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35

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4Q 2010

Product Code

RR-FEMS-10

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While femtocells are being rolled out across operators' networks worldwide, the value proposition for femtocells remains limited to enhancing voice coverage. This is likely to change soon with the introduction of value-added services that can be delivered via the femtocell. These are known as femtozone services. These services use key attributes such as location and presence to trigger innovative applications that can reside either on the mobile device, in the access point or the core gateway, or in the cloud.

This study specifically focuses on consumer-grade femtozone services such as family alerts, security alerts, social media updates and other connected home services: content synchronization, remote control applications, home energy management and many others. The report also provides an overview of retail/business applications for femtocells, which have a longer-term deployment window. Market adoption challenges, regional operator interest, pricing mechanisms, standardization activity, profiles of key industry players and market sizing for consumer-grade femtozone services are all covered in the report.

This study is the first of its kind, examining a nascent market which has the potential to expand the reach of femtocells while helping operators explore new monetization techniques and revenue models.

What Questions Does This Report Answer?

• What are femtozone services?
• How can femtozone services be categorized?
• What is the operator interest in femtozone services?
• Which regions are likely to adopt femtozone services and when?
• What are going to be the charging and delivery mechanisms?
• How do femtozone services compete with over-the-top applications?

Who Needs This Report?

• Femtocell access point vendors
• Femtocell gateway vendors
• Application developers
• Femtocell chipset and component vendors
• Wi-Fi vendors
• DSL and cable modem suppliers
• Venture capital and Investment funds