The following matrix provides a snapshot of our expertise in mobile solutions across various platforms.

• Bluetooth
• WiFi
• GSM / GPRS
• GPS
• ZigBee
• FlashLite Expertise
• SMS
• iPhone Expertise
• Additional Expertise
  • Fully configurable and flexible component library which eliminates need to build each GUI from scratch.
  • Experience working with JSRs and associated compatibility issues.
  • Experience in developing applications for multiple manufacturers, models and brands.
• Android Expertise
  • 2D/3D graphics-OpenGL
  • Map location API using GPS
  • Multimedia API
  • SQlite database cursor
  • Phonebook contact API
• Symbian Expertise
  • Symbian C++
  • OSGi framework
  • 2D/3D graphics-OpenGL
  • Map location API using GPS
  • Multimedia API
• J2ME Expertise
  • Custom component library
  • J2ME Polish
  • OSGi framework (Jadabs)
  • J2ME and FlashLite integration
  • JSR 75: PIM API
  • JSR 82: Java APIs for Bluetooth
  • JSR 120: Wireless Messaging API (WMA) Version 1.1
  • JSR 135: Mobile Media APIs (MM API) Version 1.1
  • JSR 139: Connected Limited Device Configuration Version 1.1
  • JSR 179: Location API for Java ME
  • JSR 177: Security and Trust Services API for J2ME (SATSA)
  • JSR 172: J2ME Web Services
  • JSR 205: Wireless Messaging API 2.0
  • JSR 211: Content Handler API
  • JSR 226: Scalable 2D Vector Graphics API for Java ME
  • JSR 238: Mobile Internationalization API

Bluetooth Expertise

With the tools and expertise to provide end-to-end solutions in the Bluetooth domain, our team provides a robust range of Bluetooth services: Application development, in-house prototyping, device driver development, porting and Bluetooth testing.  From hardware to embedded application software, our experience and comprehensive skill-sets enable us to offer expert and cutting edge Bluetooth services to our clients.

• Bluetooth Skills
  • Stacks -
    • Affix, Widcomm, OpenBT, BlueZ
    • Porting, modification and testing
    • SDK development
    • Development of networking applications
  • Stack layers and protocols - HCI, L2CAP, SDP, RFCOMM, TCS, OBEX, AVDTP, AVCTP
  • Profiles
    • SPP, DUN, FTP, HSP, HFP, CTP, A2DP, AVRCP, LAP, GAP, HID, BIP, OPP
    • LAN access profile
    • Dial-up networking profile
    • Headset profile
    • Headset audio gateway profile
  • Platforms - Windows, WinCE, Linux, Embedded Linux
  • Bluetooth Drivers for Linux
    • USB host / device support
    • UART BT driver
    • DMA serial port driver
    • High speed UART driver
    • USB drivers
    • UART
  • Design and Development Services
    • Application specific hardware design and prototype development
    • Device driver development and porting
    • Development and porting of stack layers
    • Custom BIOS development and OS porting
    • Development and porting of profiles
    • Communication based application development for Palm, Pocket PC and PDA’s;
    • Data exchange over OBEX with mobile devices;
    • Applications and SDK development
    • Feature enhancements
    • Custom porting of BQB certified stack and open source stacks to any platform, processor, OS or tool set;
    • Product maintenance
  • A Sampling of Bluetooth Applications Developed
    • Headset applications for mobile phones as well as hands-free devices
    • High quality audio streaming between single and multiple devices
    • High speed data transfer for single point as well as multipoint devices
    • Data exchange over OBEX with mobile devices
    • Developed communication and networking applications over Bluetooth for PDAs
    • Remote control of appliances using HID application
    • Access point applications for BT proximity marketing
    • Developed hands-free set applications for Bluetooth mobile phones;
    • Dialer application;
    • Cordless telephony applications
    • Smartcard reader
    • Health monitoring system
    • Application for data transfer on Pocket PC, Palm and J2ME-based mobile applications
    • Personal wireless gateway
    • PSTN gateway
    • Bluetooth / LAN access point – enables multiple users to access LAN services using Bluetooth
  • Applications and SDK Development
    Application and SDK development specific to the Bluetooth stack is provided across multiple platforms (embedded/PC based). Development can be done using third-party development environments such as Bluelab from CSR or using third-party application integration.
  • Support for Feature Enhancements in Bluetooth Specification
    Swift assistance is provided for implementing white papers released by Bluetooth SIG. Assistance is also provided to upgrade the existing system to the evolving Bluetooth specifications.
  • Firmware Development and Porting
    A full range of device driver development and porting services across embedded, Windows, Linux platforms is supported.
  • Product Maintenance
    Maintenance of legacy products is accomplished by extending technical support for diagnostics, bug fixing, release management and feature extensions.
  • Bluetooth Testing Services
    A full range of testing services specific to Bluetooth is offered:
  • Bluetooth interoperability testing;
  • Compatibility testing on mobile devices and mobile phones;
  • System testing;
  • Performance testing;
  • Scripting and automation for regression testing;
  • Test planning and report generation;
  • Bug fixing
  • Differentiators
  • Dedicated Center of Excellence to facilitate the necessary infrastructure for execution of diverse projects;
  • Ability to provide end-to-end solutions with value-added services;
  • Dedicated and ongoing internal training and research in current Bluetooth technology to ensure continued excellence;
  • Dedicated and focused Bluetooth team with years of expert knowledge;
  • In-house experience and tools to undertake complete ownership of each product under development;
  • Onsite-offshore resource availability and scalability;
  • Commitment to provide cost effective quality delivery;
  • Lean and flexible process model which allows seamless integration with our client's processes;
  • Established track record of numerous and successful Bluetooth projects driven to completion.

