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Airvana has entered into an agreement with Hitachi Communication Technologies to create and deliver customized versions of Airvana Femtocell (News - Alert) products that inter-work with Hitachi Com core network products, for the Japanese market.

Under the agreement, Airvana will customize its femtocell products to support the advanced features of Hitachi (News - Alert) Com's convergence server.

The Airvana-Hitachi Com joint solution will enable rapid deployment of femtocells by integrating femtocells with the existing voice and packet data core networks.

Airvana's contribution to the solution includes its HubBub CDMA femtocell, which is unique in the industry as it supports 1x-RTT and EV-DO services as well as its Universal Access Gateway (News - Alert), a carrier-class femtocell network gateway; and it's Femtocell Service Manager, a scalable auto-configuration and remote management system.

"Femtocells (News - Alert) will not only improve the customer experience, but also must deliver service parity with the macro-cellular network. Hitachi Com and Airvana's solution enables that," said Setsuo Takahashi, corporate officer EVP, Carrier Networks Division, Hitachi Com.

"Airvana is a leader in the femtocell market and the only company with a CDMA femtocell that supports both 1xRTT and 1xEV-DO Rev-0 and Rev-A. Hitachi Com's Convergence (News - Alert) Server enables service parity by leveraging the existing voice and packet data core," said Takahashi.

Hitachi Com is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. The company develops, designs and manufactures a wide range of information and communication systems-related products.