Industry Veteran Jeff Brown to lead Kineto Wireless
Milpitas, Calif. , June 17, 2009
Kineto Wireless, Inc., the key innovator and leading supplier of solutions that enable delivery of mobile services over broadband, today announced that Jeff Brown has joined the company as president and CEO. Mr. Brown brings extensive mobile industry experience and an intimate understanding of the fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) market to his role at Kineto.
“Jeff is a proven leader in the mobile industry with the right skills to help Kineto continue its FMC leadership position while expanding into the upcoming voice over LTE market,” said Bo Hedfors, chairman of Kineto Wireless.
Prior to Kineto, Mr. Brown was the president and CEO of RadioFrame Networks, a pioneer in the picocell and femtocell markets. Before that, Mr. Brown successfully led Data Critical, a wireless health care communications company, as chairman of the board and CEO, through a successful IPO and subsequent acquisition by General Electric. In his career, Mr. Brown has also held a number of executive management positions with McCaw Cellular, PacTel Cellular, Pacific Bell and AT&T.
“Kineto has an impressive track record of technology and product innovation, and I see tremendous growth opportunities for the company in both the FMC and the emerging voice over LTE markets,” said Jeff Brown, president and CEO of Kineto Wireless. “I’m excited to be joining a company so uniquely positioned to help mobile operators address the challenges and opportunities associated with fixed and mobile broadband access.”
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 device vendors to enable the development products compliant with the leading 3GPP FMC and Voice over LTE standards. Kineto customers and partners include NEC, Motorola, Samsung, LG Electronics, HTC, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, Infineon, ST-NXP, Cisco/Linksys, Ubiquisys, Netgear and Westell. For more information about Kineto, please visit http://www.kineto.com.
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