Kineto Announces New Over-the-Top VoIP Application Built

Kineto Wireless, Inc., an innovator in the mobile industry, today announced Smart VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), the first VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) application exactly developed to enable mobile operators to leverage their existing network infrastructure to offer a competitive over-the-top voice service.

Range of standard mobile telephony capabilities

Kineto's Smart VoIP application supports a range of standard mobile telephony capabilities and is designed to run on major mobile operating systems, including iPhone®, Android® and Windows Mobile®. The application can be branded by mobile operators and downloaded to subscribers through standard application stores.

Dean Bubley, founder of analyst firm Disruptive Analysis, commented in his recent report Telco-OTT Strategies & Case Studies: "Telecom operators need to launch their own over-the-top VoIP services, to compete effectively with Internet innovators and to complement their traditional 'on-net' offerings."

"Kineto's Smart VoIP solution is the first designed exactly for mobile operators to address the growing threat from 3rd party over-the-top voice services like Skype and Google Voice," said Steve Shaw, vice president of marketing for Kineto. "Our Smart VoIP application helps operators create and brand their own over-the-top service to meet subscriber demands for mobile VoIP."

According to figures reported by market innovation firm NPD Group, earnings associated with mobile VoIP usage will increase to more than $4 billion in 2015, with the largest concentration of mobile VoIP users in Western Europe.

Kineto is a leading innovator of solutions that deliver mobile services over broadband. Deployed by mobile operators around the world, the company's industry leading mobile VoIP, coverage and offload solutions enable mobile operators to increase earnings, reduce churn and increase network capacity. Kineto clients and partners include HTC, Huawei, LG Electronics, Motorola, Orange, RIM, Rogers Wireless, SFR, Samsung, T-Mobile and ZTE. For more information, please visit kineto.com, and follow Kineto at twitter.com/kinetowireless.