ip.access announces new breed of ‘Presence’ small cells

LONDON, UK: Leading small cells innovator and system builder, ip.access, announced a new breed of small cells designed around the concept of ‘Presence'. The first of its new P-series of Presence Cells will unlock a range of new solutions and revenue opportunities. Presence Cells are based on FSM® small cells solutions, products of Qualcomm Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm.

Announcing the development, CEO Simon Brown said: "Presence Cells are about capturing data and providing supporting services and value. It's a completely new breed of small cells with unique capabilities to support an exciting but specific vertical segment's need."

The company said the new small cells unlock the capture of presence data and support mobile phone location authentication to enable a range of new solutions including retail analytics, mobile finance and mobile promotions. Beyond the small cells themselves, ip.access also provides the back-end processing to deliver the presence data in a secure and anonymised form, direct to the vertical application provider.

The new Presence Cells are compatible today with more than two billion 3G handsets with no modifications, no specific applications or user configuration required. Variants of Presence Cells are under development to operate within LTE networks.