Looking to buy your own femtocell? We've listed the known network operators who actively sell these, together with links to their websites where you can read about their offers.
Many offers have been withdrawn by operators and are listed in magenta.
This list is mainly residential femtocells. Some network operators offer femtocells to their business customers and don't list these on their websites. Others may provide them only to customers who complain or are about to leave. In some cases, the product is supplied free to higher value customers.
Residential Femtocells - for domestic or SOHO (Single Office/Home Office) use
Network | Country | Brand Name (and link to website) | Purchase Price | Monthly Fee | Requires wireline broadband from same supplier | Femtocell vendor | Comments |
AT&T | USA | 3G Microcell | $159 | 0 | ip.access/ Cisco | Nationwide where ATT owns spectrum | |
China Mobile | China | H-Zone | Believed to be discontinued. Previously up to 10,000 commercially deployed in Suzhou. Uses TD-SCDMA 3G standard, rarely used outside China Mobile | ||||
China Unicom | China | 3G Inn | Huawei | Mostly deployed in enterprises. Believed to have been discontinued. | |||
Cosmote | Greece | Perfect Signal | €90 | 0 | No | Huawei | Probably discontinued - no mention on website |
KDDI | Japan | au Femtocell | Free | Yes | Airvana (now CommScope) | Probably discontinued - no mention on website | |
MTS | Russia | Sure Reception | 0 | $15 | No | NEC/ Ubiquisys |
Optional inclusive calls for $12/month. Larger 16 channel unit for $60/month |
MoldTelecom | Moldovia | Femtocell Unite | Lei 1699 (approx 100 Euro) | 0 | Yes | Huawei | Discontinued |
Mosaic | Wisconsin, USA | Homecell | Free to $200 | $10 | Ubiquisys/ NSN |
Probably discontinued - no mention on website | |
NTT DoCoMo | Japan | My Area | ¥2100 | ¥980 | Yes | Mitsubishi | Probably discontinued - no mention on website |
Optimus | Portugal | Sinal On | € 99 | €7.80 | Yes | Huawei |
Discontinued |
Optus (Yes) | Australia | Homezone | 0 | AUS$5-10 | No | Alcatel-Lucent | System switched off June 2017 |
Orange | Poland | Ekstra Sygnal | zl 150 (US$40) |
zl19 then zl50 | No | Alcatel-Lucent | Probably discontinued. No longer mentioned on website. |
SFR | France | Home 3G | 0 | 0 | No | Ubiquisys (now Cisco) | €49 one-off price refunded on activation. Still advertised although Cisco have end-of-lifed the product. |
Softbank | Japan | Femtocell | Free | Free | Ubiquisys (now Cisco) | Free in areas of poor coverage. Free DSL provided if no broadband installed. 2 year postpaid subscription to mobile service. Sales to new customers ended June 2018, existing customers continue to be supported | |
Sprint | USA | Airave | $99 | $5 | No | Alcatel-Lucent | 3G CDMA discontinued. Airave 4 (4G version) launched May 2019 supports 8 voice calls and up to 14 LTE sessions. |
Telefonica (Movistar) |
Spain | Mi Cobertura Movil | € 9 | Yes | Huawei/ Alcatel-Lucent |
Discontinued. | |
T-Mobile | USA | Personal Cellspot | No | Alcatel-Lucent (now Nokia) | Multimode 3G/4G 16 user. $25 deposit, rental fees not stated on website. | ||
Verizon | USA | Network Extender | $249 | 0 | No | Samsung | 3G CDMA. Discontinued |
Vodafone | Czech | $170 | 0 | No |
Alcatel- |
Same solution as other Vodafone group properties |
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Vodafone | Greece |
€90 |
0 |
Sagemcom |
Free to higher spending customers |
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Vodafone | Hungary | Mini Bazis | Forint 29,900 +VAT (Approx US$160) |
0 | No | Alcatel-Lucent (Nokia) | Larger Enterprise Femtocell also available |
Vodafone | Ireland | Sure Signal | €99 | 0 | Alcatel-Lucent | Discontinued for new customers | |
Vodafone | Italy | Booster Privati |
€129 |
0 | No | Alcatel-Lucent (Nokia) |
€89 for ADSL Vodafone customers |
Vodafone | Netherlands | SignaalPlus |
€85 |
0 | No |
Alcatel-Lucent (Nokia) |
Probably discontinued. No longer shown on website. |
Vodafone | New Zealand |
NZ$ 199 |
0 | Yes |
Alcatel-Lucent (Nokia) |
Min 2Mbps internet broadband for backhaul recommended. |
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Vodafone | Portugal | Sinal Max | €149 | 0 | No |
Alcatel- |
Up to 4 users Withdrawn from public website |
Vodafone | Spain | Voz y Datos Premium | Free | € 15 | Yes | (Huawei) | Withdrawn (only available to enterprise customers) |
Vodafone | UK | Sure Signal | £69 | 0 | No | Sagemcom | Withdrawn during 2021 |
Comments
Also I wanted to know do femtocells have software/firmwa re that go along with them?
Any recommendation?
https://www.vodafone.co.uk/network/calling-features/sure-signal
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