Korean mobile operator SK Telecom has completed the development of its 'Wi-Fi Integrated LTE Femtocell,' which provides both LTE and Wi-Fi services simultaneously. The device includes both a LTE femtocell and a Wi-Fi access point. It can be installed in places where power availability is a problem by applying POE, which allows power transmission along with data over internet. The Wi-Fi Integrated Femtocell minimises shadow areas including indoors and underground and thereby offers customers enhanced LTE service coverage. SK Telecom plans to build LTE networks in 84 cities across the country by April 2012, after which it will use the Wi-Fi Integrated Femtocells to enhance its service quality. Wi-Fi Integrated LTE Femtocells will be first deployed in densely populated regions focusing primarily on central commercial areas of major cities where LTE traffic and users are concentrated, and then be expanded to areas with high data demand - i.e. indoor areas like shopping centres, offices, houses, and school - measured by an analysis of LTE service usage patterns.
