Kineto's Smart Wi-Fi Application to be Preloaded on Android Smartphones from T-Mobile USA
Milpitas, Calif., Oct. 7, 2010
Kineto Wireless, Inc., the key innovator and leading supplier of solutions that enable delivery of mobile services over broadband, today announced that T-Mobile USA, Inc. will deploy its Smart Wi-Fi Application for Wi-Fi Calling for their customers to improve indoor coverage through the use of existing Wi-Fi access points.
T-Mobile plans to preload Android-based smartphones with Kineto’s application to extend T-Mobile’s existing Wi-Fi Calling service. The company announced yesterday the upcoming availability of built-in Wi-Fi Calling solutions planned for a wide selection of Android™-powered smartphones.
“Kineto’s Smart Wi-Fi Application will bring the Wi-Fi Calling service that millions of our customers enjoy today to our powerful Android portfolio,” said Torrie Dorrell, vice president, connected family products and services, T-Mobile USA.
Kineto’s Smart Wi-Fi application will offer the following benefits to T-Mobile and its customers:
- Existing Wi-Fi access points become extensions of the mobile network, increasing coverage and adding capacity in the places where customers demand it most – at home and in the office.
- The smartphones’ user interface is integrated seamlessly with the application, so customers receive exactly the same experience (dialer, contacts list, phone number, billing, etc.) when connected over Wi-Fi or the cellular network.
- Business customers with a Wi-Fi Calling plan can use it abroad to avoid expensive international roaming charges when calling back to the US.
“Kineto’s Smart Wi-Fi Application is a smart choice for T-Mobile; it’s a low-cost solution that makes use of Wi-Fi access points already deployed in customer’s home or office to improve coverage and increase capacity,” said Mark Powell, vice president and general manager of Kineto’s Client Business Unit. “With the tremendous sales of Android smartphones the market is seeing, customers will appreciate coverage solutions on the latest and greatest smartphones.”
Android™-powered smartphones have been rapidly growing in popularity. According to an August consumer survey by research company NielsenWire: “While the iPhone has been the headline grabber over the last few years in the smartphone market, Google’s Android Operating System has shown the most significant expansion in market share among current subscribers. Android’s rise is even more noticeable among new smartphone subscribers in the last six months where Android has nosed past Apple’s iOS in the last quarter to grab a 27% share of those recent smartphone subscribers.”
Kineto first announced its Smart Wi-Fi application available for Google’s Android operating system in March 2010.
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. The company 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, ip.access, Juniper Networks, LG Electronics, Motorola, NEC, Qualcomm, RIM, Samsung and Ubiquisys. For more information about Kineto, please visit http://www.kineto.com.
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