High-speed wireless broadband set for any handheld device
Wednesday 12 March 2008
A new agreement has been drafted up by The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) and the Fixed Mobile Convergence Alliance (FMCA) to deliver a "richer roaming experience" for customers world-wide by enabling dual-mode handhelds and electronic gadgets to be authenticated onto wireless broadband networks.
The WBA and FMCA has a combined member of 39 top Service Providers, representing over 800 million customers around the world.
"WBA is delighted to have signed this liaison agreement with the FMCA. By working together we will be able to provide our customers with a better experience not just in their home networks, but also in a roaming environment," said Prateek Pashine, Chairman of the WBA. "One of our initial focus areas will be seamless authentication and roaming across multiple devices and networks for global Wi-Fi roaming."
Experts from both the WBA and FMCA have already started work on a joint collaboration project to support Dual-Mode/EAP-SIM roaming. The goal is to develop a global alliance of wireless providers that can deliver "services that users can trust".
Source:
Newswireless.net
