AirHop Nominated for 2011 SPIFFY Award

Chosen by the Telecom Council Service Provider Forum as a finalist for the “Most Disruptive Technology”

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Further solidifying its position as one of the wireless communications industry’s leading startups, AirHop Communications has been nominated by the Telecom Council of Silicon Valley for a 2011 SPIFFY Award in the San Andreas – Disruptive Technology category. Nominees are selected by the Telecom Council’s Service Provider Forum (SPIF), made up of over 20 global carriers, from more than 100 startups representing a broad range of telecom products and services.

“Startups who are chosen to present to our SPIF are prequalified as companies with the ideas and relevance to motivate change in the telecom industry”

“Startups who are chosen to present to our SPIF are prequalified as companies with the ideas and relevance to motivate change in the telecom industry,” said Stephanie Owyoung, director of marketing for Telecom Council of Silicon Valley. “Being a SPIFFY Award nominee goes a step further to say that AirHop’s technologies are among the best of the best as judged by the Council’s 25+ global service providers including AT&T, British Telecom, DoCoMo, France Telecom/Orange, Swisscom, Verizon, Vodafone and many other fixed and wireless carriers from Europe, Asia, and North and South America.”

AirHop is rapidly gaining industry-wide recognition for its innovative family of eSON™ advanced RAN management software products. The company was also recently named to Light Reading Mobile’s list of “Top Ten Startups to Watch” for 2011.

About AirHop Communications

Founded in 2007, AirHop provides advanced RAN intelligence critical to the next wave of the Mobile Internet. AirHop’s eSON products are the first to completely address the installation, operation and performance challenges of multi-layer, small cell deployments. AirHop is privately-held and based in San Diego, CA. For more information, please visit www.airhopcomm.com.