UMA Today Announce Winners Of The 2008 UMA Innovation Awards

Awards recognise excellence and innovation in UMA-based products and services worldwide

February 12, 2008 – Milpitas, California – UMA Today, an international consortium of companies leading the adoption of 3GPP UMA technology, today announced an independent panel of judges has selected the winners of the UMA Innovation Awards 2008.

Georges Penalver, senior executive vice president of strategic marketing for France Telecom Group, announced the winners at the awards ceremony February 12 at the Mobile World Congress happening in Barcelona.

The categories and winners of the first UMA Innovation Awards are:
DEVICES
* Best Dual-Mode Handset (Feature Phone): Sagem – Net&Unik bundle
* Best Dual-Mode Handset (Smart Phone): Research in Motion – Blackberry® Curve(tm) (8320)
* Best Client Software: Kineto Wireless – UMA Client Software
* Best Test Solution: Azimuth – FMC Performance Test Suite

INFRASTRUCTURE
* Best Infrastructure (UNC Solution): Ericsson – Mobile @ Home
* Best Infrastructure (UNC Component): Kineto – INC (IP Network Controller)

SERVICE
* Best Home Zone Service: Orange – Unik
* Best Home Zone Service Advertising/Marketing: Orange – Unik

INDUSTRY
* Most Creative Use of UMA: Vitendo – vFone 4.0
* Most Influential Company: Orange/France Telecom

The UMA Innovation Awards was judged independently by a panel of industry experts, including Peter Jarich, principal analyst with Current Analysis, Stéphane Téral, senior analyst with Infonetics Research, Anton Wahlman, analyst with Think Equity Research, and Malik Saadi, principal analyst with Informa Telecoms and Media.

Since ratification by the 3GPP, UMA technology has quickly gained popularity through worldwide deployments. Today, more than 12 operating companies have deployed UMA-based service offers and more than 30 companies have products that support UMA.

Details about the award categories and winners is available at: http://www.umatoday.com/awards.

About UMA Today
UMA Today is an international consortium of companies joined together to lead the adoption of 3GPP UMA Technology around the world. UMA Today publishes the UMA Today Magazine, maintains the UMA Today website, hosts Webinars and is involved in other industry activity to promote UMA technology. For more information, please visit www.UMAToday.com.

About UMA Technology
UMA technology is the 3GPP global standard for fixed-mobile convergence. UMA enables secure, scalable access to mobile voice, data and IMS services over broadband IP access networks. By deploying UMA technology, mobile operators can deliver a number of compelling fixed-mobile convergence services. The most well-known applications of UMA include dual-mode cellular/Wi-Fi handsets and 3G femtocells access points. Leading operators around the world have embraced UMA technology as the foundation for their fixed-mobile convergence strategy, including Orange/France Telecom, British Telecom, T-Mobile US, TeliaSonera, Netcom, Saunalahti and Cincinnati Bell.

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