ip.access to set up R&D centre in Pune

UK-based picocell and femtocell developer and manufacturer ip.access has set up a research and development (R&D) centre in Pune in partnership with business services company, Quickstart Global. ip.access recently bagged a contract from Bharti Airtel to supply its nanoGSM picocells for deployment across the country.

Announcing the move, Philip Rimell , Chief Operating Officer, ip.access, said, “We see this new Pune centre as a great opportunity to extend our product development capability in order to best serve the needs of our customers and the market worldwide. This will be a focused development centre, leveraging the wealth of engineering talent that is available in India and complementing the work of our long-standing Indian partners, Aricent and Sasken.”

The company will hire 40 engineers for the centre by end of this year. The picocells will be used to boost both in-building coverage and capacity within business premises and other busy indoor locations throughout India.