Ubiquisys and Percello Unveil Next Generation Femtocell Platform

First showing of Ubiquisys G3 combines pioneering technology for consumer and enterprise deployments with the power and economy of the Percello Aquilo baseband chipset

London UK - Ubiquisys, the leading developer of 3G femtocells, today announced that it will publicly demonstrate its G3 next generation of femtocells for the first time at the Femtocell World Summit in London on 23 June.

The G3 femtocell platform features a range of proven technical capabilities pioneered by Ubiquisys which are essential for robust consumer and enterprise deployments.  These include Real-time Cognitive Radio to eliminate interference problems in mass deployments, and FemtoMesh technology to enable WiFi-style enterprise grid deployments. The Percello Aquilo chip family combines the performance of 8-16 users as well as 21.6Mbps downlink and 5.7 Mbps uplink HSPA+ with low power and low cost. The consumer, business and module variants of the G3 range will commence shipments from Q4 2009.

Deployment Ready: "Real World" Technology
Only Ubiquisys femtocells feature Real-time Cognitive Radio which automatically adapts to changes in the radio environment. This eliminates real-world interference problems caused by for example neighbours installing femtos, or people moving their femtocell to different parts of the house, or by the operator performing a macro re-plan.  This unique capability is also fundamental to realising femto grids for enterprise.  The Ubiquisys femtocell range features FemtoMesh technology, the ability for individual femtocells to form a self-organising grid, enabling companies to self-install femtocells in a similar fashion to enterprise WiFi.

Power and Economy
The G3 model demonstrated at the event will be running with a Percello Aquilo PRC6000 chip, which supports up to 8 simultaneous users and 21.6/5.7 Mbps data throughput. The Aquilo chipset combines this power with low energy consumption and low cost.  G3 models will also support up to 16 users using Percello's Aquilo PRC6500.

Device flexibility
The Ubiquisys G3 also builds on the success of the current ZoneGate modular femtocell, which has been successfully integrated by many home gateway device manufacturers including NETGEAR and SerComm. The G3 platform takes this flexibility to a new level, providing device manufacturers with more design authority to create segment-specific products.  And by providing a deployment system that enables device manufacturers to focus on hardware design rather than software and radio considerations, the time to market for new designs is dramatically reduced.

"Ubiquisys has continued to pioneer technical developments in the femtocell industry in key areas such as cognitive radio, mesh networks and applications," said Chris Gilbert, CEO of Ubiquisys. "Our G3 platform incorporates our proven technology together with the low power, high performance Percello chipset to deliver a highly flexible femtocell solution at a mass market price point."

"We have been working closely with Ubiquisys on the development of our Aquilo chip and their technical experience and market understanding have been invaluable in helping us to develop a chipset tailored to the needs of the femtocell industry," said Shlomo Gadot, CEO of Percello. "The G3 product boasts the performance, flexibility and price point for a range of products and use cases and we are delighted to be working with Ubiquisys to deliver the platform to customers."

Footnotes:
Ubiquisys will also be demonstrating its FemtoMesh technology for creating a self-organising grid of enterprise femtocells to customers at the event. Percello will also be demonstrating  the capabilities of the PRC6500.

About Ubiquisys
Ubiquisys is the specialist femtocell company 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 and SerComm's FC210U. 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 and 2009 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, visit www.ubiquisys.com

About Percello
Percello, a fabless semiconductor company, was founded to provide digital baseband solutions to the challenges of the 3G/HSDPA/HSUPA/HSPA+/LTE femtocells market: cost, power, level of integration, development time and flexibility. Percello team has vast knowledge in silicon design, software and 3G/HSDPA/HSUPA/HSPA+/LTE communication systems. The team has proven capability to deliver complicated SoC from standard to mass production.

Percello's architecture combines programmable multi processing DSPs and dedicated HW accelerators. This approach is optimized for power consumption, cost reduction and risk minimization. Percello's first chip, PRC6000, is the first worldwide SoC (System on a Chip) solution dedicated for the emerging 3G UMTS femtocell market. The chip is a highly integrated device supporting all femtocell backhauling functions such as timing, security and others. PRC6000 is compliant to 3GPP Rel 7 baseline and is capable of delivering 21.6Mbps downlink and 5.76 uplink. For more information about Percello, please visit www.percello.com.

Contacts

For Ubiquisys:
Ed Howson
Tel: +44 (0)7740173051
ed.howson@temono.com

For Percello:
Theresa Maloney
Tel: 1+ 925-287-1509
theresa@cogentacom.com
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