South Korean equipment vendor founded in 2000 and supplying mobile operators since 2004. Originally developing a wireless centrex (office switchboard) system on the CDMA mobile network, their product range includes both core network products (voice switches, packet data gateways) through radio access network equipment. All products are IP based. They have been successful in  Korean (including SK Telecom) and Japanese (KDD) markets.

Their product range includes a complete 3G IP-RAN, Wi-Fi UMA solution targetted for enterprise users, multimedia broadcast servers and other value added servers.

Contela first announced their 3G UMTS femtocell at Mobile World Congress in February 2008, showing a demonstration model. This was deployed commercially by South Korea Telecom (SKT) in early 2011 to add data capacity in public areas.Their femtocell also incorporates Wi-Fi access and is designed to handle data traffic - voice calls are automatically handed off to the macrocell network.

Unusually, Contela supply the entire femtocell solution - including Femtocell Gateway and management system. The femtocell is a 4 channel 21Mbit/s HSPA design, capable of up to 100mW RF transmit power.

The underlying hardware is based on Picochip femtocell chipset.

Their solution architecture is compatible with the Iu-h interface standard, and Contela have participated in ETSI plugfests to validate interworking. They claim this is the first commercially deployed Iu-h femtocell solution.

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