{"id":710460,"date":"2010-04-06T18:55:07","date_gmt":"2010-04-06T22:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"15611 at http:\/\/www.precentral.net"},"modified":"2010-04-06T18:55:07","modified_gmt":"2010-04-06T22:55:07","slug":"upcoming-sprint-airave-refresh-to-bring-voip-and-ev-do-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/710460","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Sprint AIRAVE Refresh to Bring VoIP and EV-DO Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 349px;\" class=\"lightbox2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.precentral.net\/sites\/precentral.net\/files\/articleimages\/Robert%20Werlinger\/2010\/04\/airave-manual-airvana.jpg?w=780\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a Sprint subscriber and you live in an area of spotty cell service, you&#8217;re probably familiar with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nextel.com\/en\/services\/airave\/index.shtml\">AIRAVE<\/a>, the company&#8217;s CDMA femtocell.&nbsp; If so, you&#8217;re also probably familiar with the gadget&#8217;s limitations, namely its lack of 3G&nbsp;and VoIP&nbsp;support.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been expecting updated hardware to come down the pike for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.precentral.net\/sprint-airave-gets-early-revamp-no-evdo-be-seen\">some time now<\/a>, and a tipster has recently made us wise to the fact that a refresh to the popular device is neigh, citing an internal Sprint email that&#8217;s being sent around picturing a revamped AIRAVE boasting VoIP landline and EV-DO&nbsp;support. Corroborating this tip is a <a href=\"https:\/\/fjallfoss.fcc.gov\/oetcf\/eas\/reports\/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&amp;RequestTimeout=500&amp;calledFromFrame=N&amp;application_id=593827&amp;fcc_id=%27QHYHUBBUBC1600-RT%27\">FCC filing<\/a> recently dug up by the folks over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2010\/04\/05\/sprint-airave-gets-remixed-by-airvana-has-voip-landline-and-ev\/\">Engadget<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re still digging around for the details on pricing and availability, but it&#8217;s probably safe to assume that it&#8217;ll be priced similarly to the current offering (free for some, $99 for others, with monthly fees starting at $10).&nbsp; As far as availability, when draft manuals start getting emailed to employees and filings bubble up on the FCC&#8217;s website, you can assume that it will be &quot;soon&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Current AIRAVE&nbsp;users:&nbsp;are the upcoming enhancements enough to warrant an upgrade for you?<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteright\"><em>Thanks to gilligan793 for the tip!<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Precentralnet?a=_SLH__O0KUU:o9dTINi9Nyk:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Precentralnet?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Precentralnet?a=_SLH__O0KUU:o9dTINi9Nyk:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Precentralnet?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Precentralnet?a=_SLH__O0KUU:o9dTINi9Nyk:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Precentralnet?i=_SLH__O0KUU:o9dTINi9Nyk:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Precentralnet?a=_SLH__O0KUU:o9dTINi9Nyk:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Precentralnet?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Precentralnet\/~4\/_SLH__O0KUU\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; If you&#8217;re a Sprint subscriber and you live in an area of spotty cell service, you&#8217;re probably familiar with the AIRAVE, the company&#8217;s CDMA femtocell.&nbsp; If so, you&#8217;re also probably familiar with the gadget&#8217;s limitations, namely its lack of 3G&nbsp;and VoIP&nbsp;support. 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