saw TeliaSonera, Telecom Italia and Orange all launch commercial UMA service
offers. And with its announcement to launch in France, UK, Spain, Poland
and the Netherlands, Orange's `unik' service will soon be available to more than
60m mobile subscribers throughout Europe. On page 6, we take a look at these
initial UMA service plans.
rumors abound of new families of devices coming from Samsung, Nokia and
Motorola, as well as new UMA entrants like SIMComm, Sagem and RIM (a
UMA-Blackberry, very cool) jumping into the market. We're also hearing
lots of activity on the non-handset device front, as operators are looking to
expand their use of UMA beyond just dual-mode handsets. On page 12, we
delve into the rapidly expanding UMA service opportunity, with UMA-enabled
femtocells, softmobiles and fixed VoIP services all expected in 2007.
technologies like VCC and IMS. On page 16, the UMA Today staff takes a
detailed look at how UMA technology fits into longer term technology plans,
specifically IMS, and finds that IMS and UMA are very complementary. Then
there is a head-to-head comparison of UMA and VCC on page 20.
network planning with an operator deploying UMA. He said that while they
continue to see other approaches, "UMA is the bar by which other convergence
technologies will be measured."
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