It sounds biological. But it’s not. A femtocell is a low-power cell phone access point that lets you use your phone over a broadband connection. Sounds good for those of us (and I include myself here) who don’t have excellent cell phone coverage where we live. But there’s some interesting news coming from the AT&T camp that might give us an idea where the future of cell phone networks is going.

Glenn Fleishman over at Ars Technica wrote earlier this month that AT&T may be looking to include femtocells with their high-speed Uverse broadband product. The information was released before an official announcement on the company’s Web site — the page has been removed, so the details may change. But if what was up there is correct, AT&T might just build a femtocell into the Uverse modem, which would help the company cut costs by using built-in femtocells to extend its network.