TeliaSonera Selects Kineto Wireless for UMA Service Deployment.Operator is First to Launch UMA-based Mobile/Wi-Fi Service 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 TeliaSonera, a leading telecommunications company See telecom company. in the Nordic and Baltic regions, has selected the company's UMA technology as the platform to deliver its innovative "Home Free" cellular/Wi-Fi service offering, the first of its kind in the world. Kineto Wireless' technology is used within the UMA Network Controllers (UNC (Universal Naming Convention) A standard for identifying servers, printers and other resources in a network, which originated in the Unix community. A UNC path uses double slashes or backslashes to precede the name of the computer. ) deployed by TeliaSonera that enable seamless 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 the GSM network and Wi-Fi access points. In addition, Kineto's technology is integrated with the Philips Nexperia platform into the Samsung P200, the industry's first commercially available UMA handset and the initial handset available for the Home Free service. "Kineto has been a key partner in helping TeliaSonera be the first operator in the world to offer a dual-mode cellular/Wi-Fi service based on UMA technology," said Peter Bredgaard, vice president of business development with TeliaSonera. "Now, our customers can make calls at lower rates when at home and use their standard mobile service outside the home. With Kineto's technology, we're able to offer a service that is the future of mobile usage." "With their UMA-enabled Home Free service, TeliaSonera is able to deliver a compelling fixed-mobile substitution service while leveraging the broadband IP network to lower costs and benefit its customers," said Rick Gilbert, president and 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. of Kineto Wireless. "Those benefits are key drivers for operators deploying UMA worldwide." 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, scaleable 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 technology is dual-mode cellular/Wi-Fi handsets, which enable subscribers to automatically roam and handover between cellular networks and public and private WLANs. 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 fixed/mobile convergence. Mobile operators around the globe are selecting UMA to offer subscribers seamless, high-performance mobile voice, data, and IMS experiences over broadband IP access 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 vendors. For more information, please visit www.kineto.com. |
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