Airvana was acquired by

CommScope CommScope Holding Company, Inc. is an American network infrastructure provider based in Claremont, North Carolina. CommScope employs over 22,000 employees. The company joined the Nasdaq stock exchange on October 25, 2013. CommScope designs an ...

in 2015. Prior to that, the company was an independent provider of

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s and

femtocell In telecommunications, a femtocell is a small, low-power cellular base station, typically designed for use in a home or small business. A broader term which is more widespread in the industry is ''small cell'', with ''femtocell'' as a subset. It t ...

s based on fourth generation ( 4G)

Long Term Evolution In telecommunications, long-term evolution (LTE) is a standard for wireless broadband communication for cellular mobile devices and data terminals. It is considered to be a "transitional" 4G technology, and is therefore also referred to as 3.9 ...

(LTE) and third-generation (3G) CDMA2000

EV-DO Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO, EVDO, etc.) is a telecommunications standard for the wireless transmission of data through radio signals, typically for broadband Internet access. EV-DO is an evolution of the CDMA2000 ( IS-2000) standard which ...

mobile broadband technologies. Airvana products enable mobile operators to deliver 3G and 4G cellular data services indoors.

About

Airvana was founded in 2000 by Motorola executives Sanjeev Verma and Vedat Eyuboglu. The company went public in July 2007 on the NASDAQ: AIRV and was taken private in 2009 for $530M by management and private equity investors. In 2013, Ericssson Inc acquired Airvana's 3G EVDO business and in 2015

acquired Airvana's Femtocell Business . Airvana's 3G CDMA2000 EVDO infrastructure business was ranked #2 in worldwide marketshare and in 2011 its Femtocell business was ranked #1 in worldwide marketshare. Airvana provides technology for mobile networks to support mobile broadband information, communication and entertainment services. Airvana’s

and

products are small cellular access points that connect to a mobile operator’s network through broadband (such as

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, fiber or cable) internet connections. They are designed to improve coverage for mobile phone users inside buildings. Airvana’s femtocells currently support LTE and CDMA mobile networks. A previous

UMTS The Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) is a 3G mobile cellular system for networks based on the GSM standard. UMTS uses Wideband Code Division Multiple Access, wideband code-division multiple access (W-CDMA) radio access technolog ...

femtocell product was disbanded in September 2010. On March 20, 2013, Airvana Network Solutions Inc. was granted a preliminary injunction in its 330-md intellectual-property lawsuit against Ericsson AB, the world’s largest maker of wireless networks. On September 6, 2013, Airvana sold its EV-DO macro-cell radio access network business unit to Ericsson, retaining its small cell business. In April 2014 former Nortel executive Richard Lowe was hired as CEO, replacing Randy Battat who remained as chairman of the board. In June 2014 Airvana announced OneCell, an LTE small cell system based on Cloud RAN (

C-RAN C-RAN (Cloud-RAN), also referred to as Centralized-RAN, is an architecture for cellular networks. C-RAN is a centralized, cloud computing-based architecture for radio access networks that supports 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G and future wireless communication s ...

) technology for large indoor spaces. In February 2015 Airvana announced the Device Management System (DMS), a small cell management system.

Awards

* 2015 Airvana’s OneCell was awarded Outstanding Overall Mobile Technology – The CTO’s Choice, in the GSMA’s Global Mobile Awards{{cite web, title=GSMA Press Office, url=http://www.globalmobileawards.com/press-media/press-releases/gsma-announces-winners-of-the-2015-global-mobile-awards/, website=Global Mobile Awards, accessdate=1 May 2015, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323141130/http://www.globalmobileawards.com/press-media/press-releases/gsma-announces-winners-of-the-2015-global-mobile-awards/, archive-date=2015-03-23, url-status=dead * 2015 Airvana’s OneCell was awarded Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough in the GSMA’s Global Mobile Awards * 2015 and 2014 Airvana was classified as a Visionary by Gartner Group in the Magic Quadrant for Small Cell Equipment * 2014 Airvana’s OneCell was named the winner of the CTIA Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Award for In-Building Wireless – Small Cell, Wi-Fi, LAN * 2008 Airvana's CDMA HubBub Femtocell was named a finalist in the CTIA Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Awards - Network Infrastructure - In-Building/Local Area Network Solution Category. * 2008 Airvana ranked among top 50 New England Cool Companies in the Innovation Economy “Cool Half-Hundred” Companies. * 2007 Airvana Ranked among Top U.S. Wireless IPOs in 2007 * 2007 Airvana Ranked Number Four in Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 List for New England * 2006 Airvana was named Company of the Year by the Massachusetts Network Communications Council, for the second time in a row. Also received the award for fastest growth in Massachusetts. * 2005 Randy Battat named CEO of the Year by the Massachusetts Network Communications Council. * 2004 Randy Battat named winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2004 Award (Technology category for New England). * Airvana named recipient of the Dow Jones VentureWire Investors Choice award 2003 Airvana recipient of the Network Technology Innovation award by the CDMA Development Group (CDG) * Airvana honored as one of “The Fierce 15” Top Wireless Startups of the Year by FierceWireless

Offices

CommScope headquarters are in Hickory, North Carolina, USA.

References

External links

* http://www.commscope.com/ * http://www.commscope.com/Solutions/Indoor-Small-Cells-and-C-RAN/ Telecommunications equipment vendors American companies established in 2000 Companies based in Chelmsford, Massachusetts