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Home Is Where the Femtocell Is

What's more, wireless service providers can use femtocells to snatch business from landline phone service operators and Web-calling outfits such as Vonage. Already, 19% of Americans have dropped their landlines and rely solely on mobile phones, according to consultancy Parks Associates. Those numbers would probably surge as cellular service in the home improves.

From the article "Home Is Where the Femtocell Is," by Olga Kharif and Bruce Meyerson.
 

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