Short description and market approach

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WiOptiMo
Short description and market approach
Manno, April 28, 2006
WiOptiMo-StratHigh-2 Nov. 8, 06
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Landscape
Huge - 1 billion - and growing number of
internet users
Burgeoning of broadband technologies and wireline
wireless access modes (coaxial, copper, fiber,
WiFi, WiMax, EVDO, UMTS, HSDPA etc.)
Vast diversity among devices (Laptop, Pda, Smart
phones etc.) and operating systems (Windows,
Symbian, Linux)
Flourishing of broadband applications
(entertainment, learning, medical, VoIP etc.)
Mobile connectivity has become a fact of everyday
life (the number of mobile phone users -
2000000000 worldwide- continues a steady
growth)
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Issues of access to internet in mobility
Disappointing user experience
Improved connection modes (e.g. WiFi)
Frequently not accessible by users
Cumbersome convergence voice-VoIP
Confined to Telecom corp. High investments
Devices and operating system diversity
Expensive portability of current connecting
software
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Fit answer WiOptiMo
A thin software solution which enables

• any device and
• any operating system
• to access internet in mobility
• through any connecting technology

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Key breakthroughs
Data transmission with WiOptiMo can occur through
any mean (IP networks not necessary)
WiOptiMo server can be installed on any reliable
internet node (even a PC at home)
WiOptiMo is a thin Java application
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Advantages vs competition
Devices manufacturers
End users
Freedom of choice among all the different
carriers
Seamless handover becomes possible
Isp Telecom companies
Enterprises
Easy portability to different devices and
operating systems
Compatibility with existing security
infrastructure (e.g. Vpn)
Except from the areas where a telecom company
or an Isp have acquired exclusive rights on
WiOptiMo
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WiOptiMo vs competing technologies
WiOptiMo
IEEE 802.21
Vertical horizontal handover
Flexibility scalability
IEEE 802.11r
SIP
Vertical only handover
UMA
Mobile IP
IP handover
Gsm/IP convergence
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Current status
Robust prototype working on Laptops (Windows
operating systems)
Product
Some Beta Users in Switzerland and Italy
First prototype working on Pda
EU US patent application filed in Feb. 2004
Additional application (predictive channel
degradation) filed in Dec. 2005
Already presented in 5 international wireless
conferences (Wons 2005, WirelessCom 2005
International Wireless Summit 2005, Wons 2006,
Realman 2006)
Two papers available on IEEE Xplore
3 highly skilled IT specialists 1 coordinator
Company
Located in Southern Switzerland (90 Km from
Malpensa International airport)
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Market approach
Free for Individuals Educational joining the
WiOptiMists community
Business users (enterprises, Isp, telcos etc.)
Initial focus on Laptops and persistence
All round mobility mgr (Gsm/IP convergence,
optimised mobile Tv etc.)
Easy download from internet
Extension to Pda and smart phones
Monthly fee for the others (5)
Focus on awareness creation
Focus on growth and profits
They must install also the server part
(Snapt) and allow part of it (Cpu power and
bandwidth) open to the community
They install only the client part (Cnapt)
and use the Snapt installed in Fit servers
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Snapt installed within the infrastructure of
the business client, closed to the outside
world. Lifetime licence for each Cnapt (starting
from 29.90 and decreasing as units increase)
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Future development options
Provides persistence seamless handover (WiFi,
Umts, Gprs etc.) also to Pda (e.g. VoIP calls,
instant messaging, mail etc.)
Pda version
Provides pure software mobility between IP and
Gsm for voice telephony
Gsm-Ip convergence
Provides acceptable streaming audio-video quality
even with temporary bandwidth degradation (e.g.
mobile Tv, etc.)
Optimized mobile multimedia
Makes current and future internet applications
compatible with current and future communications
protocols (e.g. mesh networks, ad hoc networks)
Heterogeneous networks compatibility
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Back ups
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Technical characteristics
Very thin
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Architecture overview
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Architecture overview
Internet (wireline)
Reliable connection
Other networks
Non-reliable connection managed by WiOptiMo
Server Component can be installed in any
internet node (even home PC) through a few clicks
procedure
Client Component can be installed in the mobile
device though a one-click procedure
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Key breakthroughs
Data packet transmission between WiOptiMo client
and WiOptiMo server can occur with any mean (IP
networks not necessary)
- voice handover to/from IP and Gsm networks
possible
- backward compatibility of all applications
developed for internet with future connectivity
means not-IP-compliant (e.g. mesh networks)
WiOptiMo server can be installed on any reliable
internet node allowing full bottom-up freedom
WiOptiMo is a normal, thin Java application
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