In the same period, the Internet has also becom ... read full excerpt from Femtocells: Opportunities and Challenges for Business and Technology ebook
