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A news release on PRNewswire has announced that Runcom Technologies Ltd. has jointly developed a VoIP portable telephone with Japanese companies NetIndex Inc. and Kaga Electronics Co., Ltd. using the company's WiMAX (IEEE802.16e) data communications module. The phone was first unveiled at the 2008 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week.

According to Runcom's website, the Israel-based company is a WiMAX chipset manufacturer that

"develops superior technological standards and products that target the emerging Beyond 3G market, enabling the delivery of enhanced communications services to cellular phones and other mobile devices."

While the company has focused on the Digital Interactive TV and Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) markets in the past, its entrance into mobile Wireless MAN services will allow it to play a role in the cellular market which is the

"fastest growing segment in the communications arena, with over 400 million new phones being sold per annum."

Additionally, as the demand for mobile devices that deliver voice, video and data continues to increase and the technology changes, products and solutions, such as Runcom's OFDMA^®  technology will "make the importance of Beyond 3G markets in the future more apparent."

IT professionals should be on the lookout for more news on this and a possible partnership between NetIndex and Kaga Electronics to

"jointly develop a mobile broadband portable telephone for business enterprises, using next-generation communications technology."

Company Facts

Founded in 1997.

Dr. Zion Hadad, CEO and Founder.

Dr. Doron Ezri, CTO.

Products: System-On-Chip (SOC) and Base Station System-On-Board (SOB)

Website: www.runcom.com.
 

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