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Femtocells could become headache for E911
Oct 8, 2008 2:42 PM, By Lynnette Luna
Femtocells, otherwise known as home base stations, have become the mantra for the mobile wireless industry as operators worldwide see them as important tools to expand mobile coverage and offload peak traffic. But what could be a boon to operators could become another headache for E911.
According to ABI Research, the femtocell market is primed to grow from just under $72 million in 2008 to more than $1.8 billion in 2013, with a compound annual growth rate of more than 300 percent. With potentially thousands of mobile customers buying these little boxes to boost their coverage and with a large share of 911 calls coming from mobile devices, the ability to identify mobile call locations when routed through femtocells has the potential to be problematic. ...