WiFi Expertise

To meet the many challenges inherent in implementing wireless technologies, our Mobile Team includes a seasoned and experienced group of professionals that focus specifically on WiFi technology.   Issues relating to increased complexity, meticulous power management and the critical aspect of minimizing security risks are addressed in each solution we provide.  We offer a comprehensive portfolio of services ranging from integrating WiFi chipsets, WiFi driver development, developing complete WiFi solutions to testing WiFi functionality.

Specific WiFi experience and capabilities:

• Complete WiFi access point implementation, integration and assembly, porting and testing;
• Experienced with interfacing multiple WiFi clients including wireless TV, WiFi camera and WiFi phone with WiFi access points;
• Implementation and optimization of WiFi stack;
• Wide range of WiFi chipsets including, among others, Javelin 3886 chipset, Philips BGW200, Intersil Prism3, AWGH320 and Atheros SoC’s;
• WiFi driver development for SDIO, SPI and PCI;
• WiFi cards for Corega, RoadLanner on PCMCIA interface and AmbiCom on CF interface;
• WiFi security and authentication features: WEP, 802.1x/WEP, WPA/TKIP and IEEE 802.11i (WPA2)/AES suites and IPSec network-level security;
• Design and development of WiFi test / evaluation boards;
• WiFi to GSM, GPRS and PSTN gateways
• Complete WiFi testing services (click here for more)
• Innovative solutions developed for:
• Home Automation (Digital Home Gateway);
• Mobile & wireless communications;
• Networking;
• Telematics
• Network camera
• VoIP gateway
• Personal Wireless Gateway

GSM / GPRS

• GSM engine hardware integration and interfacing;
• GSM stacks;
• GSM codecs;
• Driver development for GSM base band;
• GSM test bench for testing GSM stacks;
• SMS and call-based applications using GSM technology;
• API development to interface the application software to the GSM engine;
• Development of various wireless gateways.

GPS

GPS technology has become an increasingly ubiquitous and indispensible tool for many consumer, business and governmental applications.  Our Mobile Team’s brings end-to-end services across a wide range of needs from hardware system design, prototype development to many GPS personal and enterprise wide applications. Our focused expertise includes:

• Wireless component selection;
• Antenna Selection;
• RF Board Layout Design;
• Data Parsing;
• Development of high-level GPS API libraries for embedded and mobile platforms;
• Various applications for mobile phones, handheld devices and enterprise solutions based on GPS data:
• Tracking Systems fully integrated with GSM / GPRS;
• Location based services;
• Navigational applications;
• Surveying applications.

ZigBee Expertise

Our Mobile Team has in-depth experience using ZigBee technology in a wide range of applications including:

• Development and optimization of ZigBee stacks based on both the IEEE 802.15.4 standard and ZigBee standards.  
• Experienced with variants of ZigBee stacks like TI and Microchip.
• Development of a robust hardware platform based on Chipcon's ZigBee transceiver for network devices.
• Development of wireless applications for home and building automation (security, HVAC, light-control) based on the ZigBee standard.
• ZigBee Service Offerings
  Customized and optimized ZigBee compliant stack for selected platforms and applications.
  • Design and development of ZigBee devices including full function device (FFD), coordinator, reduced function device (RFD) for complete ZigBee technology based solution.
  • Integration of third party ZigBee transceivers, porting and support on various platforms.
  • ZigBee application development for different profiles like home control, building automation etc.
• ZigBee Compliant Protocol Stack
  • Network layer
  • Application support sub-layer
  • ZigBee Device Objects (ZDO)
  • ZigBee Application Framework (AF)
  • MAC layer
  • Platform specific components (8/16/32 bit processors and RF transceiver)

The stack solutions that have been developed are readily portable across multiple processor platforms that can also be used for implementing wireless solutions.

