Some quotations and commentary
3G Systems are intended to provide a global mobility with wide range of services including telephony, paging, messaging, Internet and broadband data. International Telecommunication Union (ITU) started the process of defining the standard for third generation systems, referred to as International Mobile Telecommunications 2000 (IMT-2000). In Europe European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) was responsible of UMTS standardisation process. In 1998 Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) was formed to continue the technical specification work. 3GPP has five main UMTS standardisation areas: Radio Access Network, Core Network, Terminals, Services and System Aspects and GERAN.
"CoMob is the first seamless mobility solution allowing mobile users to manage a cellular call (GSM/UMTS) and VoIP/WiFi calls with one single interface. CoMob products turn a Windows Mobile dual-mode Smart phone (with a WiFi and GSM/UMTS connection) into a telephone capable of receiving and making VoIP calls in the WiFi network-covered areas. In an office or in a house it behaves like a cordless telephone (an extension or a private telephone number) and it can an office or handle GSM calls in areas where a wireless WiFi connection is not available. When both connections are available, CoMob allows managing the two types of calls with hold and unhold functions," says Bruno Motta, Vice President of Marketing of Sleipner SA.
"new UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access) technology" (note emphisis on word 'new')
" Calls are charged either as fixed-line or mobile calls, depending on the environment where calls are made and the customer’s price plan." (note customer is carged depending on were call is being made from, ASNAP)
[One advantage of the Kineto solution for UMA is its ability to notify IMS applications when subscribers are currently being serviced via a Wi-Fi connection, in effect making these services “UMA Aware.” ]
"Phase two of the Group’s innovation strategy focuses on the launch of a “superphone” that works both as a home phone and mobile phone in 2006. This new phone adopts new UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access) technology"
These are selected quotes that ive dreged up from clyw, kenito, and TIM's announcemnts:
you know what, im starting to think that some of the so called "know it all" posters that were saying that UMA had nothing to do w/ ASNAP were trying to sell the board a pack of lies, look at the language the italians are using: "new UMA" well kenito has there "UMA" and clyw has their's i think this is something to think about, time will tell, clearly kineto is infringing on clyw's ASNAP patent if they implement seamless roaming, it will be interesting to see what happens next week
cheers
p2k
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