CARDIFF, July 8 /PRNewswire/ --

- World's First IP-Focused Laboratory, Pre-Deployment and In-Life
Monitoring Solution

Epitiro, the global leader in comparative broadband benchmarking today
announces Femtocell Test Suite, the world's first complete test solution for
Operators, Service Providers and Manufacturers of femtocells.

Femtocell Test Suite covers the key stages from device manufacture, to
customer pre-test deployment and ultimately to in-life operation - providing
real-time service delivery information at every stage.

Unlike other testing products, the Femtocell Test Suite reports real-time
IP-based service delivery metrics (not simulated) based on actual traffic
events in the broadband backhaul often as a result of network issues or ISP
traffic management policies.

"Operators need to understand the delivery quality from the lab to
roll-out," said JP Curley, Epitiro's chief technical officer. "The crunch of
simultaneous IP Telephony, P2P, traffic management policies and general
broadband traffic on the upload bandwidth will severely impact femtocell
voice quality at key points in the day - that needs to be tested, understood
and monitored. Operators need to manage each customer's expectations of the
Femtocell offering or risk alienating consumers early on."

Femtocell Test Suite is comprised of 3 products;

FemtoLab(TM) empowers engineers to critically assess femtocells in a
'live' broadband lab environment via DSL, Cable or Ethernet-based testing.
The interrogation features and automated range of test scenarios include
functional Voice and HSXPA performance as well as scalability testing.

FemtoLite(TM) pre-deployment "software as a service" (SaaS) solution
analyses a potential customer's broadband connection from the customer
premises allowing operators and ISPs to assess the suitability for a
femtocell installation and set expectations accordingly.

ISP-I(TM) Femto provides operators with in-life monitoring and service
quality metrics of any national or international femtocell delivery network,
be it their own or a competitor's. The scope and detail of the metrics are
ideal for SLA management and ensuring good customer experience.

Epitiro's renowned report-generating capability is applicable across all
products and allows users to quickly and easily see test performance data in
a variety of formats. The powerful and flexible report generation, including
Web browser access to all reports, provides extensive views of both an
operator and competitor performance.

"Femtocell Test Suite combines our expertise in broadband and voice
analysis with our new radio interface technology to ensure successful
femtocell network installations," said Curley. "We're excited to bring this
much needed solution to market."

About Epitiro

Epitiro is the global leader in comparative broadband benchmarking
providing customer experience insight to ISPs, cellular and fixed line
operators, media providers, multi-national corporations and government
regulators.

Clients such as BT, Vodafone, Orange, Virgin, Telecom New Zealand, Ofcom,
Tiscali, KPN and many others benefit from Epitiro's coverage of fixed and
wireless broadband performance.

Founded in 2000, Epitiro is based in Cardiff, Wales, UK.