Kineto Smart Wi-Fi Application Available for Android Devices
Lets mobile operators use Wi-Fi to improve indoor coverage and offload macro network
Milpitas, Calif., March 23, 2010
Kineto Wireless, Inc., the key innovator and leading supplier of solutions that enable delivery of mobile services over broadband, today announced that its Smart Wi-Fi Application is now available for the Google Android smartphone operating system.
Kineto’s application, available for Android version 1.6 and later, has been successfully proven on the latest Android Development Platform (ADP2) and is now being verified on Android-based smartphones from several major handset manufacturers. Kineto is also conducting operator testing with Android handsets and commercial mobile networks around the world.
“Mobile operators are anxiously evaluating a wide range of technologies to address the capacity crunch and indoor coverage challenges posed by smartphones,” said Mark Powell, vice president and general manager of Kineto’s Client Business Unit. “Kineto’s Smart Wi-Fi Application is a low-cost, low-risk solution that extends the reach of the mobile network onto Wi-Fi access points already deployed in subscriber’s homes and offices.”
Kineto’s Smart Wi-Fi application offers the following benefits:
| • | Turns existing Wi-Fi access points into seamless extensions of the mobile network, increasing coverage and adding capacity in the places where subscribers demand it most – at home and in the office. |
| • | Seamlessly integrates with the smartphone’s existing user interface so subscribers receive exactly the same experience (dialer, contacts list, phone number, billing,…) when connected over Wi-Fi or the cellular network. |
| • | Improves battery life by hibernating the cellular radio when Wi-Fi is in use. |
| • | Depending on operator configuration, the application can also be used abroad to avoid expensive international roaming charges. |
The new application is one part of a Smart Wi-Fi Solution Kineto announced during Mobile World Congress 2010. More information about Kineto’s products is available at: ttp://www.kineto.com/products_overview.php.
Kineto will showcase its Smart Wi-Fi Application at ShowStoppers’ media event at CTIA Wireless from 6-9pm on Monday, March 22, at Renaissance Las Vegas.
Screenshots and other application graphics are available at: http://www.kineto.com/smart_wifi_graphics.php
About Kineto Wireless
Kineto Wireless is the key innovator and leading supplier of standards-based solutions that enable mobile operators to embrace the cost and performance advantages of fixed and mobile broadband access networks. Kineto provides software and services to major wireless infrastructure and handset vendors so they can deliver Smart Offload solutions based on Wi-Fi and Femtocell technologies, as well as Voice over LTE. Kineto customers and partners include Airvana, AudioCodes, Cisco, GENBAND, HTC, Juniper Networks, LG Electronics, Motorola, NEC, Qualcomm, RIM, Samsung and Ubiquisys. For more information about Kineto, please visit http://www.kineto.com.
| Media Enquiries for Kineto: Steve Shaw Kineto Wireless +1 408 965 0209 sshaw@kineto.com Richard White AxiCom PR for Kineto +44 20 8392 4050 richard.white@axicom.com |
Kevin Sugarman Engage PR for Kineto Wireless +1 510 748 8200 x208 ksugarman@engagepr.com |
