Ubiquisys, MIT Team

SWINDON, U.K. -- Ubiquisys, the leading developer of 3G femtocells, today announced that it has been working with a team from MIT’s Entrepreneurship Lab (E-Lab) to look at femtocell application services and operator business models. Using a combination of primary and secondary research the team looked at a number of areas, including femto-enabling existing internet applications, exploration of new application services, and defining and quantifying the consumer value propositions. MIT has also agreed to establish a femtocell application development centre at the MIT Entrepreneurship Center.

“We have successfully answered the technical femtocell questions and mobile operators are now looking to the potential for additional revenue generating services,” said Chris Gilbert, CEO of Ubiquisys. “MIT’s reputation for innovation and technical expertise is second to none and we are delighted to have been working with a very talented E-Lab team who are helping to define the future of femtocell services.”

The MIT E-Lab is a course in which teams of graduate management, engineering and science students work for one semester on a problem critical to the success of a new technology venture. Hundreds of millions of people across the world have both a mobile phone and access to a broadband connection at home or at work. But these two liberating technologies have grown up separately. Ubiquisys has joined them together by pioneering the femtocell, a miniature 3G access point that plugs into a user’s broadband connection. It delivers great indoor coverage, with very fast mobile internet, at very low cost.

Ubiquisys Ltd.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)