Europe : ip.access, the market leader in cellular picocell technologies is delighted to announce that Oyster 3G, its home access femtocell product, has won the Best Radio Access Product category of the annual GSM Awards, the mobile industry's most competitive and hard-fought awards.

ip.access was in prestigious company in its category with industry giants Nokia and Cisco also shortlisted.  Referring to the Oyster 3G femtocell's attributes and capabilities, the Awards Judges said: 'A product that brings the 3G inbuilding coverage issue to the forefront - this has the potential to change the way operators think about their networks'.

ip.access is particularly delighted that its femtocell product offering has achieved this level of recognition from a panel of industry leaders and mobile communication experts.

"The whole team at ip.access is absolutely delighted both to have won the award and to have done so against such illustrious competition." Said Stephen Mallinson, CEO of ip.access who received the Award at a presentation at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona.

"We are firm believers in the strength of our product and in the potential in the femtocell market. The fact that the Oyster 3G has been recognised through this award gives us great momentum and is testament to the huge amount of work that we have put into making ip.access the market leader for in-building picocell and femtocell technology."

Operators using ip.access' Oyster 3G will be able to offer their customers a powerful converged product in the home, which will allow them to capture revenues that normally go to fixed-line service providers.  In addition, using ip.access' technology they can combat cell shrinkage by adding capacity where the users are, and deliver a high-quality 3G experience while reducing backhaul costs.

In recognition of ip.access' success in winning the Best Radio Access Product award, Rob Conway, CEO of the GSM Association, said: "Achieving success in the global mobile industry requires a combination of innovation, expertise, tenacity and confidence - but the key ingredient
is a knowledge of what the market needs to move forward the new mobile era. The 2007 winners are recognised as having turned that knowledge into practical services and solutions that capture mobile users' needs. My congratulations on behalf of the GSMA - we wish you every continued
success."