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Airvana Inc.: See the world in 3G

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Paul Rolfes | Apr 18, 2008 6:20am EDT
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Consumers are cutting the cord, severing the tether to the landlines that once were mandated to talk to the world. No longer are they feeling beholdin’ to AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) or any of the other traditional providers of Plain Old Telephone Service.

Viva la revolution cellular.

Admittedly, wireless services are not without shortcomings. Dropped calls are not completely a thing of the past, but recent technology developments, combined with a network buildout by the carriers, are making strides in minimizing callus interruptus.

One of the hotter technologies under development is known as “femtocell,” and an 8-year-old Massachusetts company, Airvana Inc. (Nasdaq:AIRV), is working to help take it mainstream. Think of it as something akin to a cell tower of your very own: rather than depending on an outside signal that might fade inside a building, the femtocell is a small base station that delivers cellular communication over a broadband Internet connection. Adding range in the home to the home on the range — or in the condo complex — could help popularize 3G wireless services in the important U.S. market.

Airvana has a portfolio of network infrastructure products based on Internet Protocol technology, which provides the missing link between wireless service . . .

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