STOCKHOLM, Sweden, September 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Nanoradio today
announced that its "Always On WiFi"(TM) solution has been commercially
launched inside the world's first 3G UMA phone. The same "Always On
WiFi"(TM) 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. 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. Low power
consuming Wi-Fi solutions are a critical enabling technology for this type
of applications. 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"(TM) solution - the NRX700/2 Wi-Fi
chipset offers fully tested 802.11b/g functionality, featuring ultra-low
power consumption enabling unparalleled 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 a 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 are
very proud to have launched our WiFi 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 best in class size
and price will be very competitive in other mobile phone applications using
WiFi."
About Nanoradio AB
Nanoradio AB design semiconductors with wireless capability for the
cellular and handheld market where buying decisions relate to power
consumption, physical size, and total cost for customers. Nanoradio has
developed the most integrated circuits which bring outstanding WLAN
capabilities into mobile phones and consumer multimedia electronics.
Nanoradio's Wi-Fi chips target a range of applications, including mobile
phones, wireless network cameras for home surveillance, Portable Media
Players and gaming devices.
Another big area for Nanoradio is the growing fixed-mobile convergence
market with dual-mode phones.
The company was founded in March 2004 and it is a "fabless" company
which means that all manufacturing is outsourced. Nanoradio has a team of
56 people with extensive experience from the cellular and wireless industry
as well as semiconductor industry and start-ups. The head-quarter is in
Kista, Sweden and with sales offices in Korea, Japan and USA.
Information on the company may be found on the World Wide Web at
http://www.nanoradio.com.
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