Femtocells can help boost your cell phone signal. They can also make you vulnerable to hackers, according to new research.

Femtocell devices designed to boost indoor 3G network coverage could actually create coverage blackspots, according to Telstra's chief technology officer Dr Hugh Bradlow.

The research brings to light previously unknown vulnerabilities in some models of femtocells, devices that mobile network operators use to bring wireless service to low-coverage zones.

Because femtocell devices are tied to wireless carriers using licensed spectrum, you have to wait for your mobile provider to offer femtocell service.

That’s why femtocell technology has created such a stir over the past year or so — it offers the possibility of using a device like a broadband router to boost cellular reception indoors.

Femtocells by several manufacturers, including these made by Airvana, were shown at the CTIA wireless show in Las Vegas this spring. The devices help improve indoor cell phone coverage, in ...

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Of course, Nowicki is thinking far ahead into the future, at which point virtually all devices will have an IP address. The potential of femtocells will doubtlessly raise some concerns among users ...

Many of the wireless providers around the country are either deploying femtocells or getting set to deploy them. The femtocell is a device that is… ...

Without a femtocell, an attacker interested in cloning a mobile device could "wait for the victim to go to the bathroom and write down the identifiers associated with the phone," DePerry said.

Femtocells can help boost your cell phone signal by acting as a mini cellular tower for your home. Unfortunately for wireless customers, they can also make you vulnerable to hackers, according to ...