Cisco and T-Mobile to Drive Mobility through the Acceleration in Adoption of WLAN in EMEA.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 24, 2004 Two Companies Engage in Development Activities and New Deployments for Starwood Hotels and European Universities Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. (R) (Nasdaq:CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ) today announced that they have agreed to a memorandum of understanding A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is a legal document describing a bilateral or multilateral agreement between parties. It expresses a convergence of will between the parties, indicating an intended common line of action and may not imply a legal commitment. (MoU) with T-Mobile, Europe's leading wireless local area network (LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. ) provider, to accelerate the development, introduction and use of 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 (WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network ) hotspots for business use across Europe, the Middle East and Africa Europe, the Middle East and Africa, usually abbreviated to EMEA, is a regional designation used for government, marketing and business purposes. It is particularly common amongst North American based companies, who often divide their international operations into the (EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. ). The MoU has already resulted in a number of joint initiatives, including the creation of wireless LANs in 100 Starwood Hotels across the five European countries where T-Mobile has a presence: Germany, the UK, Netherlands, the Netherlands, The officially Kingdom of The Netherlands byname Holland Country, northwestern Europe. Area: 16,034 sq mi (41,528 sq km). Population (2005 est.): 16,300,000. Capital: Amsterdam. Seat of government: The Hague. Most of the people are Dutch. Czech Republic Czech Republic, Czech Česká Republika (2005 est. pop. 10,241,000), republic, 29,677 sq mi (78,864 sq km), central Europe. It is bordered by Slovakia on the east, Austria on the south, Germany on the west, and Poland on the north. and Austria. "At Starwood Hotels our customers require both high-speed Internet connectivity and great customer service. T-Mobile's wireless LAN service provides that for us and that's why we've chosen to install their service in over 99 of our hotels in Europe," said Brian Pratt, vice president eBusiness, Starwood Hotels. "Both Cisco and T-Mobile are great brands and great partners to Starwood Hotels, helping us deliver the greatest experience for our customers." The two companies are also collaborating on the delivery of wireless networking services to university students -- both on and off-campus -- across Europe. The coming year will see sales, marketing, product development and infrastructure projects focused on driving wireless LAN adoption in the healthcare, public sector and corporate sectors. "T-Mobile is committed and shares the vision with Cisco of providing seamless mobile connectivity and wireless LAN plays a key role," commented Martin Witt, executive vice president wireless LAN for T-Mobile. "Cisco supports the strategy with its leading technology, its strong product road map and clear vision of how this technology and related technologies will become critical to us in providing seamless connectivity." Forming the bedrock of wireless LAN developments created as a result of the MoU will be the Cisco Aironet(R) Series of wireless LAN technologies, along with Cisco routers, switches and other platforms such as Cisco Mobile Exchange and Cisco Service Selection Gateways. "T-Mobile and Cisco are passionate about the total mobility vision," said Massimo Migliuolo, vice president of Mobile Sales Worldwide, Cisco Systems. "We believe we have the right combination of technology and vision to impact the experience of end users by delivering unprecedented communications flexibility, which will change the individual user's experience, both in their personal and business life." About T-Mobile International T-Mobile International is one of the world's leading companies in mobile communications. As one of Deutsche Telekom`s four strategic divisions, T-Mobile concentrates on the most dynamic markets in Europe and the United States. By the end of 2003, about 90 million people were using the mobile communications services provided by companies in which T-Mobile or Deutsche Telekom have a majority or minority stake. And all that over a common technology platform based on GSM, the world's most successful digital wireless standard. This also makes T-Mobile the only mobile communications provider with a seamless transatlantic service. About Cisco Systems Cisco Systems (Nasdaq:CSCO) is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. News and information are available at http://www.cisco.com. Cisco Systems International BV, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Cisco Systems, Inc, supplies Cisco equipment in Europe. Cisco, Cisco IOS, Cisco Systems, the Cisco Systems logo are registered trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. |
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