UMA Achieves Commercial Success in 2006.Kineto Leads Global Adoption of 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 , 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 Fixed-Mobile Convergence MILPITAS, Calif. -- Kineto Wireless, Inc., the key innovator and leading supplier of Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) technology, today announced the company has surpassed its 2006 goals for industry adoption of UMA, with commercial delivery of UMA-based products and services by major mobile operators and vendors gaining significant momentum worldwide. "While 2005 was the year of vendors and operators announcing their intentions, 2006 has proven to be the year of UMA delivery," said Rick Gilbert, 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. "With major operators launching UMA-based services, and major vendors delivering UMA-based products, 2006 will be seen as the year UMA achieved commercial success." "UMA has had commercial success in 2006 with Orange, 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. , T-Mobile, and TeliaSonera," said Senior Analyst Nick Holland at Pyramid Research. "It's clear UMA addresses a fundamental market need for operators to lower costs, accelerate fixed-mobile substitution, and counter the threat from VoIP providers. As these operators ramp up Ramp Up To increase a company's operations in anticipation of increased demand. Notes: A company might 'ramp up' operations if they just signed a contract creating substantially more demand for their product. See also: Demand, Economies of Scale , 2007 should see strong gains in deployments." Leading Mobile Operators Launched UMA Services Driven by the need to accelerate fixed-to-mobile substitution as well as counter the increasing threat from new VoIP service providers, a number of leading mobile operators launched UMA dual-mode handset A cellphone that supports two types of services such as analog and digital, two types of digital or cellular and non-cellular service. See fixed mobile convergence, GAN and dual-band handset. (DMH DMH Department of Mental Health (US) DMH Decatur Memorial Hospital (Illinois) DMH Disaster Mental Health (FEMA) DMH De Montfort Hall (UK) ) services in 2006. UMA-based DMH service launches in 2006 included Orange/France Telecom's unik service in France; T-Mobile's Hotspot@Home service in the U.S.; TeliaSonera's HomeFree service in Denmark; Telecom Italia's Unico service in Italy; and British Telecom's Fusion service in the U.K. In a report published by 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 in October 2006, the firm estimated shipments of dual-mode handsets will be in excess of 300 million worldwide by 2011. "By bridging our GSM network and our DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary network - thanks to the Wi-Fi enabled LiveBox - UMA technology allows FT/Orange to deliver a truly seamless wireless experience to our customers," stated Sanjiv Ahuja Sanjiv Ahuja is a member of France Telecom's Group Management Committee, and Chairman of Orange SA. Sanjiv Ahuja joined Orange SA in April 2003 as Chief Operating Officer and since March 2004 was Executive Vice President of France Telecom's Personal Communication Services, and , the chief executive officer of the Orange Group. Leading Equipment Vendors Delivered UMA Products In support of operator UMA deployments in 2006, the world's leading handset manufacturers, including Samsung, Motorola and Nokia, all delivered mainstream, UMA-enabled dual-mode handsets. In addition, it is estimated that more than a dozen additional UMA-enabled handsets will be introduced in 2007. In addition, the major network equipment vendors also delivered UMA solutions in 2006, with Motorola, Nokia, Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson now offering commercial products. UMA Embraced 3G and the Enterprise In August 2006, Kineto announced the latest version of its UMA client software, which, in addition to 2G/Wi-Fi handsets, now includes support for 3G/Wi-Fi handsets. While the 3GPP UMA standard has always supported development of UMA-enabled 3G handsets, Kineto was the first company to offer a client solution to meet the growing demand from operators. With consumer-focused UMA service launches underway, a number of mobile operators are now looking to extend their offerings into the enterprise market. In support of these efforts, Kineto began collaborating with a number of enterprise-class Wireless LAN (WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network ) vendors in 2006. One such collaboration was announced earlier this month with Extricom and included successful testing of 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 Wi-Fi access points using Extricom's WLAN solution. As a result of these efforts, mobile operators will soon be able to extend the UMA value proposition of high-performance, low-cost mobile services over WLANs into the enterprise market. UMA Expanding Beyond Dual-Mode Handsets In addition to extending into the enterprise market, mobile operators are now looking to leverage their UMA deployments to deliver a variety of new fixed-mobile convergence (FMC See fixed mobile convergence. ) services beyond dual-mode handsets. Fundamentally, UMA provides a highly-scalable, secure method for accessing mobile voice and data services over fixed broadband access networks. Mobile operators are now seeking to leverage this ability to support a number of new FMC services including: * Fixed VoIP services - UMA-enabled terminal adaptors, such as the RSG-3500 solution from Motorola, provide mobile operators with another tool for transitioning fixed-voice minutes over to the core mobile network. * Femtocell services - UMA-enabled femtocells, such as the ZoneGate solution from Ubiquisys, enable mobile operators to provide high-performance 3G coverage within residential environments. In a report published by ABI Research in October 2006, the firm estimates there will be in excess of 102 million femtocell users by 2011. * Softmobile services - With UMA-enabled softmobile solutions, mobile operators will soon be able to offer low-cost, laptop-based mobile calling services for international business travelers. "The UMA market is maturing rapidly," said Ken Kolderup, vice president of marketing for Kineto Wireless. "With innovative new UMA-based solutions coming to market in 2007, UMA is quickly evolving beyond the 3GPP standard for 'Unlicensed' Mobile Access to become the standard for 'Universal' Mobile Access." UMA and Kineto Recognized for Industry Achievement Based on the tremendous progress and impact UMA is having on the mobile industry, Kineto was named the recipient of several prestigious industry awards in 2006. In April, Kineto's UMA Network Controller (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. ) solution was selected as the winner of the Wireless Emerging Technologies Award at 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 2006. In November, Kineto was named the winner of the Financial Times (FT) World Communications Awards 2006 for innovation in technology. Kineto, singled out for its innovation of UMA technology, was picked as the winner from a list that included Research in Motion (RIM) and QUALCOMM. About UMA Technology Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) technology is the 3GPP 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 mobile/Wi-Fi handsets, which enable subscribers to automatically roam and handover between mobile 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, Orange/France Telecom, T-Mobile and TeliaSonera. For more information, please visit www.UMAToday.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. 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 adaptor vendors. Kineto was recently named the recipient 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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