CAMBRIDGE, England, January 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

 Joint solution enables service providers to enhance and upgrade their networks cost effectively and at a greater speed

ip.access has today announced a global collaboration with Amdocs to simplify and accelerate the operator and enterprise roll-out of small cells, greatly reducing the deployment lead time, cost and resource usually needed for effective small cell roll-out.

The partnership combines ip.access' broad portfolio of indoor small cells, access points and range of performance optimisation tools with Amdocs' Radio-Access-Network (RAN), backhaul deployment orchestration tool and Amdocs' Network Rollout Solution (ANRS) - enabling service providers to enhance and upgrade their networks more effectively and at a greater speed.

"This is an especially exciting global collaboration for us," said Gavin Ray, senior vice president of product and marketing at ip.access. "The partnership will help service providers to deploy small cells in high volumes quickly and smoothly. By using each other's vast range of products and services, and expertise, we will be able to provide customers with an economical enterprise deployment for small cells."

The partnership allows ip.access to introduce Amdocs to ip.access' customers that need support in moving to a volume deployment model. It will also enable Amdocs to introduce ip.access to its customers who need small cell solutions, offering Amdocs as an overall integrator of the solution.

Rebecca Prudhomme, vice president for product and solutions marketing at Amdocs, said: "The agreement with ip.access will not only vastly improve operators' ability to upgrade their networks with greater proficiency and speed, but it also seeks to address the industry-wide issue of rolling out small cell solutions to enterprises in greater volume. Amdocs' Network Rollout solution cuts the time and cost of network deployment by up to 25 per cent*, and accelerates time to market, while reducing the project risk and potential human error that can occur with a small cell roll-out."

* According to Amdocs' internal testing, simulation or test-case deployments. Benefits will vary depending on customer implementation.

About Amdocs 

For more than 30 years, Amdocs has ensured service providers' success and embraced their biggest challenges. To win in the connected world, service providers rely on Amdocs to simplify the customer experience, harness the data explosion, stay ahead with new services and improve operational efficiency. The global company uniquely combines a market-leading BSS, OSS and network control and optimization product portfolio with value-driven professional services and managed services operations. With revenue of $3.6 billion in fiscal 2014, Amdocs and its more than 22,000 employees serve customers in over 80 countries.

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For further information visit: http://www.amdocs.com

About ip.access 

Headquartered in the United Kingdom, ip.access has been deploying small cell solutions for more than ten years providing some 100+ customers around the world with the capability to accelerate the introduction of small cell solutions into their networks irrespective of use case, technology or deployment model.

The company's success is built upon its ability to provide its Service Provider customers with a range of small cell coverage, capacity and presence solutions across all technologies (2G, 3G, and 4G), with a focus on a rapid return on investment and the ability to open up new markets and revenue streams.

The company has an end-to-end deployment philosophy that integrates the small cell access points with converged access gateways and comprehensive network management and performance tools; as well as a strong track record of working with trusted partners on integrated solutions.

For further information visit: http://www.ipaccess.com

Media Contact: emma@ipaccess.com

SOURCE ip.access and Amdocs