Nanoradio
Wi-Fi Solution for 3G UMA Mobile
Nanoradio, which designs semiconductors with wireless capability, says its
"Always On WiFi" solution has been commercially launched inside the
world's first 3G UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access) phone. The same solution
was also recently launched in a 2.5G UMA phone. The two phones, P250 and
P270, will both be released by Samsung in multiple countries in Europe,
opening up a new world of multimedia services to the UMA operator customer
base.
According
to the company, the P270 is the first device on the market that combines
UMA and 3G network technology.
Fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) using dual mode cellular/Wi-Fi handsets are
a rapidly developing market on both sides of the Atlantic, says the
company. Low power consuming Wi-Fi solutions are a critical enabling
technology for this type of application. The UMA phone requires the WiFi
to be active all time in order to receive an incoming or making an
outgoing UMA call.
The
Nanoradio "Always On WiFi" solution - the NRX700/2 Wi-Fi chipset offers
fully tested 802.11b/g functionality, featuring ultra-low power
consumption enabling good UMA standby time and UMA talk time.
The
Nanoradio WiFi solution is doubling the standby and talk time compared to
standard UMA phone offerings. This results in that the UMA phone customer
can adopt behaviour of keeping the WiFi Always On, removing the need for a
"turn on and off the WiFi behaviour" in order to save battery time.
Tord
Wingren, CEO and president of Nanoradio AB, commented, "We have launched
our Wi-Fi product with a Tier 1 phone manufacturer and a Tier 1 operator,
in an environment with extreme requirements on power consumption,
stability, and output power. We are confident that this experience, in
combination with our size and price will be very competitive in other
mobile phone applications using Wi-Fi."
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