Looking to improve indoor coverage for WiMAX devices, the WiMAX Forum is partnering with the Femto Forum to create a femtocell that routes WiMAX signals over landlines.

The two industry groups dedicated to promoting WiMAX and femtocells respectively, said Wednesday that they would work together to make a WiMAX femtocell that “will address topics such as end-to-end QoS, provisioning, network entry and authentication, power optimization and mobility management.” The forums also say that the new WiMAX femtocell specifications will support emergency services, location-based services and “lawful intercept.”

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