Canada's TELUS Mobility Offers Cellular Users New i-Web Data Services Using 3Com Corporation's 2G CDMA IWF Solution.Business Editors/High Tech Writers 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)--Sept. 6, 2000 3Com Carrier Networks' CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. IWF IWF Interworking Function IWF Internet Watch Foundation IWF Independent Women's Forum IWF International Weightlifting Federation IWF Internationaler Währungsfond (German; IMF) IWF Independent Wrestling Federation Adds Mobile Data Retrieval and Messaging Capability, Giving Digital Cellular Telephone Users Access to Public and Private Resources 3Com Corporation (Nasdaq:COMS COMS 3Com Corporation (stock symbol) COMS Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist COMS Continuous Opacity Monitoring Systems COMS City of Manchester Stadium (UK) ) announced today that its Total Control(R) 1000 multiservice access platform Code Division Multiple Access InterWorking (standard) interworking - Systems or components, possibly from different origins, working together to perform some task. Interworking depends crucially on standards to define the interfaces between the components. Function (CDMA IWF) is enabling Canadian carrier TELUS TELUS Telemetric Universal Sensor Mobility to deliver its i-Web(TM) data services. i-Web is Western Canada's first and only Internet data service that allows digital cellular phone users to access local content and the Internet in real-time. Information is displayed directly on the digital cellular telephone or optionally on a laptop computer A portable computer that has a flat LCD screen and usually weighs less than eight pounds. Often called just a "laptop," it uses batteries for mobile use and AC power for charging the batteries and desktop use. Today's high-end laptops provide all the capabilities of most desktop computers. . Using a CDMA cellular telephone, the new i-Web Data Services accesses a wireless Internet portal to retrieve relevant local content and provide Internet connectivity. Local content, including data on stocks, directory listings, news, movie listings, sports scores, weather and much more, is formatted for direct display on the wireless phone. Customers can pay bills and trade stocks, too. TELUS's new service also allows users to access e-mail and other corporate resources without the need for a special modem or laptop computer. "The journey into the wireless Internet of the future has just begun," said Scott McArthur, director of technology development, TELUS Mobility. "Using the 3Com(R) CDMA IWF, the Total Control solution allows our users access to important local information. They can find the address of the nearest automobile repair shop An automobile repair shop (also known as a garage) is a place where automobiles are repaired by auto mechanics. Some auto parts stores also maintain service operations. Examples include Pep Boys, Walmart, and Sears Auto Center. as easily as they can check the latest sports scores or stock quotes. Our cellular network now gives users the same access to data as it does for voice." Advanced Communications for the 21st Century TELUS's decision to utilize 3Com Carrier Networks' Total Control 1000 CDMA IWF platform emanated from its strategic need to automatically recognize and route data calls in order to introduce its new i-Web Data Services. With conventional telephone switches unable to transfer cellular data calls to voice networks, data networks and other cellular users, TELUS required a solution with advanced data handling capabilities and compatibility with the existing voice telephone network. To achieve these objectives, the Canadian wireless carrier turned to 3Com Carrier Networks after a thorough evaluation of the marketplace. "3Com's CDMA IWF put the final pieces together for us to launch our i-Web Data Services," said McArthur. "Driven by the 3Com solution, we now have the technology to route and manage voice and data services for our digital cellular customers. As a result, business users can now capture up-to-date customer information, send and access important e-mail and faxes, make or break their travel plans, etc. For consumers, i-Web is a great way to gain all the benefits of the Internet, plus access local news, weather and entertainment information no matter where they're located. The IWF handles the entire connection." Powered by 3Com's Total Control 1000 platform CDMA IWF at multiple locations across the country, i-Web Data Services makes a connection from a user's digital cellular phone to a data portal Web server. Customized to provide local content and special services and information for digital cellular telephone displays, the portal formats data, allowing users to view it on the limited display area of the digital cellular phone. Because the data is localized by location, a digital cellular customer can access real-time local news or weather information while traveling from place to place. The CDMA phones can also display portions of Web pages. Harnessing IWF's routing capability, i-Web Data Services also provides connectivity to the Internet or corporate networks when users attach a laptop to their cellular phones. The Total Control 1000 platform CDMA IWF manages TELUS's end-to-end data solution, allowing the integration of both wireless and wireline data and voice telephony without requiring users to master special skills. The IWF makes the decision about how and where to route the data call from the digital cellular phone and then manages that decision. The 3Com solution has the scalable capacity to service the thousands of new customers TELUS expects to enroll this year. "With the Total Control platform, data connections are no more complicated than a regular voice telephone call," concluded McArthur. "We're experiencing excellent performance and reliability. Our customers are extremely happy with the simplicity and speed of all the new services now available on most digital cellular phones. We're able to concentrate on serving our customers who clearly are enjoying the reliability of 3Com's CDMA IWF technology." 3Com Carrier Networks and the Wireless Market Wireless data solutions are an integral part of the CommWorks(R) architecture, 3Com Carrier Networks Business' versatile solution for multiservice packet-based networking. The CommWorks architecture allows service providers to deliver narrowband In communications, transmission rates up to T1 speeds (1.544 Mbps). The upper limit is moving target. At one time, narrowband meant 150 bps (that is 150 bits per second!). Then, the upper limit became 2,400 bps. Later, it moved to 64 Kbps. Contrast with wideband and broadband. enhanced data services, IP telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. , wireless data and broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. over a single converged network The integration of the telephone system with IP-based data networks. See softswitch. (networking) converged network - A single network that can carry voice, video and data. . Standards-based and designed with open interfaces throughout, the CommWorks architecture meets the telecommunications industry's need for a coherent architecture that allows the deployment of multiple services in a single, unified networking environment. The CommWorks architecture streamlines the migration from today's analog networks to next-generation, packet-based converged networks. 3Com Carrier Networks Business is the world's leading manufacturer of CDMA 2G wireless data equipment, and its CDMA 2G IWF solution is currently compatible with major CDMA switches and is used by virtually every major CDMA cellular and 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. carrier worldwide. The company's wireless data equipment connects directly to wireless switches or radio access networks to provide the interworking and protocol conversions required to deliver both circuit-switched and packet-switched data capabilities to mobile data users. About Telus TELUS is Canada's second largest telecommunications company See telecom company. and provides a full range of advanced communication services and products connecting Canadians with the world. TELUS has annual revenues approaching CDN (Content Delivery Network) A system of distributed content on a large intranet or the public Internet in which copies of content are replicated and cached throughout the network. $6 billion and assets of CDN $8 billion. TELUS shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. under the stock symbols T for Common Voting shares Voting Shares Shares that give the stockholder the right to vote on matters of corporate policy making as well as who will compose the members of the board of directors. Notes: Different classes of shares, such as preferred stock, sometimes don't allow for voting rights. and T.A for Common Non-Voting shares. For more information about TELUS visit www.telus.com. TELUS Mobility is Western Canada's most successful wireless company with more than 1.3 million cellular and paging customers and offers a diverse range of expertise and a full suite of wireless services. TELUS Mobility provides wireless services to customers in British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography , Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario. For more information about TELUS Mobility visit www.telusmobility.com About 3Com Corporation 3Com simplifies how people connect to information and services through easy-to-use, connectivity products and solutions for consumers and commercial organizations. The company also provides access infrastructures and IP services platforms for network service providers. For further information, visit www.3com.com or the press site at www.3com.com/pressbox. 3Com, CommWorks and Total Control are registered trademarks of 3Com Corporation. All other names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. |
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