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Integrated access technology provider U4EA ( News - Alert), a company that focuses on converged communications, announced Tuesday its acquisition of NextHop Technologies, a provider of WiFi  mobility solutions and networking protocol software for the wired and wireless communications market.
Renamed U4EA Wireless, NextHop ( News - Alert) will operate under the leadership of PG Menon as vice president and general manager of the operating unit.
Menon noted that demand for wireless services is becoming ubiquitous across all applications and platforms for the small and medium business (SMB) and enterprise markets.
“NextHop has always focused on innovation, whether supplying solutions to satisfy new demands in manufacturing for RFID (radio frequency identification) tracking, in the branch office for OIB (office in a box) solutions, or in hospitals requiring location-based services,” Menon said in a statement. “NextHop's CompleteMobility Express is a plug-and-play version for SMB which can be deployed from scratch in less than 15 minutes.”
NextHop addresses the needs of SMBs, enterprises and service providers with a variety of solutions, including WiFi ( News - Alert) 802.11 (versions a through n) controller and access point software. Many original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) already use NextHop's software for their wireless product offerings.
This acquisition adds to the WiFi software and expertise offered in U4EA’s portfolio of communications products for SMBs. Integrating the NextHop WiFi software with U4EA's Multi-service Business Gateway Fusion series will address the rapidly growing SMB requirements for seamless mobility, unified communications and highly integrated and cost effective solutions. U4EA's quality of service (QoS ) technology ensures that voice, data and video can share the same network access link with guaranteed quality and maximum utilization.
According to Columb Harrington, Group CEO of U4EA Technologies, "U4EA's mission is to provide premise solutions for Unified Communications ( News - Alert) and IMS aimed directly at the SOHO and SMB markets."
Harrington added: "We have long recognized that wireless will be an essential part of any next generation premise solution, and in this respect we have been partnering with NextHop for some time. The opportunity to acquire NextHop was timely. We welcome PG and his team and look forward to delivering WLAN solutions combined with U4EA's Multi-service Business Gateways to address the FMC and UC requirements of the SMB marketplace."
Vinti Vaid is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Vinti’s articles, please visit her columnist page.
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