Airvana Showcases Transformed Home Experience at Mobile World Congress
MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS 2009, Barcelona, Spain, February 10, 2009 —
Airvana, Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRV), the company transforming the mobile experience, will showcase its UMTS HubBub femtocell at Mobile World Congress 2009 through a full working demonstration. This will include making phone calls and using data to download music, as well as showing the ‘future-looking’ applications that take advantage of the femtocell’s unique position on both mobile and home networks.
Other products being highlighted include the Universal Access Gateway (UAG), a convergence gateway for innovative FMC services, and modular femtocell technology designed to be integrated into residential gateway products. Stand visitors will also see partner devices that have Airvana’s module inside.
Co-founder and vice president, Femtocell Business and Corporate Development at Airvana, Sanjeev Verma, will also be giving a presentation on the Tuesday at the FemtoZone, a stand co-hosted by the GSMA and the Femto Forum. The presentation is entitled “Femtocells in Context” and will discuss how femtocells are driven by - and will drive - trends in mobile communications.
Dave Nowicki, vice president, Marketing, Airvana said, “The femtocell industry has made substantial progress since last year’s show, and increasing numbers of operators are already announcing their plans for deployment. Standing on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean with a foot in both markets with our UMTS and CDMA products has given us a unique insight into this rapidly developing market, and we expect 2009 to be a very exciting time for the industry. Our demonstration will show just what our femtocells are capable of, even at this early stage in their development, from improving voice services at the most basic level, to supporting the use of new and exciting data, video, music and other services.”
Airvana’s femtocell solutions for both voice and advanced 3G services include:
- HubBub UMTS and CDMA femtocells – Airvana’s line of standalone femtocells for both UMTS and CDMA networks that support both voice and 3G services to enable a dramatically-improved mobile experience indoors.
- Modular Femtocell Technology – hardware and software components that can be directly integrated into residential home gateway products. Examples of these that will be on the Airvana stand are the Thomson TG870 Residential Gateway, Pirelli DRG A225G-F7-A2 Integrated Access Device and Motorola’s CDMA 9100 KeepMeConnected ‘femtoframe’, all of which include Airvana’s femtocell module.
- Universal Access Gateway – a purpose-built convergence gateway with designed to address the unique security, mobility and performance challenges that result from mobile operators using the Internet as an extension of the radio access network.
Please visit Airvana at Stand AV75 to learn more about how the company’s comprehensive femtocell and fixed mobile convergence solutions are transforming the mobile experience.
About Airvana
Airvana is a leading provider of network infrastructure products used by wireless operators to provide mobile broadband services. Airvana’s software and hardware products---including base stations, controllers, gateways and femtocells---enable wireless networks to deliver broadband-quality multimedia services to mobile phones, laptop computers and other mobile devices. These services include Internet access, e-mail, music downloads, video, IP-TV, gaming, push-to-talk and voice-over-IP. Airvana’s solutions enable new services and deliver carrier-grade mobility, scalability and reliability with relatively low operating and capital costs. Worldwide, Airvana’s mobile broadband systems are deployed on six continents in 16 major networks by industry-leading service providers who demand high standards of carrier-class performance. Airvana is headquartered in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, USA. www.airvana.com
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