www.3waynetworks.com

Company Overview

3Way is at the forefront of a new wave of integrated 3G infrastructure equipment that is driving convergence. Right from the company’s start in 2004 3Way has set out to develop an innovative architecture that allows both mobile operators and niche customers to have communications solutions that were previously technically impossible or uneconomic.

3Way’s unique Integrated Network on a Card (IN-c) architecture puts an entire 3G network onto a single PCB card. The IN-c network is able to interwork with any 3G handset on one side and with a SIP VOIP network on the other. Working with industry leading partners also enables 3Way technology to be interconnected into any Release 99 or Release 5 UMTS network.

3Way sells niche equipment under its own brand and provides white label and reference design solutions to larger system integrators. The company started shipping products in the fourth quarter of 2005 and has been profitable since.

3Way’s board of directors have all had extensive experience in the telecoms sector and running profitable start-up companies. The board includes Dr David Cleevely, Dr Andrew Richardson, Dr Chris Moore, Simon Albury and Fred Hallsworth.

3Way’s headquarters is based in Cambridge, England in the heart of Europe’s high technology “Silicon Fen” area. 3Way is privately owned and independent, the company is funded by a group of technology investment institutions, high net worth individuals and one of the world’s top ten Banks.

3Way develops military UMTS systems both on spec and to commission. UMTS is a spread spectrum technology that is very well suited to use in a number of military applications. Our military solutions are based around the same core technology used in our commercial products. This gives our defence customers the benefits of an ongoing development program and economies of scale.

UMTS offers far greater security and operational capability than GSM based solutions and 3Way military UMTS products have the added advantage of being able to be connected directly into existing military PBX systems either directly or through a VOIP Gateway without the massive expense of a mobile operator architecture involving an MSC and GGSN.

All our products can be used for communications within a deployed unit or for communications between the deployed group and HQ or other deployed units via military satellite terminals or low cost civilian terminals such as the Inmarsat BGAN.

Our system glues the communications between PCs, PDAs, Handsets and Tablets in the field. The same units used for voice and data comms between personnel can also be used as a base station for micro sensors.

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Architecture

The 3Way defence orientated architecture is shown to the right. The architecture is designed to integrate with existing military communications infrastructure at minimal incremental cost.

Applications

Secure Comms

Communications into and out of the system is supported using either UMTS AMR encrypted using 128 Bit keys (standard UMTS) or using data bearers to support military encryption schemes. Calls out can be carried over any satellite system that supports IP and into any PBX supporting SIP.

Morale Calling

Using just standard UMTS handsets offers a level of security for staff morale calling that is far greater than GSM and DECT systems used today. Satellite backhaul can be very low cost DVB-RCS and interconnection into civilian networks can be via a low cost PBX infrastructure. Field commanders can have complete control over issuing SIMs that work with the system and can also track usage and bill on a prepaid basis if required.

Remote Sensors

The circuit switched data bearers in 3G (14.4kbit/s, 64kbit/s and 128 kbit/s) are suitable for a variety of remote sensor applications including: compressed video, vibration and sound.

3WAY NETWORKS LTD
7200 CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH PARK
BEACH DRIVE
WATERBEACH
CAMBRIDGE, CB5 9TL
UNITED KINGDOM

TEL: +44 1223 815 540
FAX: +44 1223 815 515
EMAIL: INFO@3WAYNETWORKS.COM

 

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