Airvana has won a non-exclusive deal to supply Sprint with its 3G 'HubBub' CDMA femtocells through December 2014.
Sprint was the first US operator to launch a 2G femtocell (designed to improve voice coverage only), back in 2007, manufactured by Samsung. AT&T is currently conducting trials of its 3G femtocell, whilst Verizon Wireless - the largest US operator - in January commercially launched its 2G 'Network Extender' unit, manufactured by Samsung and retailing at US$250 with no monthly service fee. Femtocells have been heavily hyped in the last year but are yet to gain major commercial success, although Vodafone has given the sector a helping hand by recently announcing its own product, the Access Gateway.
source: GMBB
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