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UMA achieves commercial success in 2006 -Kineto Leads Global Adoption of UMA, the 3GPP Standard for Fixed-Mobile Convergence

Milpitas, Calif., December 19, 2006 - Kineto Wireless, Inc., the key innovator and leading supplier of Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) technology, today announced the company has surpassed its 2006 goals for industry adoption of UMA, with commercial delivery of UMA-based products and services by major mobile operators and vendors gaining significant momentum worldwide.

"While 2005 was the year of vendors and operators announcing their intentions, 2006 has proven to be the year of UMA delivery," said Rick Gilbert, CEO of Kineto Wireless. "With major operators launching UMA-based services, and major vendors delivering UMA-based products, 2006 will be seen as the year UMA achieved commercial success."

"UMA has had commercial success in 2006 with Orange, Telecom Italia, T-Mobile, and TeliaSonera," said Senior Analyst Nick Holland at Pyramid Research. "It's clear UMA addresses a fundamental market need for operators to lower costs, accelerate fixed-mobile substitution, and counter the threat from VoIP providers. As these operators ramp up, 2007 should see strong gains in deployments."

Leading Mobile Operators Launched UMA Services Driven by the need to accelerate fixed-to-mobile substitution as well as counter the increasing threat from new VoIP service providers, a number of leading mobile operators launched UMA dual-mode handset (DMH) services in 2006.

UMA-based DMH service launches in 2006 included Orange/France Telecom's unik service in France; T-Mobile's Hotspot@Home service in the U.S.; TeliaSonera's HomeFree service in Denmark; Telecom Italia's Unico service in Italy; and British Telecom's Fusion service in the U.K. In a report published by ABI Research in October 2006, the firm estimated shipments of dual-mode handsets will be in excess of 300 million worldwide by 2011.

"By bridging our GSM network and our DSL network - thanks to the Wi-Fi enabled LiveBox - UMA technology allows FT/Orange to deliver a truly seamless wireless experience to our customers," stated Sanjiv Ahuja, the chief executive officer of the Orange Group.

Leading Equipment Vendors Delivered UMA Products In support of operator UMA deployments in 2006, the world's leading handset manufacturers, including Samsung, Motorola and Nokia, all delivered mainstream, UMA-enabled dual-mode handsets. In addition, it is estimated that more than a dozen additional UMA-enabled handsets will be introduced in 2007.

In addition, the major network equipment vendors also delivered UMA solutions in 2006, with Motorola, Nokia, Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson now offering commercial products.

UMA Embraced 3G and the Enterprise In August 2006, Kineto announced the latest version of its UMA client software, which, in addition to 2G/Wi-Fi handsets, now includes support for 3G/Wi-Fi handsets. While the 3GPP UMA standard has always supported development of UMA-enabled 3G handsets, Kineto was the first company to offer a client solution to meet the growing demand from operators.

With consumer-focused UMA service launches underway, a number of mobile operators are now looking to extend their offerings into the enterprise market. In support of these efforts, Kineto began collaborating with a number of enterprise-class Wireless LAN (WLAN) vendors in 2006. One such collaboration was announced earlier this month with Extricom and included successful testing of seamless handover between WiFi access points using Extricom's WLAN solution. As a result of these efforts, mobile operators will soon be able to extend the UMA value proposition of high-performance, low-cost mobile services over WLANs into the enterprise market.

UMA Expanding Beyond Dual-Mode Handsets In addition to extending into the enterprise market, mobile operators are now looking to leverage their UMA deployments to deliver a variety of new fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) services beyond dual-mode handsets. Fundamentally, UMA provides a highly-scalable, secure method for accessing mobile voice and data services over fixed broadband access networks. Mobile operators are now seeking to leverage this ability to support a number of new FMC services including:

"The UMA market is maturing rapidly," said Ken Kolderup, vice president of marketing for Kineto Wireless. "With innovative new UMA-based solutions coming to market in 2007, UMA is quickly evolving beyond the 3GPP standard for 'Unlicensed' Mobile Access to become the standard for 'Universal' Mobile Access."

UMA and Kineto Recognized for Industry Achievement Based on the tremendous progress and impact UMA is having on the mobile industry, Kineto was named the recipient of several prestigious industry awards in 2006. In April, Kineto's UMA Network Controller (UNC) solution was selected as the winner of the Wireless Emerging Technologies Award at CTIA WIRELESS 2006. In November, Kineto was named the winner of the Financial Times (FT) World Communications Awards 2006 for innovation in technology. Kineto, singled out for its innovation of UMA technology, was picked as the winner from a list that included Research in Motion (RIM) and QUALCOMM.

About UMA Technology

 Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) technology is the 3GPP global standard for fixed/mobile convergence. UMA enables secure, scaleable 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 application of UMA technology is dual-mode mobile/WiFi handsets, which enable subscribers to automatically roam and handover between mobile networks and public and private WLANs. Leading operators around the world have embraced UMA technology as part of a fixed-mobile convergence strategy, including Telecom Italia, Orange/France Telecom, T-Mobile and TeliaSonera. For more information, please visit www.UMAToday.com.  Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) technology is the 3GPP global standard for fixed/mobile convergence. UMA enables secure, scaleable 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 application of UMA technology is dual-mode mobile/WiFi handsets, which enable subscribers to automatically roam and handover between mobile networks and public and private WLANs. Leading operators around the world have embraced UMA technology as part of a fixed-mobile convergence strategy, including Telecom Italia, Orange/France Telecom, T-Mobile and TeliaSonera. For more information, please visit www.UMAToday.com.

About Kineto Wireless

 Kineto Wireless is the key innovator and leading supplier of Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) Technology, the 3GPP standard for fixed/mobile convergence. Mobile operators around the globe are selecting UMA to offer subscribers seamless, high-performance mobile voice, data, and IMS experiences over broadband IP access networks. As the leading provider of UMA Technology, Kineto supplies core network solutions through OEM partnerships with major network infrastructure providers, and also provides UMA-compliant software, development tools and support services to mobile silicon/stack suppliers, mobile handset developers, and broadband terminal adaptor vendors. Kineto was recently named the recipient the 2006 Financial Times (FT) World Communications Award for innovation in technology for its role in UMA. For more information, please visit www.kineto.com. Kineto Wireless is the key innovator and leading supplier of Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) Technology, the 3GPP standard for fixed/mobile convergence. Mobile operators around the globe are selecting UMA to offer subscribers seamless, high-performance mobile voice, data, and IMS experiences over broadband IP access networks. As the leading provider of UMA Technology, Kineto supplies core network solutions through OEM partnerships with major network infrastructure providers, and also provides UMA-compliant software, development tools and support services to mobile silicon/stack suppliers, mobile handset developers, and broadband terminal adaptor vendors. Kineto was recently named the recipient the 2006 Financial Times (FT) World Communications Award for innovation in technology for its role in UMA. For more information, please visit .