Airvana and Pirelli Broadband Solutions have today announced that Airvana's HubBub UMTS femtocell has been selected to deliver 3G connectivity as part of Pirelli's portfolio for fixed-mobile convergence.
Pirelli Broadband Solutions develops products that enable the delivery of services to the connected home and office. Pirelli is a supplier of CPEs for quad-play service providers in Europe, with a portfolio comprising IPTV Set Top Boxes and home and office access gateways for xDSL and FTTx networks.
"Embedding femtocell functionality into our home and office access products is a natural extension of the connectivity options leveraged by our open Epicentro middleware for service creation," said Francesco Schiavinato, Sr. Vice President Sales & Marketing, Pirelli Broadband Solutions. "Airvana is known both for its innovation and leadership in industry standards that promote interoperability. These capabilities will help our operator customers deliver a superior service to their subscribers."