The firm_s product has implications for jobs in Wales.

A small Welsh software company is looking forward to a bumper year after winning three prestigious internet awards in the USA. Newport-based Ubiquity Software is fast becoming a leader in internet and telecoms technology. Ubiquity Software will probably never be a household name, but their product could have profound signifigance in the development of the internet and the telephone. The "Helmsman" server provides all the call-handling capacity you might find in a big commercial call centre for a fraction of the cost. Out goes expensive hardware like switchboards and internal exchanges - with "Helmsman" everything can be done over the internet on a basic personal computer. The potential of the cutting-edge product has not been lost on experts in the USA. Two specialist magazines have named Helmsman "Product of the Year" and it won the top prize at a recent trade show in California.