Femtocell-Aware Phone Application Supports Multiple Vendors Femtocells

Intrinsyc smartphone application demonstrated working across Airvana, ip.access and Ubiquisys femtocells

Core Facts

Femtocells Americas Airvana, Inc., ip.access, and Ubiquisys, together with Intrinsyc Software International, Inc. are to demonstrate a femtocell-aware handset application working with all three vendors femtocells. The demonstration, which will be shown at the Femtocells Americas conference in San Diego, represents a milestone towards the standardization of femtocell applications, and is aligned to the Femto Forums ongoing work in this area.

Quotes

With standard femtocell APIs, developers will be able to write mobile applications that run on any femtocell on any network. This kind of demonstration is an important proof point for the Forums current focus on creating a standard API for handset applications.

Andrew Germano, Vice Chairman of the Femto Forum and Chairman of the Services SIG.

Femtocell-aware applications offer significant opportunities for developers, network operators and end-users, However, it is important to work towards standardised approaches that can work across multiple types of handset and femtocell. This type of common 'trigger' capability is a very good example and a positive signal for the market.

Dean Bubley,Independent Analyst and founder of Disruptive Analysis

Company information

Based in Cambridge, UK, ip.access ltd (www.ipaccess.com) is a leading manufacturer of picocell and femtocell infrastructure solutions for GSM, GPRS, EDGE and 3G. These solutions bring IP and cellular technologies together to drive down costs and increase coverage and capacity of mobile networks. ip.access is the company behind the multi-award winning Oyster 3G femtocell technology, which dramatically improves the user experience for 3G services at home. ABI Research ranks ip.access as the worlds number 1 picocell vendor; its nanoGSM® and nano3G picocell solutions provide 2G and 3G coverage and capacity for offices, shops and (using satellite backhaul) passenger aircraft, ships and remote rural areas. nanoGSM® is the worlds most deployed picocell, with deployments in more than 40 live networks around the world and growing. ip.access counts Scottish Equity Partners, Rothschild Gestion, Intel Capital, Amadeus Capital Partners, ADC, Cisco, Qualcomm and Motorola Ventures among its shareholders

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