Ubiquisys First to Announce Availability of Standardized 3G Femtocell Interface

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Company Commits to Delivery Timeline for Iuh interface support

SWINDON, England – 29th January 2009– Ubiquisys Ltd, the leading developer of 3G femtocells, today announced the forthcoming availability of an Iuh interface for its ZoneGate femtocells. The interface provides standardized communications between femtocells and the gateways in mobile operator’s networks. Ubiquisys will introduce the interface from mid-2009, with migration available for deployed femtocells. The company has worked with mobile operators on Iuh requirements and is synchronising market availability with multiple infrastructure partners.

Today, an operator’s choice of femtocells is dictated by the type of femtocell gateway infrastructure they connect to. Iuh is important because it standardises the interface between the femtocells and femtocell gateways. It frees operators to choose femtocells from their preferred vendors,and to make that choice independently of the network infrastructure. The speed and momentum behind the 3GPP’s work on Iuh illustrates the strong demand from operators for standard network interfaces for femtocells.

Ubiquisys is well positioned to deliver Iuh, because its femtocell architecture was specifically designed to anticipate the standard.  The company has already used this architecture to develop multiple network protocols (SIP, GAN, IMS) for its ZoneGate femtocell.

“Femtocells should be like mobile phones - interchangeable with the network they connect to,” said Will Franks, CTO and Founder, Ubiquisys. “Now that Iuh ratification is largely completed, demand from operators has intensified, and we have responded by accelerating our Iuh programme.”

About Ubiquisys

Ubiquisys was formed in 2004 to bring its ground-breaking ZoneGate femtocell technology to market. ZoneGate femtocells are manufactured with Sony UK Tech and are available as standalone units or as part of a residential gateway device such as Netgear’s DVG834GH. The system supports multiple interfaces to the operator’s core network, and is remotely managed and updated using standard TR-069 management systems such as Motive’s Home Device Manager. Ubiquisys’ sole focus is femtocells, and in 2007 it created the Femto Forum to promote standards and partnerships in this fast-emerging industry. In May 2008 ABI Research named Ubiquisys as the world’s leading femtocell vendor in their Femtocell Vendor Matrix. In September 2008 the company announced that Softbank would be the world’s first operator to offer commercial 3G femtocell services using the ZoneGate. Ubiquisys is funded by Accel Partners, Advent Venture Partners, Atlas Venture, Google and T-Mobile Venture Fund. For more information, visitwww.ubiquisys.com

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