Qualcomm builds chips that integrate both cellular and WiFi, but Jacobs said most mobile users today are defaulting to WiFi because they think it's cheaper to do so. Qualcomm's other goal with Alcatel-Lucent is to use small cells to bring down the cost of mobile data by merging the unlicensed spectrum with the licensed spectrum. (See Qualcomm Chips Away at Carrier Wi-Fi.)"It's deployed like a WiFi access point, but managed efficiently like a cell tower," he explained of small cells. "That is how we'll solve the consumer demand for more data... but that doesn't mean they'll pay 1,000 times more for data. We have to drive the costs down too."For its part, Alcatel-Lucent was more non-committal when discussing its strategy for integrating WiFi and cellular in multimode small cells. When asked whether all future small cells would include WiFi as well, Nick Cawgan, product manager for Alcatel-Lucent's carrier WiFi group, said it is something it will work out with each of its individual carrier partners. (See Multimode Small Cells Get Stalled in Labs.)
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