Monday, August 28, 2006

Kineto Announces UMA Support for 3G/UMTS Handsets

Kineto Wireless' UMA client software now supports 3G/UMTS. UMA enables consumers to seamlessly roam and hand-over between the cellular network (3G/UMTS or 2.5G/GSM/GPRS/EDGE) and Wi-Fi access points in the home or office.



Kineto's client technology supports 2.5/GSM/GPRS/EDGE today and is currently licensed by Samsung, LG Electronics, and SIM Technology Group. The client is available for platforms from Philips Electronics, Texas Instruments, and Infineon/Comneon. Kineto said it working with existing licensees to bring the new 3G solution to market.



UMA enables consumers to seamlessly roam and hand-over between the cellular network (3G/UMTS or 2.5G/GSM/GPRS/EDGE) and Wi-Fi access points in the home or office.



Service providers who have embraced UMA technology as part of a fixed-mobile convergence strategy include Telecom Italia, France Telecom/Orange and TeliaSonera.

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How
UMA Enables Broadband IMS
Originally
developed by 15 leading companies in the mobile industry, Unlicensed
Mobile Access (UMA) is now the 3GPP standard for enabling subscriber
access to mobile services over Wi-Fi and broadband IP networks. The UMA
standard effectively creates a parallel radio access network - the UMA
Network (UMAN) that interfaces to the mobile core network using existing
GSM-defined standard interfaces. This solution uses IP tunneling
techniques to transparently extend mobile voice, data, and IMS services
over IP access networks. Here is an overview of UMA.