Software Development Partnership Slashed Development Time and Risk of Oyster 3G(TM) Home Access Femtocell
PALO ALTO, California, February 15/PRNewswire/ -- Aricent, a full-service, full-spectrum communications software company, and ip.access, a leading developer of in-building wireless picocell and femtocell solutions, today announced a software partnership that accelerated the launch of ip.access' Oyster 3G, home access femtocell.
The Oyster 3G is one of the first in a new category of femtocell products that has captured the imagination of the communications service provider community. Oyster 3G is an in-building access solution that increases both network coverage and user satisfaction - while simultaneously reducing a
variety of costs to operators. ip.access' 3G Converge(TM) architecture allows communications service providers to seamlessly upgrade their infrastructure to provide triple and quadruple play services without disturbing existing networks.
The partnership between Aricent and ip.access began at the start of the product development process. Over a nine month period, Aricent worked with ip.access to design, develop and integrate Aricent software into the 3G access controller, bringing together hardware and software components to accelerate the delivery and match the evolving project requirements. The highly collaborative program resulted in the delivery of the Aricent software that powers Oyster 3G system.
"In the battle for the building, operators are applying a wide range of hyperconnected systems to drive in-building connectivity and increase subscriber usage," said Ajay Gupta, vice president of the wireless and convergence business unit at Aricent. "In stitching together this all-IP network of hyperconnected nodes, it's important that the software that powers it is developed with a deep understanding of not only the 3G core and access networks, but also of the experience that end-users will expect. Aricent's development partnership with ip.access establishes a benchmark for how to deliver innovative new products while slashing time-to-market. All-IP systems such as Oyster 3G will completely change the way end users, service providers and the industry at large think of in-building connectivity and we're excited to have been a partner in the development of ip.access femtocell access point system."
"ip.access is pleased with the results of our partnership with Aricent," said Nick Johnson CTO of ip.access. "We selected Aricent as our software development partner for the ambitious Oyster 3G(TM) development program because of Aricent's deep domain expertise in communications software and its
proven track record in delivering software for leading edge solutions. Being short-listed for the Best Radio Access Product category of the prestigious GSM Awards is testament to the quality of the product that has come out of the partnership."
ip.access will formally launch its Oyster 3G product at the 3GSM World Congress 2007.
About Aricent
Aricent is a full-service, full-spectrum communications software company with corporate offices in Palo Alto, California. We offer software services and products that enable the world's leading communications equipment manufacturers, device manufacturers and service providers to improve time-to-revenue and maximise efficiency. Owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Sequoia Capital and Flextronics International Ltd., Aricent has more than 350 clients worldwide, including Airtel, Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco Systems, Ericsson, Inmarsat, Juniper, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Texas Instruments, Virgin Mobile and Vodafone. For more information, visit us at http://aricent.com.
About ip.access
Based in Cambridge, UK, ip.access ltd (www.ipaccess.com) is a leading manufacturer of cost-effective picocellular GSM, GPRS and EDGE and 3G infrastructure solutions, which integrate with standard broadband IP networks for backhaul. ip.access systems are live in over 18 networks around the world
and many more are in the process of being deployed.
The femto3G(TM) product range enables mobile network operators to provide improved residential 3G voice and data coverage and deliver a pure-play cellular approach to fixed-mobile convergence.
The nanoGSM(R) product range provides low-cost GSM coverage and capacity, to improve service quality in offices, shops and residential buildings. ip.access picocells can also provide coverage on passenger aircraft, ships and in remote rural areas using satellite backhaul.
ip.access counts Scottish Equity Partners, Intel Capital, Rothschild Gestion and Motorola among its shareholders.
Aricent is a trademark of Aricent, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.
Source: Aricent
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