Does Femtocell Address Coverage Woes Of Rural Telephony In India?

A smaller base station in Femtocell, which was originally designed to enhance cellular network's indoor service coverage could be deployed in coverage driven sparsely populated rural indian markets at much lower costs than traditional base station. This is possible using a new chip from Picochip, which could support as many as 32 active mobiles outdoor. This technological disruption could not only cut down the rural expansion costs for indian Telcos but also challenge the traditional macro basestation industry and the prevailing business model...