Femtocell technology is becoming increasingly important as more and more people ditch their landlines and therefore require better cell phone coverage inside their homes. It’s been said that this technology has failed to hit the mainstream thus far because those wireless companies that also have landline divisions haven’t wanted to jeopardize the latter with femtocells. However, recent announcements from both AT&T and Verizon suggest that these companies are ready to proceed with the new technology. There certainly remain problems that the carriers will face in their deployment including the difficulty of managing the new technology seamlessly and the cost of the technology to the consumer. However, experts in the industry say that the question really is no loner if femtocells are going to be a reality but rather when the carriers will implement them efficiently. Many are predicting that 2009 is going to be a boom year for this sector of the wireless industry.