Femtocell Services

Light Reading listed commercial femtocell services in Who Does What: Femtocell Services report.

Operator Service	Launch Date	Femto Supplier	Type of Femto Service*	Number of Femtos Deployed	Femto Price/Service Subscription
AT&T 3G Microcell	September 2009	Cisco (ip.access)	3G UMTS	N/A	Prices vary: $150 for femto and rebates available with subscriptions to AT&T services, for example
China Unicom3G Inn	November 2009	Huawei	3G UMTS	N/A	N/A
NTT DoCoMoMy Area	November 2009	Mitsubishi	3G UMTS	N/A	Free femto with ¥980 ($11) monthly subscription and ¥2,100 ($24) installation charge
OptimusSinal On	December 2009	Huawei	3G UMTS**	Up to 500 in first half of 2010	€99.90 ($136) for femto plus € 7.70 ($10.50) monthly fee (which includes 50 minutes for calls)
SFR Home 3G	November 2009	NEC (Ubiquisys)	3G UMTS	N/A	€199 ($272) for femto
Softbank	February 2009	NEC (Ubiquisys)	3G UMTS	Less than 100****	Free femto
SprintAirave	August 2008	Samsung	2G CDMA	N/A	$99.99 for femto plus $4.99 monthly subscription; also, $10 monthly subscription is available for unlimited calling
StarHubHome Zone	November 2008	Huawei	3G UMTS	N/A	Free femto for contract customers plus S$15 ($10) monthly Home Zone subscription
Verizon WirelessNetwork Extender	January 2009	Samsung	2G CDMA	N/A	$249.99 for femto, no monthly charge
VodafoneSure Signal	July 2009	Alcatel-Lucent/Sagem	3G UMTS***	N/A	£50 ($75) for femto -- or £5 ($7) per month for 12 months -- with monthly price plans of £25 ($38) or more. Alternatively, £120 ($182) for femto -- £5 ($7) per month for 24 months -- with monthly price plans of less than £25 ($38)
Sources: operators, vendors, Light Reading Mobile * All services are for consumers unless otherwise indicated ** For business customers *** For consumers as well as small and medium enterprise (SME) customers **** Softbank says it has deployed "a few tens" of femtocells