Kineto Wireless raises $15.5M for mobile base station technology
Kineto Wireless Inc., developer of software that lets mobile phones work on both cellular and Wi-Fi networks, brought in $15.5 million in fourth-round funding to advance the technology of wireless base stations — known as femtocells — which would expand home broadband coverage.
The new 3G and 4G femtocells would connect to customers’ existing broadband service to infuse home zone coverage for smart phones, and could even bridge gaps between coverage areas.
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Kineto raises $10M for fixed-mobile network technology
Kineto Wireless, a Milpitas, Calif. company that enables phone carriers to let their customers switch seamlessly between cellular and broadband networks, has raised $10 million in funding.
There are competing technologies that allow this fixed-mobile convergence of networks, and Kineto has bet on “UMA,” which stands for unlicensed mobile access.
InterDigital Communications Corporation led the round with an investment of $5 million, while Kineto’s existing investors participated. These include Sutter Hill Ventures, Venrock Associates, 3i, Oak… Continue Reading
Stoke pushes fixed-mobile convergence, raises $20M more
We wrote about Stoke, the start-up working on a way to let you switch your mobile phone to your better, WiFi connection at home, when you arrive there.
And when you leave your home, it will switch your phone back to the cellular network, until you arrive at work, at which point its switches back again to hook up with your employers’ broadband — all the while letting you use the best network available.
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