SOMA Networks partners with France Telecom to maximize performance of wireless broadband system.

SOMA Networks and Spectra Licensing Group, the North American licensing agent for France Telecom, announced that the two companies have signed a royalty bearing patent licensing agreement for the use of France Telecom's Turbo Code technologies in SOMA Networks' revolutionary "broadband anytime, anywhere" wireless system. By leveraging the advantages of Turbo Codes, invented in 1993 by France Telecom's research division, SOMA Networks has more than doubled the capacity of its proprietary SOMA Air Interface to deliver carrier-grade voice, multi-megabit data, and advanced multimedia