ONDA Communication SpA Unveils Advanced 3G DVB-H Phone, Co-developed by ZTE and Powered by Siano.New multimedia-centric mobile TV phone enhances reception quality for end users in Italy BARCELONA, Spain -- ONDA ONDA Office National des Aéroports (French) Communication SpA, a leading mobile phone company in Italy, unveiled today its new advanced 3G DVB-H See mobile TV and DVB. phone at 3GSM Barcelona, co-developed with China's largest listed telecommunications manufacturer ZTE ZTE Zalaegerszegi Torna Egylet (Hungarian sports club) and based on the multi-standard receiver chip by Siano Mobile Silicon. The new phone, N7100, the first product from ONDA's BRIONVEGA line exhibits, in addition to DVB-H, a set of advanced features - 320x240 pixel, 262K color screen, rotating 2 mega-pixel camera with built-in flash light, 3.6Mbps HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) See HSPA. modem, and more. Based on Siano's SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. 1000 chipset, the phone supports DVB-H, DVB-T See DVB. , DAB, DAT-IP and T-DMB T-DMB Terrestrial Digital Multimedia Broadcasting mobile digital standards. Demonstrations of Onda's BRIONVEGA phone are being held at ZTE's booth - stand AV02 at the 'Avenue' hall, and Siano's meeting room at hall 4 (room 4.5HS44). Onda Communication's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Michelangelo Agrustri, commented, "Our BRIONVEGA (N7100) mobile TV phone, co-developed and manufactured by ZTE and based on Siano's ground breaking low cost, low power multi-standard chip, marks our first mobile TV product for our main customer Telecom Italia Mobile TIM (Telecom Italia Mobile) is Telecom Italia's mobile phone brand, and runs a GSM, EDGE, UMTS and HSDPA network in Italy and a GSM network with EDGE in Brazil. In Europe, TIM is part of the FreeMove alliance. TIM Peru was sold to América Móvil and rebranded Claro. (TIM). We are proud to formally launch the BRIONVEGA (N7100) during this week's 3GSM conference in Barcelona-Spain, with the first volume deliveries into TIM's Italy retail distribution channels scheduled within the next few weeks." Siano's CEO, Alon Ironi, added, "We are delighted help launch Onda's BRIONVEGA phone. With the N7100 having successfully passed high standard acceptance tests, this is yet another industry seal of approval for our family of mobile TV products, and we are looking forward to further global expansion in 2007." The launch of the BRIONVEGA (N7100) by Onda Communication SpA is expected to make ZTE the first Chinese mobile phone maker to commercialize a Mobile TV. Italy is the first European country to commercially deploy DVB-H. The DVB-H network in Italy provides coverage in over 2500 towns, reaching approximately 75% of the Italian population. About Onda Communication Spa Onda Communication Spa is the most dynamic private company in the Italian wireless & mobile scenario holding all required components necessary to deliver high performance products to operators and the free market. To reach this target Onda has implemented a technological strategy of R&D partner centers in Italy, Usa and China and finalized Technology partnership with the industry leaders, such as ZTE and SIANO, as to allow that the latest technology and features are equipped within current and upcoming Onda mobile phones and data cards for PC. Onda masters all critical competences in product developments in partnership with leading technology partners, to realize proprietary exclusive products & and certain technology customized and implemented trough an experienced and well trained staff capable to understand customers requirements and helping our partners to implement them into the targeted products to reach the local differentiation and flexibility to be a "time to market" key player. Onda grants an executive customer's service to certain customers in Italy, country wide, and ensures first class pre-sales and after-sales services to all its customers. For more information about Onda Communication Spa please visit www.ondacommunication.com. "ONDA", "ONDA COMMUNICATION" and "ONDA MOBILE COMMUNICATION" are registered trademarks and BRIONVEGA is a licenced brand of Onda Communication Spa. Other product or service names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. About Siano Mobile Silicon Siano Mobile Silicon provides integrated silicon receivers for the mobile digital TV (MDTV MDTV Mountaineer Doctor Television ) market. Tailored specifically for handheld and mobile devices, the company's all-CMOS multi-standard solution overcomes formidable engineering challenges such as mobility reception, hand-offs, power consumption, form factor and small antenna. Since its establishment in June 2004 Siano raised $34.5M from JVP, Walden Israel, Star Ventures, and Bessemer Venture Partners Bessemer Venture Partners is a private venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley, New York, Massachusetts, China, and India. It has backed such companies as Ciena, Flarion, Parametric Technologies, Skype, Staples, VeriSign and Veritas. . The company has 65 employees. It is based in Israel, with business development offices in Beijing, Taipei, and Seoul. For additional information on Siano Mobile Silicon's solutions, please visit www.siano-ms.com. |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion