Bytemobile Hires Karl Freter as Chief Architect; Executive Team Build Out Supports Bytemobile's Commitment to Mobile Data Services Market.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 2002 Bytemobile, Inc., a leading provider of data optimization optimization Field of applied mathematics whose principles and methods are used to solve quantitative problems in disciplines including physics, biology, engineering, and economics. and service-enabling infrastructure to mobile network operators, today announced that Karl Freter has joined the company as chief architect. Freter reports to Dr. Constantine Polychronopoulos, a Bytemobile co-founder and the company's chief scientist. "Karl Freter is a significant addition to Bytemobile's senior team," said Polychronopoulos. "His breadth of experience in the mobile data industry provides a solid foundation from which Bytemobile can develop solutions that propel pro·pel tr.v. pro·pelled, pro·pel·ling, pro·pels To cause to move forward or onward. See Synonyms at push. [Middle English propellen, from Latin the market toward third-generation products and beyond." Freter's experience suits perfectly Bytemobile's commitment to the mobile data services market and the drive toward third-generation products. Prior to joining Bytemobile, Freter founded Cambia, a company focused on CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. and GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) The first high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers that used the GSM technology. GPRS added a packet-switched channel to GSM, which uses dedicated, circuit-switched channels for voice conversations. access gateways and optimization: there, he also served as chief architect. From 1996 through 2000, Freter was lead architect and engineer for U.S. Robotics (U.S. Robotics, Inc., Schaumburg, IL, www.usr.com) A modem manufacturer highly regarded for its quality products. The company manufactures its own chipsets (data pumps) and often leads with innovations. Its HST protocol was a high-speed, reliable protocol before V. , delivering second-generation wireless data gateway products and gaining a thorough understanding of issues related to wireless data. "My goal is to leverage our existing best-in-class optimization technology and reporting capabilities to enhance new carrier-based and network-based services," said Freter. "The functionality provided by the Macara platform today extends itself to optimizing multi-media services and performing user-specific optimizations. The knowledge contained within the Macara node can be used in conjunction with other mobile operator infrastructure node information to provide additional efficiencies in operations that will benefit the operators, corporations and end users." About Bytemobile Bytemobile enables mobile operators to improve the wireless data-user experience and security over any wireless data network, regardless of their underlying network technology. The company offers a unique suite of compression, acceleration and network connectivity technologies that allow mobile network operators to offer improved services to consumer and enterprise customers. Announced customers include Vodafone UK and Nextel Communications Nextel Communications, styled NEXTEL, (Former NASDAQ: NXTL) which is now known as the Sprint Nextel Corporation was a telecommunications firm based in the United States. Known for providing a nation-wide mobile communications system. . The company is headquartered in Mountain View, CA with offices in East Sussex East Sussex, county (1991 pop. 670,600), 693 sq mi (1,795 sq km), extreme SE England. It comprises seven administrative districts: Brighton, Eastbourne, Hastings, Hove, Lewes, Rother, and Wealden. The county, the seat of which is Lewes, borders the English Channel. , England. |
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