4:00 PM -- Unstrung has learned that Verizon Wireless is going to deploy the Airave CDMA femtocell from Samsung Corp. , according to an industry source. Verizon would be the second U.S. operator to deploy the 2G femtocell, after Sprint Corp. (NYSE: S) launched a service in Denver and Indianapolis in September last year. (See Sprint Goes Femto and Vodafone Picks Femto Vendors.)

Verizon Wireless had not returned Unstrung's calls as this blog was published.

— Michelle Donegan, European Editor, Unstrung