ip.access (www.ipaccess.com), the multi-award winning developer of solutions to boost mobile phone coverage indoors, today announced that it has once again been named amongst the fastest growing technology companies in the UK, by The Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100.
Now in its eighth year, The Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 ranks Britain’s fastest-growing private technology companies based on their sales growth over the past 3 years. 2008 is the second successive year that ip.access has appeared in the list, having placed 52nd in the table in 2007.
Cambridge-based ip.access is a market leader in the development of picocell and femtocell solutions for mobile phones. Picocells and femtocells are small cellular access points designed for use indoors that connect to an operator’s mobile network via a fixed broadband internet connection and solve in-building coverage problems for mobile operators and mobile phone users alike.
The picocell and femtocell markets are growing rapidly. ip.access’ nanoGSM® solution is the world’s most deployed picocell, helping mobile network operators improve coverage and capacity for enterprises, SMEs and public spaces. The ip.access Oyster 3G™ femtocell extends these benefits into the home, with the first commercial launches expected in the first half of 2009.
You might be wondering if this is newsworthy, but let me tell you that pico/femto- cells are HOT news in the industry right now – and let’s say 18-24 months after the industry is abuzz with something, consumers starting getting it in their homes! Certainly extending indoor coverage via devices that use DSL (or corporate LAN) backhaul is a great idea to my mind!
You can read the full press release here.
Thanks to Liz for updating us on this 🙂