UMA Today

UMA Today was an international consortium of companies that joined together to lead the adoption of 3GPP Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) technology around the world in the late 2000s.

UMA Today

Unlicensed Mobile Access Today
Formation	2005 (2005)
Founder	Consortium of mobile phone operators and vendors
Dissolved	c. 2011 (2011)
Type	Industry consortium
Legal status	Defunct
Purpose	Promote Wi-Fi calling technology
Region served	Worldwide
Services	Advocacy, news letters, events and vendor coordination
Publication	UMA Today Magazine
Funding	Member contributions
Website	www.umatoday.com

History

The consortium was formed in 2005 by mobile phone operators and vendors to promote the UMA technology.

UMA was the commercial name for the global 3GPP Generic Access Network (GAN) standard for fixed-mobile convergence (FMC). UMA enabled secure, scalable access to mobile voice, data and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) services over broadband IP access networks. By deploying UMA, mobile operators could deliver a number of compelling FMC services. The most well-known applications of UMA include dual-mode Wi-Fi/cellular phones. Some operators around the world embraced UMA as the foundation for their FMC strategies, including France Telecom/Orange, T-Mobile (USA), Rogers Wireless, TeliaSonera and Cincinnati Bell.

UMA Today published the UMA Today Magazine, hosted Webinars, sent news alerts to a subscription lists, and involved in other industry activity to promote UMA technology. In addition, UMA Today co-sponsored the UMA Innovation Awards with Orange/France Telecom in 2008 and 2009.^[1]

By October 2010, T-Mobile USA announced it was using Kineto Wireless Smart Wi-Fi technology as the enabling technology for its Wi-Fi Calling service offer.

At its peak operator coverage, over a dozen networks had deployed UMA services, with more than thirty companies developing UMA-compatible products. While technology has since advanced, UMA Today laid foundational groundwork for seamless Wi‑Fi calling and dual‑mode handset services.