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25th April - Ubiquisys Ltd and Kineto Wireless announced
the successful completion of interoperability testing between
the Ubiquisys ZoneGate 3G femtocell and Kineto’s UMA
network controller.
This testing represents an important milestone toward enabling
mass-market deployment of femtocells. The testing also demonstrated
several key advantages of using UMA, a commercially proven
3GPP standard, as the core network integration approach for
femtocells. These advantages include enabling mobile operators
to leverage their existing core networks through standard
interfaces to support femtocell deployments, as well as enabling
seamless access to all existing core network services using
standard 3G handsets.
”We’ve always recognised that the key to reliable
and cost-effective mass market femtocell deployment is the
adoption of a standardised interface between access point
and network,” said Will Franks, CTO and co-founder of
Ubiquisys. “UMA is tried and tested in the field and
provides an efficient 3GPP standards-based protocol for network
integration. It is great to see the mobile industry coalescing
around UMA as an optimal architecture for femtocell deployment.”
”UMA is designed to enable IP devices to connect securely
over a broadband DSL connection and cope with the associated
latency, jitter and security issues,” said Gary Sarson,
Kineto’s vice president of business development. “Our
work with Ubiquisys demonstrates that while UMA was initially
developed with dual-mode handsets in mind, it also addresses
the exact same issues associated with femtocell deployment,
offering a reliable integration solution without reinventing
the wheel.”
The Ubiquisys ZoneGate system allows local voice and data
to be offloaded in the home, supporting services such as streaming
from a media box, while voice and data traffic can be deciphered
and manipulated, delivering local call routing and control
applications for devices in the home.
The Kineto IP-based UNC is an industry- leading carrier
class UMA Network Controller (UNC). It is a scalable, cost-effective
platform which enables mobile and integrated operators to
deliver mobile voice, data and IMS services over broadband
access networks.
A recent study from ABI Research forecasts that by 2011
there will be 102 million users of femtocell products on 32
million access points worldwide.
About UMA Technology
UMA technology is the 3GPP global standard for fixed-mobile
convergence. UMA enables secure, scalable access to mobile
voice, data and IMS services over broadband IP access networks.
By deploying UMA technology, mobile operators can deliver
a number of compelling fixed-mobile convergence services.
Leading operators around the world have embraced UMA technology
as the foundation for their fixed-mobile convergence strategy,
including France Telecom/Orange, TeliaSonera, and Telecom
Italia.
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