Vodafone Spain launches femtocell service commercially

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: By unveiling its commercial femtocell services in the country, Vodafone Spain has claimed to be the first mobile network operator to do that. The telco launched the service in partnership with Chinese vendor Huawei. The service has been launched under the brand name of Voz y Datos Premium Oficina Vodafone’ and aims at corporate customers.

According to the telco, the 25,000 companies which are currently utilizing its Oficina Vodafone services will be able to take advantage of the new product. Femtocells will be sold by Vodafone for EUR15 (USD18.33) per month, and the device will support a total of 32 devices, with four able to connect to it simultaneously.

In order to utilize the service, the customers will also be required to have, or sign up for, Vodafone’s business ADSL service.