Nujira's Technology to Reduce Cellular Basestation Costs

Nujira Ltd., a Cambridge, UK start-up, has announced a patent-pending power amplifier technology that they claim can lead to significant reductions in basestation costs, a solution that will be welcomed by mobile infrastructure equipment manufacturers and operators.

In cellular basestations, practically all the power required is to support the power amplifier. By optimising the efficiency of wireless transmitters, Nujira's technology reduces this power requirement by over 60%, resulting in knock on effects of reduced requirements for batteries, air conditioning units, power supply and physical space. "These indirect cost saving benefits have a very significant impact on the overall cost of a basestation," said Tim Haynes, Nujira's Managing Director. "It may not be sexy but it is a real solution to a real problem."

"At a time where corporate imperatives are to increase cash flow and reduce capital expenditure, operators are applying even more pressure on the infrastructure providers to deliver more capacity for less cost. Breakthroughs in Cellular infrastructure performance are rare and seldom synonymous with cost savings. This is a great opportunity for Nujira as our technology significantly reduces network operating costs, thereby enabling both infrastructure providers and operators to improve their margins," added Haynes.

Nujira is initially focussing on the cellular infrastructure market segment, but the technology can also be applied to mobile handsets, satcoms and point to point links. Haynes said "this technology could well have benefits in many markets where wireless equipment is battery powered or where power consumption is an issue - we have already had some interest from the satcoms industry."

Details of the technique itself are not being revealed at this time; however, Nujira has filed for patents to protect its technology. But according to Haynes, "we have sought independent technical reviews from experts in the field of power amplifiers who have substantiated our technique and concluded it as novel. We are very pleased with their findings."

Posted to the site on 4th March 2003