Cambridge, 6 May 2010 – ip.access, the leading developer of femtocell and picocell solutions, celebrated another award win at last night’s inaugural World Vendor Awards ceremony in London. The company picked up the award in the “Best Specialist Vendor” category.

The World Vendor Awards are the only independent impartial awards for telecom vendors. Last night saw ip.access chosen as Best Specialist Vendor ahead of stiff competition from companies such as Ipanema Technologies, Mformation, RAD and Telmap.

The World Vendor Awards’ judging panel described ip.access as "an excellent example of a company that has specialised in a core market area and gained some significant traction." The judges added that the company has "a specific solution to address a specific need” and that it “leads a growing market."

One judge hailed ip.access as “a great technological story with a real product range and great customer stories."
   
Commenting on the Award win, ip.access CEO Stephen Mallinson said: “This is great news and another ringing endorsement of our approach, our technology, and most of all our delivery of femtocell and picocell solutions to operators all over the world.”

For more information on the benefits of femtocells for mobile operators and end-users alike, please visit www.ipaccess.com.

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About ip.access
Based in Cambridge, UK, ip.access ltd (www.ipaccess.com) is a leading manufacturer of cost-effective picocell and femtocell infrastructure solutions for GSM, GPRS, EDGE and 3G. These solutions bring IP and cellular technologies together to drive down costs and increase coverage and capacity of mobile networks.

ABI Research ranks ip.access as the world’s number 1 picocell vendor; its nanoGSM® and nano3G™ picocell solutions provide 2G and 3G coverage and capacity for offices, shops and (using satellite backhaul) passenger aircraft, ships and remote rural areas. nanoGSM is the world’s most deployed picocell, with live installations in more than 50 networks around the world and growing.
ip.access is also the company behind the multi-award winning Oyster 3G™ femtocell technology, which dramatically improves the user experience for 3G services at home.
ip.access counts Scottish Equity Partners, Rothschild Gestion, Intel Capital, Amadeus Capital Partners, ADC, Cisco, Qualcomm and Motorola Ventures among its shareholders.

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