BT chooses ip.access for in-building GSM service offering


? ip.access signs contract with BT to supply BT Wholesale customers with in-building coverage solutions
? nanoGSM? technology to provide foundation for new BT service offering to Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) throughout the UK

? ip.access? nanoBTSTM to deliver capacity and coverage over BT?s cost-effective DSL network



Cambridge, UK-/18 Nov, 2004 - Wi-Fi Technology News/- ip.access ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TTP Communications Plc (LSE:TTC), today announces that its nanoGSM? solution has been selected by BT for a new service for Mobile Network Operators to offer GSM in-building coverage.

The service offering to the Mobile Network Operators is simple and cost-efficient as the nanoBTS? basestations use BT?s world-class DSL infrastructure for backhaul. Coupled with BT?s expertise as a managed network supplier, Mobile Network Operators can offer a complete GSM corporate solution that supports excellent coverage and extended capacity within corporate offices and campus locations.


?ip.access? ground-breaking technology complements our UK-wide DSL network, adding a new IP-based managed solution which complements our growing wireless services and solution portfolio,? said Ian Welham, General Manager, Wireless Services and Solutions, BT Wholesale Markets.


Stephen Mallinson, managing director, ip.access, added, ?This contract is an important milestone in the widespread adoption of nanoGSM? technology and is further recognition of our strong belief in using existing networks to deploy GSM in-building.?

The ip.access nanoBTS? is a GSM picocell basestation that uses IP networks to deliver cellular voice and data services, in the smallest and most cost-effective package available today. Through the innovation of using IP as the backhaul medium, the nanoBTS? provides coverage and capacity simply and efficiently. The nanoBTS? is part of the ip.access nanoGSM? solution, which allows network operators to boost mobile phone coverage in previously hard-to-reach areas, enabling new applications such as Wireless Office.



ip.access ltd (http://www.ipaccess.com) designs and manufactures a range of GSM and GPRS infrastructure solutions that integrate seamlessly with IP-based networks providing ubiquitous and cost-effective mobile radio coverage within buildings. ip.access products can be used to enhance public mobile networks and to support emerging enterprise-focused wireless office services. Based in Cambridge, UK, ip.access ltd is a wholly-owned subsidiary of TTP Communications plc, a world leading independent supplier of cellular handset technology. TTP Communications, through its subsidiary TTPCom (http://www.ttpcom.com), sells technology intellectual property used in the design and manufacture of wireless communication terminals. Over 80 devices using its GSM technology have achieved Full Type Approval - more than any other independent developer. TTP Communications plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: TTC).


BT is one of the world?s leading providers of communications solutions serving customers in Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific. Its principal activities include network centric Information and Communications Technology (ICT) solutions, local, national and international telecommunications services, and higher-value broadband and internet products and services.


BT consists principally of three lines of business:
? BT Retail, providing fixed and mobile communications services and solutions to over 20 million business and residential customers in the UK. It is also a leading UK internet services provider.

? BT Wholesale, providing network services and solutions within the UK to more than 600 fixed and mobile operators and service providers including the provision of broadband, private circuits and PSTN.

? BT Global Services, providing ICT services internationally to meet the needs of multi-site organisations with European operations. BT Global Services operates in 136 countries and also offers international carrier services.

In the year ended 31 March 2004, BT Group?s turnover was ?18,519 million with profit before goodwill amortisation, exceptional items and taxation of ?2,013 million. For more information, visit http://www.btplc.com