Alcatel Forms Strategic Alliance With interWAVE to Provide Enterprises With Corporate Mobility.REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 1999-- Alcatel and interWAVE Communications International, Ltd., a global provider of compact wireless network systems for the GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) A digital cellular phone technology based on TDMA that is the predominant system in Europe, but also used worldwide. Developed in the 1980s, GSM was first deployed in seven European countries in 1992. communications market, today jointly announced that they have formed a strategic alliance to provide corporate mobility solutions to enterprises. The alliance is based on a multi-year supply and joint cooperation agreement designed to complement Alcatel's PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). range with interWAVE's product line for cellular mobility, including GSM-over-IP networks. The agreement also includes an Alcatel minority equity investment in interWAVE. The strategic alliance will enhance Alcatel's overall offering for corporate mobility with interWAVE's IP-based WAVEXpress network solution and broaden Alcatel's family of enterprise products to cover wireless extensions in the European 900-MHz and 1800-MHz spectra, as well as the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. 1900-MHz spectrum. Alcatel and interWAVE will jointly develop products in an integrated offering, bringing together Alcatel's Omni4400--the European PBX market leader--with interWAVE's GSM solutions. Alcatel intends to market this new product line worldwide, leveraging the company's leadership position in the enterprise network and carrier markets. Mobile operators will now be able to provide an on-site extension of their GSM services GSM services are a standard collection of applications and features available to mobile phone subscribers all over the world. The GSM standards are defined by the 3GPP collaboration and implemented in hardware and software by equipment manufacturers and mobile phone operators. on the company's premises. Users will enjoy broad on-site and off-site cellular mobility with all GSM services, as well as the ability to use their GSM handset as a PBX terminal to access their company's network features. "We see this alliance as supporting our continuing commitment to address enterprise market demand for corporate mobility with innovative solutions, thus reinforcing our leadership in this market," said Olivier Baujard, president of Alcatel's Enterprise activities. "Mobility is a very strong trend in our market. With today's agreement, we are broadening our enterprise mobility offering to a multi-standard, multi-faceted offering with full access to corporate services Activities that combine or consolidate certain enterprise-wide needed support services, provided based on specialized knowledge, best practices, and technology to serve internal (and sometimes external) customers and business partners. , offering optimized feature transparency between public and private networks. We share this vision with interWAVE and decided to add a strategic dimension to our cooperation through an equity participation." "We are extremely pleased to have this alliance with Alcatel, which increases our market presence, complements our current market strategies and alliances, and enhances and strengthens our overall wireless office offering," said Priscilla M. Lu, chairman and chief executive officer of interWAVE. "The combination of commercial and equity participation by Alcatel forges a strategic relationship that will further drive long-term directions for future products." About Alcatel Alcatel builds next-generation networks, delivering integrated end-to-end voice and data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. solutions to established and new carriers, as well as enterprises and consumers worldwide. With 120,000 employees and sales of (U.S.) $25 billion, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. For more information, visit Alcatel's Web site at http://www.alcatel.com About interWAVE interWAVE Communications International, Ltd., a privately held international company, is a pioneer in the development of IP-based mobile wireless networks for the GSM market. Founded in 1994, interWAVE holds 13 patents, with 15 more pending in the U.S. Patent Office, covering the company's family of digital microcellular products. These products deliver compact wireless networks that enable operators to economically improve and expand their service offerings. To date, the company has installed wireless GSM networks in Asia, Australia, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, 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. . interWAVE has 165 employees worldwide, with development and manufacturing located in Redwood City, California Redwood City is a suburb located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Redwood City is the county seat of San Mateo County. As of the 2005 census, the city had a total population of 76,000. , and sales and service offices in Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. and Paris. Note to Editors: interWAVE and WAVEXpress are trademarks of interWAVE Communications International, Ltd. |
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