Netgear, a spin-off of Nortel Networks, is a volume manufacturer of small router and modem products, including DSL modems and WiFi access points.

Announced the DVG834GH product features ADSL2+, 10/100Mbit router/switch, firewall, 802.11g WiFi, VoIP and 3G femtocell from Ubiquisys. Commercial product available mid-2008.

Also announced plans to interwork with Kineto Wireless UMA network controller, and plans for certification with Nokia Siemens Femto-Gateway - hedging their bets as to which technical architecture wins out.

Since Ubiquisys has already been working on both of these systems, this should be a formality.

The product has also been accepted into NEC's femtocell solution.

The box was demonstrated at Mobile World Congress in February 2008. The rear view shown below includes connections for DSL phone line, ethernet ports for wired computers, standard phone jacks for 2 fixed wired phones (uses VoIP internally to make/receive calls), a printer port for printer sharing and a SIM card used to authenticate the device (when used in the UMA architecture). The unit supports both WiFi and 3G UMTS radio interfaces, and comes with an installation CD.

The product manager stated at the show that custom variants of the product could be spun out in about 3 months to meet the branding requirements of individual operators. This could include different physical format of the case/packaing as well as branded logos, colour schemes, software tweaks within the installation software etc.

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