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Europe
March 21, 2005
Philips Electronics announced a complete Unlicensed Mobile Access
(UMA) semiconductor reference design to make it easy for mobile
handset manufacturers to bring UMA-enabled phones to their customers.
The new UMA reference design creates a blueprint for a mobile phone
that accesses GSM and GPRS mobile services through traditional cellular
networks to automatically switch over to WLAN access points. This
gives mobile phone customers added flexibility for advanced phone
services as their phones detect the fastest and most cost-effective
network without interruptions. If a phone is taken out of the WLAN
range, it seamlessly switches back to the cellular network.
Philips is working closely with Alcatel, a leading provider of communications
solutions, on interoperability tests between UMA handsets based
on the Philips Nexperia UMA reference design and the Alcatel 5020
Spatial Atrium mobile call server/softswitch. The Alcatel switching
solution enables service providers to extend customer roaming capabilities
as they switch between cellular networks and WLAN access points.
Alcatel's customers include global telecommunications carriers,
internet service providers and enterprises.
Philips' complete UMA reference design features the industry's lowest-power
802.11g WLAN system-in-a-package (SiP) for connections to WLAN access
points. The low-power characteristics of this semiconductor solution
are extremely important to mobile phone applications, where customers
do not want to have their talk-time jeopardized by other power-hungry
applications. The UMA switching capability is based on software
from industry leader Kineto Wireless. These features are added to
the proven Philips Nexperia™ Cellular System Solution 6120
for a complete reference design that allows manufacturers to quickly
manufacture UMA phones without the delays associated with the extensive
testing required for carrier-quality mobile phones.
"We have combined our new low-power 802.11g technology and
Kineto's industry-leading UMA switching technology with our Nexperia
Cellular System Solution to create a powerful mobile phone reference
design that makes it easy for people to take advantage of advanced
phone services," said Gert-Jan Kaat, senior vice president,
Business Unit Mobile Communications, Philips Semiconductors. "Our
new UMA reference design is optimized for performance, scalability
and ease-of-deployment, with the ability to make it simple for mobile
users to connect to voice, data and entertainment services."
"Philips is a leader in bringing complete reference designs
to market that makes it easy for mobile handset manufacturers to
offer high-quality products to their customers," said Mark
Powell, vice president and founder of Kineto Wireless. "The
low power aspect of the 802.11g solution is unlike any other capability
available in the market today and should encourage the rapid adoption
and deployment of UMA-compliant cell phones."
The Nexperia 6120 System Solution supports a wide variety of multimedia
applications and includes the state-of-the-art GSM/GPRS/EDGE mobile
platform, an RF baseband transceiver, a power amplifier, a power
management unit and a battery charger. This complete solution provides
mobile handset manufacturers with an easy and cost-effective way
to bring advanced multimedia mobile features to their customers.
Kineto's UMA Client Software is added to the Nexperia 6120 System
Solution in this reference design to give mobile phones the ability
to roam seamlessly between mobile networks and WLANs. When combined
with Philips' new low-power 802.11g WLAN SiP, the advantages of
UMA become readily apparent. The 802.11g SiP enables mobile phone
users to access voice, data and multimedia services through WLAN
networks up to five times faster than current 802.11b products,
without compromising the battery life of mobile phones. The complete
reference design offers mobile phone manufacturers quicker time-to-market
in a cost-effective manner.
Availability
Philips' UMA reference design is available now. The UMA Client
Software for the Nexperia platform is available immediately from
Kineto Wireless.
About Kineto Wireless
Kineto Wireless is the key innovator and leading supplier of UMA
(Unlicensed Mobile Access) Technology. With a UMA-enabled network,
mobile and fixed line operators can provide a seamless, high-performance
mobile voice, data and IMS experience on both cellular and Wi-Fi
networks. As the leading provider of UMA Technology, Kineto supplies
core network solutions through OEM partnerships with major network
infrastructure providers. Kineto also provides UMA-compliant software,
development tools and support services to mobile silicon/stack suppliers,
mobile handset developers and broadband terminal adapter/wireless
access point vendors. Kineto’s solutions conform to the open
UMA technology specifications, endorsed by major fixed line and
mobile operators worldwide. For more information, please visit www.kineto.com
About UMA Technology
Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) technology is the standard for fixed-mobile
convergence (FMC). UMA technology enables access to mobile voice,
data and IMS services over IP broadband access and unlicensed spectrum
technologies. By deploying UMA technology, service providers can
enable subscribers to roam and handover between cellular networks
and public and private unlicensed wireless networks 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 UMA specifications were created by Alcatel, AT&T Wireless,
British Telecom, Cingular, Ericsson, Kineto Wireless, Motorola,
Nokia, Nortel, O2, Research in Motion, Rogers Wireless, Siemens,
Sony-Ericsson and T-Mobile US. The specifications are available
for download at www.umatechnology.org.
The UMA technology specification, known as TS 43.318 in the 3rd
Generation Partnership Program (3GPP) standards body, was recently
approved for inclusion into the upcoming 3GPP Release 6.
Kineto and the Kineto Logo are registered trademarks of Kineto
Wireless, Inc.
All other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks
of their respective owners.
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