Kineto and NXP Expand Relationship for UMA-Enabled Mobile Handsets.Enable OEMs to Deliver Improved Roaming Capabilities and a Seamless, Cross-Network Mobile Experience to Consumers 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, today announced that it has expanded its relationship with NXP Semiconductors NXP (for Next eXPerience) Semiconductors is the name for the new semiconductor company founded by Philips as announced by its CEO Frans van Houten to its customers and employees in Berlin on Thursday night 2006-08-31 and to the global media early on Friday morning to provide UMA technology for the Nexperia[TM] cellular system solution 5210, a next generation baseband platform ideal for dual-mode handsets. Kineto and NXP NXP Next Experience (formerly Philips Semiconductors) previously collaborated on a UMA-enabled version of the Nexperia cellular system solution 6120, which is currently used in commercial UMA-enabled handsets from a number of manufacturers, including Samsung. "By 2011, shipments of dual-mode wireless handsets will be well in excess of 300 million worldwide," said Philip Solis, principal analyst at ABI Abi (ā`bī) [short for Abijah], in the Bible, King Hezekiah's mother. (Application Binary Interface) A specification for a specific hardware platform combined with the operating system. Research. "Handset manufacturers are bringing new handsets to the market quickly, and service providers are beginning to offer UMA services commercially." "With fixed-mobile converged services gaining traction in Europe and Asia, consumers are not only seeking low-cost calling but also uninterrupted voice clarity even if they are indoors," said GertJan Kaat, senior vice president and general manager of NXP's mobile and personal business unit. "NXP's Nexperia cellular system solution 5210 builds on Kineto's UMA software to enable consumers to truly enjoy the economic benefits of dual-mode phones without compromising on call quality as consumers switch unnoticed between mobile and WiFi networks." The Nexperia[TM] cellular system solution 5210 improves performance while lowering cost in mid-range (2.75G) GSM/GPRS/EDGE mobile phones. It combines very high integration with an exceptionally efficient architecture and eliminates the need for a separate coprocessor coprocessor Additional processor used in some personal computers to perform specialized tasks such as extensive arithmetic calculations or processing of graphical displays. or audio chip. The Nexperia[TM] cellular system solution 5210 integrates a high performing Bluetooth/ WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network co-existence solution, allowing consumers to make high quality voice calls with dual-mode handset in combination with a Bluetooth enabled headset. "NXP has a unique and leading position in the UMA market with its technology and customer base," said Mark Powell, vice president of the client business unit and co-founder of Kineto Wireless. "Kineto is delighted to expand our relationship with NXP and we look forward to the many UMA handsets that will come from NXP's excellent platforms." About UMA Technology Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) technology is 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 global standard for fixed-mobile convergence. UMA enables secure, scalable access to mobile voice, data and 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. services over broadband IP access networks. By deploying UMA technology, mobile operators can deliver a number of compelling fixed-mobile convergence services. The most well known application of UMA is dual-mode cellular/Wi-Fi handsets, which enable subscribers to automatically 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. Leading operators around the world have embraced UMA technology as the foundation of their fixed-mobile convergence strategy, including Telecom Italia, France Telecom/Orange and TeliaSonera. For more information, please visit www.UMAToday.com. About NXP NXP is a top 10 semiconductor company founded by Philips more than 50 years ago. Headquartered in Europe, the company has 37,000 employees working in 26 countries across the world. NXP creates semiconductors, system solutions and software that deliver better sensory experiences in mobile phones, personal media players, TVs, set-top boxes, identification applications, cars and a wide range of other electronic devices. News from NXP is located at www.nxp.com. About Kineto Wireless Kineto Wireless is the key innovator and leading supplier of Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) technology, the 3GPP standard for fixed-mobile convergence. 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 leading 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 platform suppliers, mobile handset developers, and other various consumer electronics vendors. Kineto was recently named as the recipient of the 2006 Financial Times (FT) World Communications Award for innovation in technology for its role in UMA. For more information, please visit www.kineto.com. |
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