Quotes

"We expect the FMC and femtocell equipment markets to thrive during the current economic downturn for a number of reasons. First, Orange and T-Mobile and Rogers Wireless now, as well, are driving the UMA market and do not plan to slow down their deployments; in fact, they see the slowdown as an opportunity to lure more FMC subscribers."

Stéphane Téral, principal analyst, Infonetics Research
March 19, 2009

"...UMA technology ensures a seamless experience in moving between networks. .....we are confident that the use of UMA technology will change the nature of the enterprise voice experience."

Dave Fredericks, national director for products solutions and planning, T-Mobile USA, Inc.
January 20, 2009

Will femtocells reduce the demand for Wi-Fi? Not likely, say analysts. Wi-Fi is already well ingrained in home and office networking, and femotcells are becoming part of Wi-Fi routers, not alternatives to them. "Femtocells and Wi-Fi are complementary."

Stuart Carlaw, research director, ABI Research, in Computerworld Magazine
October 27, 2008

 

"UMA continues to dominate the worldwide seamless FMC market, and remains a 2-horse race, with unabated deployments at T-Mobile USA and Orange in Europe, which, as anticipated, is launching 3G UMA. In addition, Rogers Wireless has now joined the UMA bandwagon in North America. We expect all the phone and equipment segments in the niche FMC market to grow rapidly, with the economic downturn actually making T-Mobile USA's offering more attractive to stretched consumers."

Stéphane Téral, principal analyst, Infonetics Research
October 27, 2008

"Phone support for UMA is about to increase. The market is moving fast; what is important to know is that the main chipset manufacturers, like Qualcomm, have already integrated or decided to integrate the UMA stack in their chipsets. This is a very important sign, and the handset manufacturers are following. Every quarter we have another handset manufacturer joining the UMA club."

Georges Penalver, executive vice president of group strategic marketing, Orange, in PC World Magazine
October 10, 2008

"With the launch of the world's first 3G UMA service, we are making life as simple as possible for our customers, whilst helping them get more from their mobile phone. Today, with our new 3G UMA platform, our Unik customers will be able to take advantage of 3G's capabilities delivering exciting multimedia services, such as Orange Music, Downloads, TV and Video. We have increased the benefits of this innovative technology, delivering a simple and cost-effective solution to meet our customers' needs. That's why UMA is at the heart of our convergence strategy."

Georges Penalver, executive vice president of group strategic marketing, Orange
September 2008

"With more than a dozen UMA phones announced, device development has been admirable…if not spectacular… And, while a focus on femtocell integrations argues for the flexibility of the technology, the real advantage UMA can claim as an FMC technology today is its customer base; a million or so subscribers may not be impressive, but it beats out most anything else out there."

Peter Jarich, industry analyst, in Telephony Online
May 19, 2008

"Wi-Fi UMA is going remarkably well…It's very compelling...This is happening, and it's happening fast." "Some [carriers] saw it as a threat. I saw it as an enabler, an inevitability."

Jim Balsillie, co-CEO, Research in Motion (RIM)
May 12, 2008

"T-Mobile USA recently made the statement that almost half of its customers buying WiFi/UMA cell phones are new to T-Mobile USA. This compares to statements from AT&T saying that 40% of its iPhone subscribers are new to AT&T. In addition, Orange in France has said that its customers using WiFi/UMA technology churn 3x less than its other subscribers. We believe that these are impressive statistics that ought to induce all other GSM operators to quickly adopt WiFi/UMA as a centerpiece of their near-term strategy."

Anton Wahlman, analyst, Think Panmure
April 2008

"The strategies of Deutsche Telekom's European and American arms appear to be completely at odds–at least at first glance. But on closer inspection the two technologies could be entirely complimentary. The glue that could bind them together is the protocol that links both Ubiquisys femtocells and T-Mobile Hotspot @Home routers back to the core network: Unlicensed Mobile Access or UMA."

Kevin Fitchard, Telephony Online
March 3, 2008

"Building a business model for UMA technology is key…Indeed; Kineto fields a steady stream of calls from enterprise executives, all of whom demand the same thing: a way to save money on voice and data services. UMA can potentially give them that, plus improved service."

Jessica Binns, Mobile Enterprise Magazine
March 2008

"UMA-based services do away with the need for an on-site server. Instead, these functions are shifted to the UMA controller in the carrier network, acting as an interface between the IP world of a WLAN and the mobile carrier's core network. Kineto Wireless is a UMA vendor, and T-Mobile uses the gear for services like "Hotspot @Home."

John Cox, Network World
February 15, 2008

"We believe UMA will go down in history as the most important wireless industry phenomenon since the advent of GSM in 1992. "

Anton Wahlman, analyst, Think Equity
December 2007

"UMA, which was believed to have short legs just a year ago, is the predominant technology deployed today to implement seamless FMC between wireless LAN and 2G cellular networks. For those who believe UMA will be short lived, it can now support 3G, is backed by the 3GPP, has a clear migration roadmap to IMS and is becoming the default case for femtocells."

Stéphane Téral, principal analyst, Infonetics Research
October 2007