BenQ is collaborating with Kineto Wireless to develop UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access) enabled dual mode GSM-WiFi handsets.
The collaboration is a result of growing demand for UMA Technology, the standard for fixed-mobile convergence, from network service providers around the world.
BenQ’s P50 Pocket PC phone is the first product from this collaboration. The P50 is a quad-band GSM/GPRS product with an integrated 802.11b Wi-Fi radio and UMA Client Software from Kineto. The P50 also has an integrated QWERTY keyboard and a complete Microsoft Windows for Pocket PC Phone environment including Windows Media 9 capabilities.
The companies intend the P50 to support volume UMA deployments in 2005. The UMA-enabled P50 will be demonstrated in Kineto’s booth at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France February 14-17, 2005.
Found VIA PhoneScoop
