11th February 2008

ip.access broadens global picocell appeal with new products

More operators in more countries set to enjoy the benefits of IP based picocells

Cambridge UK, and Barcelona, Spain:  11 February 2008 - ip.access (www.ipaccess.com / Mobile World Congress: Hall 2, Stand 2D62), the leader in picocells and femtocells, is expanding its highly successful nanoGSM® picocell product range with two new models that deliver voice, GPRS and EDGE data in the 900 MHz and 850 MHz GSM bands, it announced today.

The nanoGSM system backhauls traffic over a cost-effective broadband IP connection and is already used by more than 30 mobile network operators worldwide - including most recently, TeliaSonera in Denmark.  The new nanoGSM products open up the benefits of picocells to a broader range of mobile operators.

Many GSM networks operate only on the 850 or 900 MHz bands, including key markets in Latin America, Asia and Africa. The new nanoGSM picocells will enable these operators to offer their high value business customers the benefits of high speed EDGE data indoors for BlackBerry® and other applications, as well as dedicated voice coverage for the office.

In addition to solving indoor coverage problems, operators are increasinglyusing nanoGSM picocells as a cost-effective way to offload voice and data traffic from congested macro networks, and to attract new enterprise customers with dedicated voice and data solutions.

Commenting on today’s announcement, ip.access CEO Stephen Mallinson said, “Our new high speed picocells build on the success of our existing nanoGSM products, opening up new markets where picocells can be deployed. They will help operators to better serve their customers inside buildings, where mobile phones are used the most.”

About ip.access

Based in Cambridge, UK, ip.access ltd (www.ipaccess.com) is a leading manufacturer of cost-effective 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.

ABI Research ranks ip.access as the world’s 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 world’s most deployed picocell, with live installations in more than 50 networks around the world and growing.

ip.access is also the company behind the multi-award winning Oyster 3G™ femtocell technology, which dramatically improves the user experience for 3G services at home. Oyster 3G is the core femtocell technology in AT&T’s 3G MicroCell.

ip.access counts Scottish Equity Partners, Rothschild Gestion, Intel Capital, Amadeus Capital Partners, ADC, Cisco, Qualcomm and Motorola Ventures among its shareholders.

Distributed on behalf of ip.access by NeonDrum
Nicky Davis
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