February 15, 2010, Barcelona, Spain – GENBAND Inc., a market-leading developer of next-generation IP infrastructure solutions, today announced that it will participate in FemtoZone at Mobile World Congress 2010 and discuss the latest advances in femtocell gateway security along with the company’s entire femtocell gateway solution. FemtoZone, hosted by the GSMA and the Femto Forum, takes center stage at this year’s Mobile World Congress with operators, vendors, analysts and other industry bodies addressing the major opportunities facing the femtocell market’s move to the mass market. With femtocell deployment now taking place on three continents, FemtoZone 2010 provides a one-stop shop for updates on the femtocell ecosystem development. As part of the daily FemtoZone speaker program, Dr. Natasha Tamaskar, GENBAND’s vice president of product marketing, will present ‘Securing Converged IP Networks’ on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 10:30 am at Hall 1, Stand 1G19.
“At this year’s FemtoZone, we look forward to discussing the central role security plays in femtocell deployments,” said Dr. Tamaskar. “GENBAND’s femtocell gateways form the fundamental bridge for femtocell traffic into the mobile core, while delivering the vital security necessary to protect the network. Together with our femtocell ecosystem partners, we are involved in major live femtocell deployments and active femtocell trials with tier 1 operators worldwide.”
GENBAND will highlight its market leading femtocell gateway components, the G9™ Converged Gateway and S2™ Security Gateway, at the FemtoZone product showcase as well as at its own stand (2B90). GENBAND’s interoperability among best-of-breed femtocell controller and access point providers will also be demonstrated along with the company’s commitment to an open, flexible and standards-based approach for developing the femtocell market opportunity.About GENBAND
GENBAND is a global leader and innovator of next generation IP media, session border and fixed mobile convergence security solutions deployed in over two-thirds of the world’s 100 largest service providers. These high-performance gateway solutions are at the core of fixed and mobile networks around the world – evolving, securing and enhancing communications networks. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, GENBAND has Centers of Excellence around the world and serves customers and partners in more than 80 countries. Additional information is available at www.genband.com.
About The Femto Forum
Femtocells are low-power wireless access points that operate in licensed spectrum to connect standard mobile devices to a mobile operator's network using a residential DSL, cable modem or other broadband backhaul connection. The Femto Forum was established in 2007 to promote the wide-scale adoption of femtocells. The Forum supports and drives the adoption of industry standards and common architectures to enable the widespread adoption and deployment of femtocells by operators around the world. It directs and implements a multi-faceted program to raise the profile, drive technology development and deployment and promote the potential of femto solutions among industry stakeholders, journalists, analysts, regulators, special interest groups, standards bodies and consumers.
Contacts:
Kim Lee
GENBAND Inc.
+1.972.265.3766
kim.lee@genband.com
Frank Puglia
GENBAND Inc.
+1.972.265.3612
frank.puglia@genband.com