Asia Pacific Watch

September 11, 2002
Asian wireless market attracts ip.access

SINGAPORE -- UK-based ip.access Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of TTP Communications plc, recently announced the expansion of its operations into Asia to tap into the burgeoning wireless market.

The firm is opening its Singapore office and has appointed Vincent Wong as regional sales manager, Asia Pacific, to drive forward growth in this market and lead the uptake of ip.access’ technology, including the world’s smallest GSM-over-IP base station, the nanoBTS.

The firm sees Asia as an exciting growth market. It also claims that nanoBTS combines GSM and IP technologies to provide ubiquitous and cost-effective mobile coverage and is ideally suited to the needs of the Asian marketplace. The base station can be used to provide wireless office solutions or public infill applications such as in airports, shopping malls, railway terminals and hotels. In addition, the nanoBTS can be used to provide cellular coverage in rural areas in developing economies.

ip.access designs and manufactures a range of GSM/GPRS infrastructure solutions that seamlessly integrate with IP-based networks. Headquartered in Cambridge, UK it is working with partners in Europe, North America and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). It has signed an agreement with Remotek in Taiwan, a leading distributor of wireless products in the region as well.