AU-System and Widcomm Join Forces to Bring Bluetooth to Global Enterprises.Business Editors 3GSM WORLD CONGRESS CANNES, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 2001 AU SYSTEM & WIDCOMM Agreement Signed for Custom Bluetooth Wireless Devices and Services 3GSM World Congress, Cannes, France - February 22, 2001 - WIDCOMM Inc., a world leader in Bluetooth networking solutions, and AU-System AB, a leading mobile Internet Refers to gaining access to the Internet using a lightweight, handheld device. See Mobile IP, PDA, smartphone and mobile TV. consultancy, today announced an alliance destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. to drive the development of customised Bluetooth wireless solutions throughout the world. Under the alliance AU-System will be the authorised design centre for WIDCOMM's Bluetooth networking and development products. Enterprise customers throughout Europe, Asia and North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. will benefit from the combined expertise of two highly experienced teams: AU-System will provide specialised integration and application development services directly to the customer to support WIDCOMM products, and WIDCOMM will offer AU-System's consulting services in product offerings to customers. WIDCOMM will provide product expertise to AU-System, enabling AU-System to broaden its Bluetooth service offer and to continue to architect and implement leading edge Bluetooth projects. As an extension to WIDCOMM's industry leading engineering team, AU-System will have full access to WIDCOMM's Bluetooth Software Solutions, Test Tools, Protocol Stack The set of protocols used in a communications network. A protocol stack is a prescribed hierarchy of software layers, starting from the application layer at the top (the source of the data being sent) to the data link layer at the bottom (transmitting the bits on the wire). and Software Development kits. "WIDCOMM will draw upon AU-System's substantial experience of wireless access and mobile Internet," said Hiep Pham, WIDCOMM President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Because WIDCOMM engineering is recognized and used by the world's leading electronics manufacturers, AU-System is the perfect partner to support WIDCOMM products and technology. This alliance gives our customers access to one of the largest service networks in the world. The end-result of this alliance is to provide wireless networking See wireless network. solutions to a growing world market that craves the long-promised advantages of wireless communication between people, new services, and the Internet." "AU-System is a world leader in supply of Bluetooth related consultancy services, including development of solutions for embedded systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. as well as open application platforms. Working closely with WIDCOMM means that we can combine our expertise with one of the best Bluetooth product portfolios available," said Tomas Franzen, President and CEO of AU-System. "The combination of the WIDCOMM product portfolio with AU-System's consulting services, gives customers the benefit of advanced Bluetooth solutions with a short time-to-market." BLUETOOTH is a trademark owned by Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson, Sweden and licensed to AU-System. All other products and company names herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. About AU-System AU-System is a leading Mobile Internet consultancy. Through the subsidiary SandbergTrygg, the company also offers integrated services In computer networking, IntServ or integrated services is an architecture that specifies the elements to guarantee quality of service (QoS) on networks. IntServ can for example be used to allow video and sound to reach the receiver without interruption. for marketing communications Marketing communications (or marcom) are messages and related media used to communicate with a market. Those who practice advertising, branding, direct marketing, graphic design, marketing, packaging, promotion, publicity, sponsorship, public relations, sales, sales . Major clients include Ericsson, Telia, Scania, MeritaNordbanken and Singapore Telecom. AU-System was established in 1974 and currently employs more than 1000 staff in offices in Sweden, the U.K., Italy, the U.S., Thailand and Singapore. AU-System is listed on Attract40 of the OM Stockholm Exchange, under the symbol AUS AUS abbr. Army of the United States . For more information, please visit www.ausystem.com. About WIDCOMM WIDCOMM, Inc. ("Wireless Internet and Data/Voice Communications") is a leading provider of networking solutions based on short-range wireless communications technologies. Founded in June 1998, the privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. produced the first Bluetooth certified product in the world. WIDCOMM creates technologies that enable leading consumer electronics, networking, telecommunication and semi-conductor companies to reduce time- to-market and build interoperable wireless technology into their products. For more information, please visit www.widcomm.com. About Bluetooth The Bluetooth (TM) wireless technology is set to revolutionise the personal connectivity market by providing freedom from wired connections. It is a specification for a small form-factor, low-cost radio solution providing links between mobile computers, mobile phones and other portable and handheld devices, and connectivity to the Internet. The Bluetooth Special Interest Group The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) is the body that oversees the development of Bluetooth standards and the licensing of the Bluetooth technologies and trademarks to manufacturers. (SIG), comprising leaders in the telecommunications, computing and network industries, is driving development of the technology and bringing it to market. The Bluetooth SIG includes promoter companies 3Com, Ericsson, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Intel, Lucent, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia and Toshiba, and more than 2000 associate members and adopter companies, including AU-System. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.se The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/02/22/20010222BIT01720/bit0003.DOC http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/02/22/20010222BIT01720/bit0003.pdf |
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