/> Argela has been chosen by the mobile operator, Avea, for its femtocell deployment which is planned for a Q3 2011 launch in Turkey. This deployment will render Argela the first Iuh-based femtocell access point in the market. Avea offers services to 96% of Turkey's population through its next-generation network.

Argela’s line of femtocell technology products and solutions include residential, enterprise, and outdoor femtocells as well as femtozone applications and services which can be added via Argela’s APPs-on Femto Application Server. Its residential femtocell products include a standalone, UMTS, Iuh standard-compliant femtocell access point and a home gateway that integrates several wireless technologies: Femtocell, IPTV, Wi-Fi, DSL and ZigBee, all unified with converged middleware. Significantly, these both support a range of innovative home-zone applications, providing useful services for consumers and new revenue streams for carriers. To further complete its line of femtocell solutions, Argela is also offering femtocell management support solutions providing operators an easy way to control femtocell traffic and track femtocell performance.

“We selected Picochip because of the quality and completeness of its product line,” commented Mr. Bulent Kaytaz, Argela’s CEO, “We appreciate Picochip’s experience with field-proven femtocell solutions, which is exactly what we needed to support the growth of our femtocell products and solutions into an entire femtocell product family. Picochip’s products also support us in extending our business in a strategic way, from innovative, residential femtos that create a connected home to high-performance, rural and metro femtos. We have had great support from Picochip and anticipate a mutually rewarding relationship.”

“2010 has seen the femtocell market move into the mainstream,” said Nigel Toon, President and CEO of Picochip. “Argela’s selection of Picochip is a strong validation of our leadership and we look forward to working together across the range of exciting products they are developing. Companies like Argela are showing how the femtocell concept can extend into new geographies and new product segments, it is thanks to that growth that we will sell more than one million femtocell chips this year.”

Picochip is the industry’s leading supplier of femtocell technology and silicon. With more than 30 femtocell customers, including some of the world’s leading OEMs and carriers, the company is the only supplier shipping in volume for use on multiple carriers’ networks. Picochip has the most complete femtocell product portfolio on the market, covering residential, enterprise, metro and rural deployments; its picoXcell(TM) SoCs crystallize five years’ experience in the field; its picoArray™ programmable wireless processors are class-leading flexible, programmable solutions for any wireless standard, including GSM, HSPA+, TD-SCDMA, WiMAX, cdma2000, LTE and LTE-Advanced.

This year, Argela was recognized by the Femto Forum for its innovative, ADz-on Femto Advertising Application. From indoor and outdoor femtocell solutions to its Apps-on Femtocell Application Server and award–winning advertising applications, Argela provides a wide range of telecom technology solutions. Argela’s customized telecom solutions include a combination of: Femtocell Solutions, Targeted Advertising, Fixed-Mobile Convergence, Web TV and Intelligent Network applications. Argela’s products are interoperable and can be combined to provide operators with customized, cutting-edge solutions and home zone services.

Collaborating with telecom and mobile operators around the world, Argela provides innovative and integrated turn-key solutions for operators to help them increase revenue, increase customer satisfaction, contain costs, and decrease churn. Argela provides award-winning technology to its customers and is an active member of the Femto Forum, the Mobile Marketing Association, and the Interactive Advertising Bureau.