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Aricent (News - Alert) and ip.access have announced a software partnership that accelerated the launch of ip.access’ Oyster 3G, home access femtocell.

An in-building access solution, Oyster 3G is one of the first in a new category of femtocell products that is gaining popularity among the communications service provider community. The solution increases network coverage, user satisfaction, and reduces a variety of costs to operators.

Communications service providers can use ip.access’ 3G Converge architecture to seamlessly upgrade their infrastructure to provide triple and quadruple play services without disturbing existing networks.

Over a nine month period, both companies worked together to design, develop and integrate Aricent software into the 3G access controller. This brought together hardware and software components to accelerate the delivery and match the evolving project requirements. The collaboration has provided the Aricent software that powers Oyster 3G system.

“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,” said Ajay Gupta, vice president of the wireless and convergence business unit at Aricent in a press release.

Gupta believes 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.

According to Nick Johnson CTO of ip.access they selected Aricent as their software development partner for the Oyster 3G 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,” he concluded.

 

 

 

 

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