Press Dispensary - September 14, 2006 - UbiquiSys Ltd ( http://www.ubiquisys.com ), developer of the ZoneGate™ mass-market wireless femto access point for the residential market, and Tatara Systems ( http://www.tatarasystems.com ), a provider of carrier-class converged mobile services, today announce their collaboration on a femtocell system that employs the 3GPP IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) standard for mobile core network integration.
Through this collaboration, operators will be able to implement a standardised, affordable and secure access network system that supports large scale femtocell deployments and takes advantage of the existing embedded base of 2G and 3G mobile phones.
Femtocells are low cost cellular access points for mobile operators looking to provide enhanced, in-building 2G or 3G coverage within homes and small businesses. Made possible through recent advances in low cost 2G/3G silicon, as well as advanced radio frequency planning techniques, femtocells are receiving strong interest from operators globally. However, for sustainable, mass market femtocell adoption to take place, standards-based core network connectivity that supports large scale deployments is required.
This standards driven approach underpins both Tatara’s IMS-based offerings and the UbiquiSys ZoneGate femtocell system. Tatara's Mobile Services Convergence Platform, comprising Tatara Subscriber Gateway and Tatara Service Manager client software, allows service providers to deploy single number access to converged voice and messaging services in today’s networks, with evolution to IMS when appropriate. The IMS-based system offers secure, 3GPP-based service authentication and authorisation for homes and small businesses.
"Mobile operators tell us they see IMS as the future of core network evolution and the means by which femtocells will be connected to their networks," said Chris Gilbert, CEO of Ubiquisys. "The more progressive players will launch IMS-based services from day one, knowing their customers will benefit from the richer service environment the system delivers."
Steve Nicolle, president and CEO of Tatara Systems, comments: “UbiquiSys answers a key shortcoming in the marketplace - the ability to economically extend 2G/3G coverage to the home and small business. Not only will mobile operators retain customer minutes, they'll see an additional clear business need for deploying IMS based services too."
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