Stay alert!
Social networks
OSS/BSS
Digital Issue

Mobile Europe - Europe's Wireless Magazine

Mobile Europe
07 October, 2008 13:26 print this article email this article to a friend

Kineto Wireless receives funding for FMC solutions

Kineto Wireless, specialist and supplier of FMC solutions for mobile operators, announced today that it has raised an additional $15.5 million in funding, including a strategic investment from Motorola as part of a broader commercial relationship with the company's Home & Networks Mobility business. Kineto's existing investors Oak Investment Partners, Sutter Hill Ventures, Venrock, Seapoint Ventures and InterDigital also participated in the funding.

Kineto's FMC solutions enable mobile operators to extend voice, data and IMS services over broadband access networks, using the Internet to lower service delivery costs while improving mobile coverage and performance.  Kineto's FMC solutions are said to be currently enabling mobile operators around the world to deliver a number of new revenue-generating FMC services, including dual-mode handsets, femtocells, terminal adaptors and softmobile clients.

"Continued strong growth in UMA-based dual-mode handset and terminal adaptor deployments, combined with tremendous operator interest in femtocells, is highlighting the FMC imperative for mobile operators globally," said Rick Gilbert, president and CEO of Kineto Wireless.  "We are delighted to have the support of a leader in the mobile industry such as Motorola as we continue to capitalise on our leadership position in the FMC market."

Motorola's Alan Lefkof, corporate vice president and general manager, Broadband Solutions Group, added, "Motorola has been a key contributor along with Kineto and other industry players in developing the technology standard for femtocells, and we look forward to building on the work we have begun with Kineto in order to implement this technology and enable operators to economically deploy femtocell solutions."

Share this article with others

post to delicious Post to del.icio.us

Comment on this article

Skip to comments

We encourage users to analyse, comment on and even challenge Mobile Europe's articles, including the one above - 'Kineto Wireless receives funding for FMC solutions '

User reviews and comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site.

Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. We will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site.

Printed from http://www.mobileeurope.co.uk/news_wire/114193/Kineto_Wireless_receives_funding_for_FMC_solutions_.html

Hot searches

banking huawei kapsch

Get our news by email

You can have Mobile Europe news sent straight to your inbox either as it is published or, if you prefer, as a regular newsletter.

Click here to find out more

If you have already registered log in here to view or update your email settings, or if not, set up a FREE account.