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Company Overview
Smith Micro Software Is a Leading Provider of Wireless Software Solutions to Carriers and
Handset Manufacturers
• Founded: 1983• IPO: 1995• NASDAQ: SMSI• Employees: 110• Recent Acquisitions
– Allume Systems: July 2005
– PhoTags: April 2006
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Our Business
• Wireless connectivity solutions– Wireless carriers
– Device manufacturers
– Large enterprises
• Wireless handset solutions– On-phone image and resource compression
– Phonebook management - Outlook synchronization
• Utility software offerings– StuffIt - Desktop compression
– CheckIt - Security and diagnostics
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Mobile Data Market
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2005-2010 CAGR: 81.1%
US Mobile Data Revenue ($bn)
Yankee Group, (March 2006)
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QuickLink® Mobile - Our Flagship Product
WWAN Wireless Wide Area Network
QuickLink® Mobile Provides laptop UI Wi-Fi and WWAN connectivity Allows for seamless transition
from a Wi-Fi to WWAN connection
Multiple device support
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Languages
• x86 Assembly– Not since 1999
• C– Code for mobile platforms
• Objective C– Macintosh GUI
• C++– Windows and Linux GUI
– Engine code without mobile requirements
• C#– Used for all Web Services and Web Site Programming
• Other languages in use– PHP, WebDNA, Java
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How We Got to 3G WWAN
1G - Analog - 1980’s AMPS - Advanced Mobile Phone Service
2G - Digital - 1990’s TDMA - Time Division Multiple Access GSM - Global System for Mobile communication CDMA - Code Division Multiple Access
3G - third-generation wireless – 2000’s Effort to standardize future digital wireless communications Goal of global roaming >= 144 Kbps in wide area mobile environments
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Today
Progression of Technology
CDMA
GSM GPRS
1xRTT EVDO
EDGE UMTS HSDPA
EVDO Rev A EVDO Rev B
HSUPA
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3G Wireless Speeds
• 1xRTT - CDMA– Max: 144 Kbps Downlink, 144 Kbps Uplink– Typical Downlink: 60-80 Kbps
• EDGE - GSM– Max: 247 Kbps Downlink, 123 Kbps Uplink– Typical Downlink: 70-135 Kbps
• UMTS - GSM– Max: 384 Kbps Downlink, 384 Kbps Uplink– Typical Downlink: 100-300 Kbps
• 1xEVDO - CDMA– Max: 2,400 Kbps Downlink, 144 Kbps Uplink– Typical Downlink: 400-700 Kbps
• HSDPA - GSM– Max: 3,600 Kbps Downlink, 1,800 Kbps Uplink– Typical Downlink: 400-700 Kbps
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Services that 3G Enables
• Mobile Internet connectivity • Mobile email • Multimedia services - photos and movies• Wireless application downloading• Video-on-demand - short-format content• Enhanced location-based services • Push-to-talk services
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EV-DO Migration Path
• EV-DO Rev. 0– Divides radio spectrum into separate voice and data channels– 1.25 MHz data channel– Eliminates chance that high voice traffic interrupts data service– Offered by Verizon Wireless and Sprint
• EV-DO Rev. A – Max: 3.1 Mbps Downlink, 1.8 Mbps Uplink– Reduce call set up times and decreases delays– Services: wireline-quality VoIP, low-latency push-to-talk, online gaming, video
on demand and video messaging & data transfer
• EV-DO Rev. B– Multiple 1.25 MHz channels simultaneously– Max: 9.3 Mbps Downlink, 5.4 Mbps Uplink– Puts control for scaling bandwidth into the network operators’ hands
• EV-DO Rev. C– Uses OFDM/MIMO technology
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GSM Path
• HSDPA– High-speed downlink packet access
– 14.4 Mbps downlink peak data rates
• HSUPA– High-speed uplink packet access
– 5.76 Mbps peak uplink data rates
– Expected in 2007
• LTE– Uses OFDM/MIMO technology
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Wireless Device Form Factors
• USB Tethered– Handsets and Smart Phones
– USB 2.0
• PC Card– 32-bit and 16-bit PCMCIA
• ExpressCard– Replacement to PC Card
– Lower power consumption
• Mini PCI– Embedded by Laptop OEM’s
– Dell, Lenovo, HP & Toshiba
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Challenges in WWAN
• Licensing costs– Availability and cost of wireless spectrum– Intellectual property costs
• Mobile devices– Battery life– Product lifecycle– Speed of technological advancement
• Carrier issues– Billing– Customer service– Seamless nationwide coverage
• Communications– No one company does it all– Requires multi-party collaboration
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What’s Next?
• Competing Services– Wi-Fi Hotspots
– Metropolitan Wi-Fi deployments
– Mobile WiMax• OFDM/MIMO
• Devices– Device Convergence
• Wi-Fi , HSDPA, EV-DO Rev A in single device
– Software adaptable radios
• Computing Devices– New form factors
– New applications
– New business possibilities