Aruba Networks Announces Enterprise Fixed Mobile Convergence Solution Using the Nokia S60 Smartphone Platform
SUNNYVALE, CA--- Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN), a global leader in adaptive wireless LANs and secure unified mobility solutions, announced that its Mobile Voice Continuity (MVC) software for enterprise Fixed Mobile Convergence (eFMC) applications, will be demonstrated at CTIA, Nokia booth # 2635 in conjunction with a Voice Over IP software client built for Nokia's S60 platform. S60, developed by Nokia, is the world's leading smartphone platform, with more than 100 million devices already in the market. Aruba customers can add eFMC features, including support for the S60, by loading new MVC software onto existing Multi-Service Mobility Controllers.
MVC software allows dual-mode cellular/Wi-Fi phones to roam seamlessly between the cellular network and the enterprise wireless LAN, using just a single phone number provided by the enterprise PBX. Running VoIP over wireless LAN can enable savings on calling charges, especially for international calls and international roaming, and users benefit from high-speed enterprise data services when in the office or working from home on a remote access point.
Aruba's MVC software is available as an upgrade to existing Aruba Multi-Service Mobility Controllers, and is intended to operate in conjunction with the enterprise's IP-PBX. No additional hardware is required to enable eFMC applications.
"Intimate knowledge of the wireless LAN is essential to reliable, user-friendly operation of the overall system," said Venkat Kalkunte, Aruba's voice architect. "By harvesting status information rooted in the Wi-Fi infrastructure, Aruba is able to provide seamless roaming and triggers for Wi-Fi-to-cellular handover, issues that hamper FMC solutions in which the wireless LAN is treated as just a transparent transport layer. Accordingly, we're able to provide the S60 with industry-leading Wi-Fi connectivity and smooth, fast handovers."
The industry leading S60 platform, built on Symbian OS, is licensed by some of the foremost mobile phone manufacturers in the world. The S60 smartphone architecture provides users with both basic and advanced cellular phone functions in a compact device characterized by a large color screen, rich communications features, and enhanced applications. The flexibility of the S60 software allows for various hardware designs and software configurations. Its award-winning user interface and extensive support for new mobile services makes S60 an open and scalable solution for both mobile operators and 3rd party developers.
"As an enterprise mobility company, Aruba supports all forms of eFMC including feature-rich PBX-centric offerings and service provider-centric architectures such as Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA)," said Keerti Melkote, Aruba's co-founder and head of products and partnerships. "That said, a user's eFMC experience is heavily influenced by the handset, and Nokia's S60 devices offer excellent Wi-Fi performance together with the advanced voice and data features our customers demand. Should advanced PBX features not be required, Aruba's MVC enables users to set the optimum mix between performance and handset selection."
About Aruba Networks
People move. Networks must follow. Aruba securely delivers networks to users, wherever they work or roam. Our unified mobility solutions include Wi-Fi networks, identity-based security, remote access and cellular services, and centralized multi-vendor network management to enable the Follow-Me Enterprise that moves in lock-step with users:
-- Follow-Me Connectivity: Adaptive 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi networks optimize
themselves to ensure that users are always within reach of mission-critical
information;
-- Follow-Me Security: Identity-based security assigns access policies to
users, enforcing those policies whenever and wherever a network is
accessed;
-- Follow-Me Applications: Remote access solutions and cellular network
integration ensure uninterrupted access to applications as users move;
-- Follow-Me Management: Multi-vendor network management provides a
single point of control while managing both legacy and new wireless
networks from both Aruba and its competitors.
The cost, convenience, and security benefits of our unified mobility solutions are fundamentally changing how and where we work. Listed on the NASDAQ and Russell 2000® Index, Aruba is based in Sunnyvale, California, and has operations throughout the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Asia Pacific regions. To learn more, visit Aruba at http://www.arubanetworks.com.
Aruba is a member of Forum Nokia Pro, a program that provides advanced technical, business development and marketing support to select mobile software companies.
For further information and news about the S60 and the S60 community, visit www.s60.com
MVC software allows dual-mode cellular/Wi-Fi phones to roam seamlessly between the cellular network and the enterprise wireless LAN, using just a single phone number provided by the enterprise PBX. Running VoIP over wireless LAN can enable savings on calling charges, especially for international calls and international roaming, and users benefit from high-speed enterprise data services when in the office or working from home on a remote access point.
Aruba's MVC software is available as an upgrade to existing Aruba Multi-Service Mobility Controllers, and is intended to operate in conjunction with the enterprise's IP-PBX. No additional hardware is required to enable eFMC applications.
"Intimate knowledge of the wireless LAN is essential to reliable, user-friendly operation of the overall system," said Venkat Kalkunte, Aruba's voice architect. "By harvesting status information rooted in the Wi-Fi infrastructure, Aruba is able to provide seamless roaming and triggers for Wi-Fi-to-cellular handover, issues that hamper FMC solutions in which the wireless LAN is treated as just a transparent transport layer. Accordingly, we're able to provide the S60 with industry-leading Wi-Fi connectivity and smooth, fast handovers."
The industry leading S60 platform, built on Symbian OS, is licensed by some of the foremost mobile phone manufacturers in the world. The S60 smartphone architecture provides users with both basic and advanced cellular phone functions in a compact device characterized by a large color screen, rich communications features, and enhanced applications. The flexibility of the S60 software allows for various hardware designs and software configurations. Its award-winning user interface and extensive support for new mobile services makes S60 an open and scalable solution for both mobile operators and 3rd party developers.
"As an enterprise mobility company, Aruba supports all forms of eFMC including feature-rich PBX-centric offerings and service provider-centric architectures such as Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA)," said Keerti Melkote, Aruba's co-founder and head of products and partnerships. "That said, a user's eFMC experience is heavily influenced by the handset, and Nokia's S60 devices offer excellent Wi-Fi performance together with the advanced voice and data features our customers demand. Should advanced PBX features not be required, Aruba's MVC enables users to set the optimum mix between performance and handset selection."
About Aruba Networks
People move. Networks must follow. Aruba securely delivers networks to users, wherever they work or roam. Our unified mobility solutions include Wi-Fi networks, identity-based security, remote access and cellular services, and centralized multi-vendor network management to enable the Follow-Me Enterprise that moves in lock-step with users:
-- Follow-Me Connectivity: Adaptive 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi networks optimize
themselves to ensure that users are always within reach of mission-critical
information;
-- Follow-Me Security: Identity-based security assigns access policies to
users, enforcing those policies whenever and wherever a network is
accessed;
-- Follow-Me Applications: Remote access solutions and cellular network
integration ensure uninterrupted access to applications as users move;
-- Follow-Me Management: Multi-vendor network management provides a
single point of control while managing both legacy and new wireless
networks from both Aruba and its competitors.
The cost, convenience, and security benefits of our unified mobility solutions are fundamentally changing how and where we work. Listed on the NASDAQ and Russell 2000® Index, Aruba is based in Sunnyvale, California, and has operations throughout the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Asia Pacific regions. To learn more, visit Aruba at http://www.arubanetworks.com.
Aruba is a member of Forum Nokia Pro, a program that provides advanced technical, business development and marketing support to select mobile software companies.
For further information and news about the S60 and the S60 community, visit www.s60.com
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