Nomadix Partners With ipUnplugged To Offer Wireless Carriers Seamless Roaming Over Multiple Technologies
Complete End-To-End Solution Provides Secure Mobile Wi-Fi On Top of GPRS, UMTS or CDMA Services
London, May 21, 2003 – Nomadix Inc. (www.nomadix.com), the leading supplier of Public-access solutions, and ipUnplugged AB (www.ipunplugged.com), the leading provider of Mobile VPN and Secure Seamless Roaming solutions, today announced complete interoperability between their solutions for carriers to enable secure seamless roaming across Wi-Fi, GPRS, UMTS or CDMA while maintaining a single billing solution.
The Nomadix and ipUnplugged partnership provides value added solutions for both wireless carriers and the enterprise market. Enterprise customers can now support a secure mobile Wireless LAN while maintaining plug-and-play capabilities and carriers can offer secure seamless roaming over multiple wireless technologies.
“We are excited about the expanded possibilities leveraging Nomadix’ footprint and their transparent, secure and flexible solutions will bring to ipUnplugged’s solutions,” said Lars Boman, CEO of ipUnplugged. “This alliance further underscores ipUnplugged’s commitment to providing secure and seamless roaming across public and enterprise LANs, WLANs, GPRS, CDMA, and 3G networks.”
“Nomadix’ partnership with ipUnplugged will strengthen our position in the market by increasing versatility across the multiple wireless technologies,” said Patrick Parker, CEO of Nomadix. “This is a major step toward bridging the existing gap between the different technologies separating the wireless world.”
Nomadix’ Public-access gateways and software solutions are deployed in over 5,000 various locations worldwide including hotels, airports, convention centers, Wi-Fi HotSpots and enterprises offering guest access to the Internet for visiting partners and customers. Nomadix solutions enable carriers, service providers, wireless ISPs and venue owners to deploy full service, revenue-producing Public-access networks.
Nomadix (Stand 5b) and ipUnplugged (Stand 25a) will be exhibiting at the Wireless LAN Event in London, UK on May 22–23, 2003. Harry Stevens, EMEA Sales Director of Nomadix will be speaking at The Wireless LAN Event on Friday, May 23 at 3:15 p.m. on a session titled, “Provisioning, Authentication and Service Management in Public Wireless LAN Networks.”
Additionally, Lars Boman will be presenting a presentation at The Wireless LAN Event on Thursday, May 22 at 2:30 p.m. on the subject “Mobile VPN for Secure Access to Corporate Networks, with Seamless Roaming.” He will also be participating in a panel discussion titled, “Roaming and Interconnection,” on Friday, May 22 at 9:50 a.m.
About ipUnplugged AB
ipUnplugged is the leading developer of Network Services software for secure and seamless roaming across public and enterprise LANs, WLANs, GPRS, CDMA, and 3G networks. ipUnplugged’s Roaming Client, Roaming Gateway, and Roaming Server software enables users to roam securely and seamlessly from one network to another without having to reconnect, change settings or lose connectivity at any point in time. The products are based upon industry standards and technology like Mobile IP, IPsec, and standard AAA. ipUnplugged AB is privately held, Ledstiernan (Scandinavian VC), Mobile Internet Capital (Japan), and the Swedish Industrial Fund are the financial investors. The corporate headquarters is located in Stockholm, Sweden. For more information on ipUnplugged, visit its Web site at http://www.ipUnplugged.com.
About Nomadix
Nomadix is the leading provider of Public-access Gateways and embedded software solutions for creating intelligent networks that deliver transparent, secure, high-speed Internet access to the mobile user – virtually anywhere throughout the world.
The company is headquartered in Westlake Village, Calif., with sales offices in Europe, China, Japan, Singapore and South Korea. Nomadix sells and supports its products globally through OEM partnerships, Value Added Resellers and Systems Integrators. For additional information on Nomadix, please visit http://www.nomadix.com or call +1-818-597-1500.
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