Birdstep Completes Initial Delivery of IP Zone Software for Telenor Mobil's Wireless Hot Spots; Company Expands Footprint to 12 Percent of European Public Hot Spots.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers OSLO, Norway & SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 30, 2002 Birdstep Technology today announced it has completed initial delivery of 100 copies of IP Zone Server software to Telenor Mobil, the leading Norwegian mobile operator. Working with Nordic systems integrator Eterra, Telenor Mobil is deploying Birdstep's IP Zone in public wireless hot spots hot spots acute moist dermatitis. throughout Norway. The total order is valued at approximately $1.3 million USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. (10 million NOK NOK In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Norwegian Krone. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ). In a previous statement Telenor Mobil's managing director, Ingvild Myhre, said, "The development of secure, high-speed data access solutions in wireless networks is of fundamental importance for Telenor Mobile in order to provide the best solution to our customers. We are experiencing an increasing demand for the combination of voice and high-speed data access in the mobile network in the Nordic marketplace. This solution provides a unique combination of WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network services plus our existing GSM net." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. market research firm Gartner Group (company) Gartner Group - One of the biggest IT industry research firms. Address: Connecticut, USA. , the number of public wireless hot spots in Europe alone will soar from less than 850 locations in 2002 to more than 28,000 in 2006. After this rollout is complete, Birdstep's wireless access software will be employed in approximately 12 percent of the public wireless hot spots in Europe. Based on the 802.11 standard, Birdstep IP Zone Server software is designed for public WLAN/Bluetooth access areas and provides cross-platform authentication so any terminal with wireless connection and a Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. can get access. The software supports high-speed access to information and services for users of PDAs, laptops and mobile phones, and information is automatically formatted to suit the end-user's device. Birdstep IP Zone Server software also offers billing and content management for mobile operators and enterprise customers. The operator or site owner, typically an airport or a hotel chain, can provide both billable and non-billable access to services such as Internet access See how to access the Internet. , wireless printing and vendor machine purchases, creating a viable revenue stream. The integrated billing gateway manages payment via short messaging service, credit card and scratch card. Secure and continuous connectivity between WLAN Zones and GSM/GPRS networks is achieved through the integrated support for Mobile IP client software, an application that allows users to seamlessly connect and re-connect across different types of infrastructures without application downtime or user intervention. This advanced function allows the operators or the owner of the hot spot to provide seamless and continuous access to information when users are moving across WLAN-based hot spots and areas covered by GSM/GPRS and UMTS/CDMA. About Birdstep Technology Birdstep Technology was founded in Oslo, Norway in 1996 and is traded on the Oslo Stock Exchange Oslo Stock Exchange An exchange founded in 1819 and trading stocks, bonds, and stock options that is considered the options market of Norway. (OSE OSE - Open Systems Environment ) under ticker "BIRD." The company has approximately 80 employees in Oslo and Seattle. Birdstep's small footprint, high performance database technologies combined with its wireless roaming and access software enables companies to build innovative solutions for embedded systems and the Mobile Internet. Named a 2002 Comet Award winner by Communication Systems Design magazine, Birdstep makes your information accessible anytime, anywhere, on any device and on any infrastructure. For more information, visit www.birdstep.com. |
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