The Femto Forum, the independent association that supports femtocell deployment worldwide, today announced it has completed the world’s first femtocell plugfest. The plugfest process was organized in cooperation with ETSI (the European Telecommunications Standards Institute) and had widespread vendor support with over twenty companies participating.
A Femtocell is a small cellular base station, typically designed for [...]

In what it describes as an “historic milestone for the mobile industry,” Swedish telecom vendor Ericsson says that mobile data traffic surpassed voice traffic for the first time in December 2009. Ericsson also said it found that 3G traffic now tops 2G traffic.

The vendor based its findings on measurements from live networks from around the [...]

Neither AT&T nor the City of Riverside want their WiFi network, notes Broadband Reports. Wireless Riverside which covers some 55 square miles, started with the best intentions, as did most of the 300-odd municipal WiFi networks launched in 2007-2008.

AT&T partnered with [now defunct] MetroFi, to operate the Riverside network in 2007. MetroFi would supply [...]

Eighteen months ago, neither Gowalla nor Foursquare existed. But their similar “geolocation” mobile apps, which let users “check in” from their smartphones, and share their location with their friends are in aggressive competition at the South by Southwest Conference and Festival, reports C/Net.

Austin’s own Gowalla is one of the geoloation leaders, along with Foursquare. Both [...]

AT&T customers will finally be able to purchase their first Android phone, the Motorola Backflip, on March 7 for $100 after rebates. AT&T’s Backflip has a five megapixel camera with editing software, 3.1-inch capacitive touchscreen with WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth, and can connect to the web and the Android Market.

The Motorola Backflip has a [...]