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If you find that poor signal quality means you have to go outside to use your Sprint mobile phone, the company might have a solution for you—at least if you live in Denver or Indianapolis. The new Sprint Airave, built by Samsung, is basically a femtocell base station which extends the range of Sprint’s wireless network into a small area (say, a building) by tapping into a broadband Internet connection as a way to enhance in-building wireless phone service. When users go out of range of the Airave, calls switch back to Sprint’s wireless network. The Airave improved cellular reception over an area of about 5,000 square feet, and is capable of handling three wireless calls at once.  Read more...