Ubiquisys to present and showcase femtocell products at Mobile World Congress 2009 "FemtoZone"

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emThe FemtoZone will serve as the industry's central information point on femtocell markets and technologies at Mobile World Congress, featuring public presentations from global operators – including Orange, Softbank, T-Mobile amp; Vodafone - and a broad ecosystem of solution vendors./em

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strongSWINDON, England -/strongUbiquisys, the leading developer of 3G femtocells, today announced it will be participating in the FemtoZone at Mobile World Congress 2009. The FemtoZone, which is hosted by the GSMA and the Femto Forum, will serve as a one-stop shop for all visitors interested in learning about the latest developments in the femtocell industry as it enters a pivotal year.br/

br/The FemtoZone (Stand - 2.1B34) will feature a daily schedule of public presentations from operators and vendors on the major opportunities and challenges facing the femtocell market.  Ubiquisys will be making a presentation on “The evolution of the femtocell” at 10.45am on Monday 16th February. Ubiquisys will also be displaying its ZoneGate femtocell as well two femtocell residential gateways from partners Netgear and Sercomm in the femtocell ecosystem product showcase in the FemtoZone.  All of these products will be running live on the Ubiquisys stand 1G19.br/

br/Ubiquisys will also be demonstrating a range of femtocell application services including; presence triggered downloads of MP3/Podcasts, uploads of photos/videos, virtual home number calling and child alerts. They will also be demonstrating femtocells in residential gateways enabling phones to access media and devices on the home network.  br/

br/“Since I founded the Femto Forum it has made significant progress with femtocell standards and allaying industry technical concerns. Following on from SoftBank’s announcement of the world’s first mass deployment of 3G femtocells, this year is set to see roll-outs begin in earnest,” said Will Franks, CTO and founder of Ubiquisys. “The involvement of the GSMA with the FemtoZone at this year’s Mobile World Congress is testament to the momentum behind the femtocell industry.”br/

br/ “Over the past year the femtocell industry has overcome major technical and business challenges paving the way in 2009 for operators to introduce commercial services. As such the Mobile World Congress is going to be a key event for operators to cement their consumer propositions to ensure their launches are as successful as possible,” said Professor Simon Saunders, Chairman of The Femto Forum.br/

br/“This year’s Mobile World Congress marks the beginning of the real acid test for femtocells. The FemtoZone will attempt to address the key issues, such as what is going to be the key driver for successful deployments and are there going to be further technical hurdles to be addressed before we see large scale deployment,” said Robindhra Mangtani, Director of the GSMA project on Femtocells.br/

br/More information on the FemtoZone, including the speaking program, is available ata href="http://www.femtoforum.org/femtozone.html" target="_blank"

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strongAbout The Femto Forum/strong

br/Femtocells are low-power wireless access points that operate in licensed spectrum to connect standard mobile devices to a mobile operator’s network using residential DSL or cable broadband connections. The Femto Forum (www.femtoforum.org) has been set up to promote the wide-scale adoption of femtocells. The Forum will support and drive the adoption of industry wide standards and common architectures to enable the widespread adoption amp; deployment of femtocells by operators around the world. It will direct and implement a multi-faceted marketing campaign to raise the profile, drive technology development amp; deployment and to promote the potential of femto solutions among industry stakeholders, journalists, analysts, regulators, special interest groups, standards bodies and consumers.br/

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strongAbout Ubiquisys Ltd/strong

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br/Ubiquisys is the specialist femtocell company recently recognized by the World Economic Forum as a 2009 Technology Pioneer. Its 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. In 2007 Ubiquisys created the Femto Forum to promote standards and partnerships in this fast-emerging industry. ABI Research named Ubiquisys as the world’s leading femtocell vendor in their 2008 Femtocell Vendor Matrix. In September 2008 the company announced that Softbank would be the world’s first operator to offer 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, visita href="../"www.ubiquisys.com/a

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