also been deployed in Africa, Asia, and Latin America to provide connectivity to rural and remote communities and reduce the digital divide. Acquisition by Mavenir On September 27, 2020 ip.access was acquired by Mavenir, the supplier of cloud-native network software to communication service providers. The acquisition allowed the integration of ip.access’ 2G and 3G technologies into Mavenir's existing 4G and 5G OpenRAN portfolio broadband suite and also extend its reach into the enterprise market for private wireless networks based on 3GPP technologies such as 4G/LTE and 5G. The sale of ip.access Ltd to Mavenir was led by the ip.access management team; Richard Staveley (CEO), Nick Johnson (CTO & Founder), Neil Winrow (COO) and Laura Lawrence (CFO). The two companies had worked together to deliver Vodafone UK's first Open RAN site at the Royal Welsh Showground in Builth Wells in August 2020. In November 2020, Mavenir announced the establishment of an OpenRAN Centre of Innovation to be centred at the ip.access headquarters in Cambridge, UK. Products The telecommunications firms AT&T uses Oyster 3G as the core femtocell technology for its 3G MicroCell product. Cisco Systems, has jointly developed a femtocell solution with ip.access in compliance with the Broadband Forum's TR-069 technical specification. nanoGSM In 2002, ip.access introduced the world's first IP basestation controller for indoor GSM networks. nanoGSM uses 2G picocells that leverage the standard GSM air interface, full IP-based BSC, and an OMC-R management system that delivers voice, messaging and data to both 2G and 3G handsets at an indoor range of up to 200m. nano3G nano3G is an end-to-end femtocell system with access points for Enterprise, E-class [E8, E16 and E24] and Small Medium Business, S-class [S8], access controller and element management system, providing carrier-class coverage to commercial and consumer users. Oyster 3G Technology Launched at the 2007 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, the Oyster 3G is ip.access' core 3G femtocell technology used by system integrators and OEM customers to integrate WCDMA femtocells into home gateways, set-top boxes, and other devices. ip.access' Oyster 3G is the core technology of AT&T's 3G MicroCell nanoLTE nanoLTE [E-40, E-60, E-100] is an Enterprise grade platform that brings LTE capacity both in-doors and in public spaces, while also offering the option of providing extra 3G infill and Circuit Switch Fall Back (CSFB) capacity. presenceCell Launched in 2014, the presenceCell is a new range of small cell, designed to capture precise user location