CANNES, France, Feb. 23, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Kineto Wireless (www.kinetowireless.com), a key innovator and leading supplier of Mobile over Wireless LAN (MoWLAN) solutions, and IVT Corporation, a worldwide leading provider in Bluetooth turnkey solutions targeting the ODM market, today announced that IVT has joined the Kineto Innovation Partner Program. IVT has licensed Kineto's standards-based MoWLAN technology and is looking to develop advanced customer premises equipment (CPE) solutions supporting MoWLAN services. The CPE solutions resulting from the collaboration between IVT and Kineto will help accelerate the widespread adoption of MoWLAN-enabled services.
"Mobile subscribers are searching for solutions that enhance their wireless experience while at home and in the office," said Alan Buckley, European director, IVT. "IVT is excited to join the Innovation Partners Program to work with Kineto to bring MoWLAN services to subscribers, enabling them to experience high-quality, low-cost mobile communication everyday, everywhere."
"As experts in WLAN technologies, IVT is an ideal partner to facilitate the broad availability of MoWLAN solutions," said Mark Powell, vice president of business development, Kineto Wireless. "IVT continues to lead the market in providing advanced access solutions for carriers, and we are very pleased the company has joined our Innovation Partner Program."
MoWLAN solutions enable service providers to leverage VoIP and WLAN technology to deliver high-performance mobile voice and data services indoors at significantly lower cost than existing mobile network technologies. By deploying a MoWLAN solution, service providers can allow their subscribers to roam seamlessly between mobile networks and WLANs with a single handset for voice and data services. As a result, subscribers can now use their mobile phone as their main communications device, and fixed and mobile service providers can maximize their revenue potential and profitability from subscriber's increased use of the mobile phone.
About the Kineto Innovation Partner Program
Kineto Wireless established the Innovation Partner Program to accelerate the rapid deployment and broad adoption of Mobile over WLAN services. The program was designed to foster strategic, long-term relationships with industry leaders in the device, chipset, handset, software, and communications infrastructure markets. The Innovation Partners Program consists of a number of collaborative activities including technology licensing and market development. The Innovation Partners Program is designed to benefit service providers by ensuring the delivery of a broad range of interoperable and market proven MoWLAN solutions.
About IVT
IVT is a world leader in providing Bluetooth ODM solutions. IVT also offers Bluetooth protocol stack and profiles source code, protocol analyzer, conformance & interoperability testers, application software for PC, laptop and PDA. IVT also provides customization design, testing services, OS porting and Bluetooth qualification support. IVT has sales offices in Europe, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, an R&D center in Beijing, China, and a worldwide customer base. For more information, please visit www.ivtcorporation.com
About Kineto
Kineto Wireless delivers solutions that enable the convergence mobile, VoIP and WLANs to create the next big opportunity in the wireless industry. Kineto's Mobile over WLAN (MoWLAN) solution enables service providers to deliver high-performance mobile voice and data services over WLANs located within homes, offices and hot spots at significantly lower cost than existing 2.5 and 3G mobile network technologies. As a result, subscribers can use their mobile phone as their primary, if not only, communications device. As an international company, Kineto Wireless does business with leading service providers, handset suppliers and infrastructure providers worldwide. For more information about Kineto Wireless, please visit www.kinetowireless.com.