Azaire Networks
Receives CTIA Wireless 2006 E-Tech Award for Innovation in Network
Infrastructure
Azaire Networks
April 25, 2006
Azaire Networks, the Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) solutions provider
with the most deployments worldwide and the first to offer an industry
standard I-WLAN solution, announced that its Next Generation IP
Converged Network Platform (IP-CNP) received a Wireless Emerging
Technologies Award at CTIA WIRELESS 2006 in the Network Infrastructure
– UMA Network category. Award recipients were announced on April 6 in
a ceremony at the Las Vegas Convention Center during the CTIA WIRELESS
2006 Convention.
The Wireless E-tech Awards program is designed to give industry
recognition and exposure to the best wireless products and services in
the areas of Consumer, Enterprise and Network technology. Nearly 200
applications were submitted and reviewed by a panel of recognized
members of the media, industry analysts and executives, as well as
select show attendees. Products were judged on innovation,
functionality, technological importance, implementation and overall
“wow” factor.
"Azaire's hybrid network approach based on the 3GPP I-WLAN standard
enables operators to integrate a wide range of new IP access
technologies including WiFi and WiMax, as well as support dual mode
solutions for voice and data services based on UMA or IMS," said
Naveen Dhar, Vice President of Marketing at Azaire Networks. "We are
honored to receive this award which signifies the flexibility of the
I-WLAN solution to support UMA."
“We are extremely proud of the e-Tech awards program and continually
amazed at the level of ingenuity present in the submissions,” said
Robert Mesirow, vice president and show director for CTIA WIRELESS.
“On behalf of CTIA, we congratulate Azaire Networks on this
accomplishment and look forward to their continued innovation in the
field of Fixed Mobile Convergence.”
Jim Grams, Azaire Networks’ Chief Technology Officer, spoke on two
panels at the conference: “Fixed Mobile Convergence: The Future
Discussed Today” and “WiMAX and 3G: Competitors or Complements?” On
these panels, Jim highlighted Azaire Networks’ growing roster of
commercial deployments, making the company the only fixed mobile
convergence solution provider that has actual operator deployments.
This comes as a result of Azaire Networks’ hybrid network approach
which operators have identified as providing the most rapid and cost
effective method for offering new revenue generating voice, data and
multimedia services. He also noted the importance of operators
adopting standards-based solutions to ensure simple integration with
existing core assets.
Azaire Networks’ 3GPP-compliant IP-CNP enables service providers to
offer mobile broadband services through the creation of hybrid
networks. Further as part of the IP-CNP, the Metro Wireless Services
Gateway (M-WSG) is the first commercially available Advanced Telecom
Computing Architecture (ATCA)-based convergence gateway supporting
legacy voice and IP services supporting IMS. Hybrid networks integrate
wide area cellular and IP access networks (such as Wi-Fi and WiMAX),
allowing operators to extend their 2.5G/3G footprints quickly and cost
effectively. Service providers are able to offer new voice, data and
multimedia services that increase ARPU, while business users and
consumers receive the broadband services they desire on the best
available network.
Azaire Networks is a leading provider of hybrid network solutions with
deployments in service in Europe, North America and Asia. Customers
include T-Mobile, Chunghwa Telecom, SingTel Optus, Rogers Wireless,
Mobilkom Austria , GoMobile and several others, with additional
operators currently testing the IP-CNP. Azaire Networks' flagship IP-CNP
product is the first 3GPP-compliant IWLAN solution that enables
operators to cost effectively extend 2.5G/3G network coverage.
The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, California with offices
in Germany, India, and the Netherlands. It is funded by Rustic Canyon
Partners, Woodside Fund, Convergence Partners and other investors. |
