AsiaInfo Signs a Software Contract With China Mobile for Wireless Local Area Network -- LAN; China Mobile to Launch Its First Wireless LAN.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BEIJING & SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 9, 2002 AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. ), a leading provider of telecom software solutions in China, today announced that it has signed a software contract with China Mobile headquarters to support its soon-to-be-launched nationwide Wireless LAN A local area network that transmits over the air typically in the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz unlicensed frequency band. It does not require line of sight between sender and receiver. Wireless base stations (access points) are wired to an Ethernet network and transmit a radio frequency over an area business. AsiaInfo will provide carrier-based software that supports a variety of Wireless LAN cards, GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) The first high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers that used the GSM technology. GPRS added a packet-switched channel to GSM, which uses dedicated, circuit-switched channels for voice conversations. cards, and cellular phones already on the market, with options to support other network devices in the future. The software can automatically detect PDAs, notebooks, cellular phones, and connect the customer's mobile service subscribers to the Internet through a secure user authentication See authentication. mechanism. The software also enables subscribers to roam across GPRS, Wireless LAN, and CSD CSD Commission on Sustainable Development CSD Serbian Dinar (ISO currency code) CSD Christopher Street Day CSD Circuit Switched Data (Sprint) CSD Computer Science Department CSD Community School District (Circuit Switched Data) networks. In addition, AsiaInfo will provide technical training and around-the-clock technical support. Anticipating increasing demand for mobile office connectivity, China Mobile is integrating wireless LAN into its mobile networks. It has already launched a Wireless Internet service for notebooks over its GPRS network in about 140 cities in China China is a geographical area encompassing multiple territories, under two states. You may be looking for:
"Combining Wireless LAN with GPRS is a very creative way for China Mobile to enter the Wireless LAN business and will certainly help China Mobile to win a unique position in this market," said James Ding, president and chief executive officer of AsiaInfo. "This win further demonstrates that by closely monitoring the evolution of our customers and their customers' needs, AsiaInfo is able to develop new solutions and applications that meet the needs of the entire market." About AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASIA) is a leading provider of telecom software solutions in China. The company's full range of solutions include Network Infrastructure, Operation Support Systems and Service Applications. AsiaInfo's products and services cover network services, including design, implementation, operation and optimization; customer care and billing software, decision support system software; and service applications encompassing messaging, broadband, wireless and other advanced applications. A Delaware-registered company, AsiaInfo has constructed national backbones and provincial access networks for all of China's major national telecom carriers since 1995, including China Telecom, China Netcom China Netcom, full name China Netcom Group Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited, abbreviated CNC, was originally formed in August 1999 by the People's Republic of China government to enable inward investments to build high speed Internet communications in the country. , China Mobile, China Unicom China Unicom, full name China United Telecommunications Corporation, 中国联通, HKSE: 0762 NYSE: CHU, is a telecommunication operator in the People's Republic of China. 52. and China Railcom. Since 2000, the company has successfully shifted its focus from Internet infrastructure construction to the provision of a full suite of telecom software solutions. For more information about AsiaInfo, please visit http://www.asiainfo.com. The statements in this news release contain forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from anticipated results. Further information on risk factors that could affect AsiaInfo's results of operation are detailed in AsiaInfo's registration statement, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. A copy of the registration statement, including exhibits, may be reviewed at the Commission's public reference room at Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. The registration statement and other company filings can also be reviewed by accessing the Commission's Internet site at http://www.sec.gov, which contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the Commission. |
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