Kineto Announces UMA Support for 3G/UMTS Handsets; Kineto's UMA Client Now Enables Seamless Mobility Between 3G Cellular Networks and Wi-Fi.MILPITAS, Calif. -- Kineto Wireless, Inc., the key innovator and leading supplier of Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA (1) (Unlicensed Mobile Access) See GAN. (2) (Upper Memory Area) Memory in a PC between 640K and 1M. More relevant in the days of DOS, this region was broken into Upper Memory Blocks (UMB) reserved for video memory and other ) technology, announced today that the company's industry-leading UMA client software now supports 3G/UMTS. Kineto is responding to strong operator demand for UMA-enabled 3G/Wi-Fi mobile handsets. "When the 3GPP GPP Government Performance Project GPP General Purpose Processor GPP General Physical Preparedness GPP Gambian People's Party GPP Good Pharmacy Practice GPP Gross Primary Productivity GPP Green Procurement Program GPP Generic Packetized Protocol standardized UMA/GAN, both 3G and 2.5G modes were supported, yet so far devices have only supported 2.5G/GSM/GPRS/EDGE," said Mark Powell People named Mark Powell include:
UMA enables consumers to seamlessly roam and hand-over between the cellular network (3G/UMTS or 2.5G/GSM/GPRS/EDGE) and Wi-Fi access points in the home or office. The UMA/GAN specification defines support for 3G devices, but Kineto is the first company to productize a solution. UMA technology has been announced as the technology of choice for extending mobile services onto the broadband IP access network by Telecom Italia Telecom Italia is formerly a partially state-owned Italian telco. It was once known as SIP, and it has the largest user base in Italy. Telecom Italia also owns shares in Telecom Argentina and Telecom Personal, fixed and cellular networks in Argentina. , Orange/France Telecom, Telia Sonera, and British Telecom. "In June, the UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) The GSM implementation of the 3G wireless phone system. Part of IMT-2000, UMTS provides service in the 2 GHz band and offers global roaming and personalized features. Forum predicted that global 3G/UMTS subscriptions will reach 100 million during the fourth quarter of this calendar year," said Mark Rowland, partner with broadband consulting firm IBB IBB International Broadcasting Bureau (US government) IBB Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics IBB Islamic Bank of Britain IBB I'll Be Back IBB Intentional Base on Balls Consulting. "The addition of UMTS support presents a huge market opportunity for UMA. With this announcement, Kineto is addressing that opportunity by expanding its technology capabilities and meeting the demand for 3G/2.5G dual-mode devices capable of supporting high-speed data services including IMS (1) See IP Multimedia Subsystem. (2) (Information Management System) An early IBM hierarchical DBMS for IBM mainframes. IMS was widely implemented throughout the 1970s under MVS and continues to be used under z/OS. ." Kineto's client technology supports 2.5/GSM/GPRS/EDGE today and is currently licensed by Samsung, LG Electronics, and SIM Technology Group. The client is available for platforms from Philips Electronics, Texas Instruments, and Infineon/Comneon. Kineto is working with existing licensees to bring the new 3G solution to market. For more information about the 3G UMA/GAN solution, contact Kineto at devices@kineto.com. (Editor's Note: Kineto is a sponsor of the upcoming Marcus Evans UMA Conference, the industry's second conference developed to address the growing interest and demand for UMA technology from global operators and handset manufacturers worldwide. Kineto will be presenting on the future of UMA technology. The conference takes place the 7-8 of September in London. For more information, please visit http://www.marcusevans.com/events/CFEventinfo.asp?EventID=11030) About UMA Technology Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) technology is the 3GPP global standard for mobile/Wi-Fi convergence. UMA Technology enables access to mobile voice, data and IMS services over IP broadband access and unlicensed spectrum technologies, such as Wi-Fi. By deploying UMA technology, service providers can enable subscribers to roam and handover n. 1. The act of relinquishing property or authority etc. to another; as, the handover of occupied territory to the original posssessors; the handover of power from the military back to the civilian authorities s>. between cellular networks and public and private WLANs using dual-mode mobile handsets. With UMA, subscribers receive a consistent user experience for their mobile voice, data and IMS services as they transition between networks. Leading operators around the world have embraced UMA technology as part of a fixed-mobile convergence strategy, including Telecom Italia, France Telecom/Orange and TeliaSonera. About Kineto Wireless Kineto Wireless is the key innovator and leading supplier of Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) Technology, the 3GPP standard for mobile/Wi-Fi convergence. Mobile operators around the globe are selecting UMA to offer subscribers seamless, high-performance mobile voice, data, and IMS experiences on both cellular and Wi-Fi networks. As the leading provider of UMA Technology, Kineto supplies core network solutions through OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and partnerships with major network infrastructure providers, and also provides UMA-compliant software, development tools and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services to mobile silicon/stack suppliers, mobile handset developers, and broadband terminal adapter/wireless access point vendors. To date, five leading mobile and integrated operators around the world have committed to deploying UMA services based on Kineto's core network solution. The company's visionary UMA technology was awarded the 2006 CTIA (1) See CompTIA. (2) (Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, Washington, DC, www.ctia.org, www.wow-com.com) A membership organization founded in 1984 that is involved with regulatory and public affairs issues in the wireless industry. Wireless Emerging Technologies Award. For more information, please visit www.kineto.com. |
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