Network Equipment Technologies to Deliver UMA-Enabled Enterprise Mobility Solution; Integrated Enterprise UMA Solution Will Be Based on NET's VX Series Universal Voice Exchange.LAS VEGAS -- Industry pioneer Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :NWK NWK Newark NWK Network Layer (Layer 3 of the WCPE protocol stack) NWK New Wet Kojak (band) NWK Newark Penn Station (Amtrak station code) NWK Networking ) announced plans to deliver a UMA-enabled enterprise mobility solution based on NET's VX Series Universal Voice Exchange. The solution is intended to allow UMA-enabled mobile operators to deliver enterprise-class fixed-mobile convergence (FMC See fixed mobile convergence. ) and mobility applications using dual-mode handsets. The design for the solution includes a UMA-enabled enterprise mobility control module for the NET VX Series platform to provide a comprehensive enterprise FMC solution that interoperates with existing telecommunications and data networking infrastructure. The VX platform provides key elements for enabling enterprise FMC, including a multi-service IP voice switch with an integrated session border controller A Session Border Controller is a device used in some VoIP networks to exert control over the signaling and usually also the media streams involved in setting up, conducting, and tearing down calls. and vendor-independent remote survivability sur·viv·a·ble adj. 1. Capable of surviving: survivable organisms in a hostile environment. 2. That can be survived: a survivable, but very serious, illness. features. "We see 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 as a key technology that will enable seamless, carrier-supported fixed-mobile convergence for enterprise mobility," said Talbot Harty, VP of Marketing and General Manager of NET's VX Product Delivery Group. "The VX Series Universal Voice Exchange provides a solid framework for UMA-based FMC in the enterprise." Although there are a number of emerging FMC solutions being developed, many lack the carrier support and the enterprise integration that NET plans to provide with the VX Enterprise Mobility solution. "Enterprises are demanding the cost savings and improved performance that mobile/Wi-Fi convergence delivers," said Ken Kolderup, vice president of marketing for Kineto Wireless, the key innovator and leading supplier of UMA technology. "NET's UMA-enabled enterprise mobility solution will provide mobile operators with a solution for meeting those demands with UMA services optimized for corporate networks." Initial demonstration units of the VX with the enterprise mobility controller module are expected to be available in late 2006. 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 standard for mobile/Wi-Fi convergence. UMA Technology enables 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 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. The specifications are available for download at the UMA Technology web site (www.umatechnology.org) as well as the 3GPP web site (www.3gpp.org). About Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of multi-service network exchange solutions that enable flexible, cost-effective network evolution. A pioneer of the networking industry, NET has been delivering network exchange solutions to government and commercial customer for more than 20 years. Visit www.net.com. NET VX, VX SERIES, Universal Voice Exchange and the NET logo are trademarks of Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. |
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