Flash Lite Expertise

Flash Lite technology can be used to develop highly engaging and rich user interfaces for mobile applications and games. As an early adopter of FlashLite technology, we have developed numerous applications that leverage this powerful tool to create:

• User friendly and interactive UI’s
• Highly scalable applications which can adjust to different screen sizes for a variety of mobile devices
• Expertise in developing applications for various environments like Mobile devices and Set top boxes
• Expertise in integrating Flash Lite applications with native technologies like Symbian C++ or J2ME
• Expertise in developing optimized audio and video applications
• XML based dynamic UI generation
• Development of mobile promos/demos for various products
• Expertise in developing secure applications which can safely communicate with server or other devices using GPRS, Wi-Fi or Bluetooth
• Expertise in developing engaging mobile games

Flash Lite Component Framework
We have built on our extensive Flash Lite experience by developing a comprehensive component framework using Flash Lite 2.1 and Action script 2.0.  This enables faster development of Flash Lite mobile applications by significantly reducing the UI component development time which allows the developer to separate and focus on the business and logic requirements rather than on the presentation layer.  Finally, the framework also includes a set of commonly used library functions used in development of mobile applications.

Benefits:

• Reduces development time by 30% to 40%
• Reduces recurring testing efforts since the components have been tried and tested
• Reducing overall maintenance efforts

SMS

Our Mobile Team has extensive experience in the SMS text messaging domain, the most widely used mobile phone data application in the world.  A short list of our expertise includes:

• SMS Gateways
• SMS transit between mobile networks and other media (e.g. industrial devices, enterprise systems)
• M2M (Machine to Machine) communication for data transport or telemetry needs
• Automated alerts through SMS notifications
• Remotely triggered actions using SMS commands
• Applications like remote monitoring and control, automation, vehicle or asset tracking, security
• Development of custom SMS gateway as well as integration of third party gateways like NowSMS, Kannel
• Integration with service providers
• SMS as media for data transfer
  • Mobile applications for handling SMS based data transfer
  • Send and receive simple text as well as binary data
  • Monitoring and control of mobile application through SMS notifications and commands
  • WAP Push for provisioning the mobile application
• Mobile applications
  • Browser based: WML, XHTML, cHTML, HTML, XML, CSS
  • Based on application frameworks: Flash Lite, J2ME, Qtopia
  • Native applications: iPhone, Android, Windows Mobile, Symbian, Linux variants, Garnet OS (Palm OS)

iPhone

The overwhelming popularity of the iPhone has lead to a seemingly unending stream of new applications for development. To address this need, our Mobile Team has assembled a focused team of exceptional engineers able to manage both the challenges and opportunities that the iPhone offers:  Leveraging the GUI, maximizing the iPhone’s powerful native features, backend integration, managing limited memory and storage handling.

• Technology
  Primary development is done in Objective-C along with Xcode and Interface Builder for native applications. Additional development tools include Ruby on Rails, iUI and Webkit for building web applications.
• Native Features
  The applications we develop are fully ompatible with and enhance the iPhone’s native features, such as Call, SMS, Phone Book etc. by including support for API’s for MAPs, Media and SQLite.
• Rich GUI
  Getting the most out of the iPhone’s powerful GUI through the creation of flexible user interfaces that will enrich the animation and visual appeal of the presentation is a particular specialty of our Mobile Team.
• Backend Integration
  The layered architecture of the iPhone is fully exploited to allow effective separation of business logic from its presentation layer.
• Web Applications
  Our iPhone expertise includes developing specific web applications for use with the Safari browser with all iPhone functionality.
• Communications
  GPRS, SMS and WiFi communication technologies are fully supported.
• Component Library
  A versatile and robust component library has been developed that allows for faster, more efficient and reliable mobile development for the iPhone.  Benefits include:
• Development time reduced from 30% to 40%
• Each library component have been thoroughly tried and tested which reduces recurring testing efforts
• Overall maintenance effort reduced
• Allows for faster time-to-market