UAG extend services across new access technologies

March 21, 2006

Airvana, an innovator in mobile broadband infrastructure based on 3G 1x EV-DO air interface technology, announced the launch of its Universal Access Gateway (UAG), which allows operators to extend their subscriber services across other access technologies. More specifically, carriers can maintain a branded presence and continue offering services through any IP-based network, including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and WiMax. The UAG is a highly reliable, standards-based network element that provides carrier-class security, IP mobility, and quality of service.

"Whereas operators have been apprehensive about losing traffic and subscriber revenue to converged networks, the UAG bridges the gap between Access Networks and Service Networks, allowing them to offer services wherever subscribers initiate a connection," said Randy Battat, CEO of Airvana.

As a platform for Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC), the UAG allows 3G network operators to monetize and coexist with the proliferation of new access networks and convergence devices. The UAG resides inside a carrier's infrastructure and manages the delivery of voice, data and multimedia offerings over alternatively available IP networks.

UAG benefits at a glance:

Security

-- Protects user privacy and data integrity with the industry's most advanced encryption and authentication protocols

-- Defends the operator's network against Denial of Service and other malicious attacks

-- Provides industry-leading secure session capacity

IP Mobility

-- Solves the wireless LAN subnet-roaming problem with leading-edge IETF mobility protocols

-- Enables fast handoff across IP networks via Mobile IP

-- Interoperates with any circuit-to-packet handover solution

Quality of Service

-- Allows operators to provide differentiated services via per-flow packet filtering, packet marking, and traffic management at both the ingress and egress ports

-- Provides detailed accounting and call records

"Service providers who wish to build a business based on FMC will require network elements that can protect and manage the parent network interface," said Iain Gillott, president and founder of iGR, a market research consultancy focused on the wireless and mobile industry. "Obviously, these border gateway solutions must be highly reliable and scalable."