Aricent Powers Broadband Wireles Home 3G Femtocell Access Point

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 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."