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News In-flight connectivity is delivered via onboard picocell technology, with a satellite link connecting the aircraft to mobile networks on the ground. From using your mobile phone on a plane to surfing the net while you... [11 Aug 2009]
We are now roaming at 30,000 feet...
Comment The key technology in allowing mobile phone use on planes is the picocell. Because the phones are closer to the picocell they use less power, which both conserves battery life and doesn't interfere with... [26 Jun 2008]
Femtocell market hotting up
News In related femtocell news, chip company picoChip has announced it has lined up the first LTE (long term evolution) femtocell and picocell designs - which it said will enable customers to upgrade to 4G from 2009 when... [21 May 2008]
In-flight mobiles to take off over Europe
News In-flight mobile services operate via onboard picocell technology and a satellite link connecting the aircraft to mobile networks on the ground. In-flight mobile calls have been given the green light by the European... [08 Apr 2008]
Vodafone explores femtocell potential?
News The larger version of this concept is the picocell, which is already an established technology for ensuring 2G/GSM coverage in the corporate setting. Vodafone is testing femtocell technology, which involves mini base... [28 Jan 2008]
Orange offers biz hardware for hard to reach places
News Orange will charge a monthly rental fee for its picocell hardware. Orange is preparing to offer businesses a way of improving their indoor mobile coverage. Onsite Coverage is the mobile operator's name for its picocells,... [05 Oct 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Femtocell
Cheat Sheet A femtocell is a small cellular base station - some might say picocell - that will connect to broadband connections in homes or offices. Companies such as O2 are open about various picocell trials... [25 Sep 2007]
In-flight mobile gets air-safety green light
News A picocell located on board the Airbus aircraft will pick up mobile phone signals via a 'leaky cable' antenna running along the length of the plane. The launch of in-flight mobile services by several airlines had been... [19 Jun 2007]
Emirates joins in-flight mobile gang
News Only a small number of passengers will be able to use the system at once - just five calls can be handled at a time, routed via a picocell on the aircraft to a satellite and then onto ground-based mobile networks. [09 Nov 2006]
In-flight broadband to take off with AirCell?
News The network, which the privately held company hopes to begin testing and deploying on commercial aircraft next year, would work by channelling communications from at least one miniature cell site - called a "picocell" -... [06 Jun 2006]
HSDPA picocell and WiMAX Solutions
White Paper picoChip announced the availability of complete software implementations for HSDPA picocells and 802.16 (WiMAX) basestations, the PC8218 and PC8520 respectively. The picoChip PC8520 WiMAX basestation solution provides a software-defined... [20 Jan 2005]
Radioactive: Will Bluephone save BT?
Comment The Bluetooth base station will essentially act as an individual home's 'picocell'. BT's Bluephone Project is emerging as one of the company's key offensives in the battle against fixed-mobile substitution. [11 Nov 2004]
Leader: Expect in-flight chit-chat
Leader Qualcomm, long known for providing some of the building blocks of modern cellular communication, offered what is known as a picocell. News broke over the weekend of a flight by an American Airlines jet featuring in-cabin... [21 Jul 2004]
BT's top research ideas
Comment 2002 - use of talking-head technology for video conferencing intelligent cats' eyes in the road with integrated speed cameras smart clothes that alter their thermal properties kitchen food tester that identifies presence of food bugs ... [16 Jan 2000]
