Ericsson Launches Global CDMA Solutions Center in San Diego Showing the Future of Wireless Technology.Business/Technology Editors SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 1, 2000 Ericsson (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ERICY) is launching its 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. Solutions Center today, August 1, 2000 in San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. As of 2006, the city has a population of 1,256,951. - transforming technology vision into reality. The state-of-the-art facility showcases the power of CDMA and its ability to deliver content-rich applications that are driving wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. into the mobile Internet Refers to gaining access to the Internet using a lightweight, handheld device. See Mobile IP, PDA, smartphone and mobile TV. era. The advanced CDMA Solutions Center is expected to attract a wide array of visitors from around the world to San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , including leading operators and companies developing both applications and end user equipment. As wireless operators begin to offer data services, consumers' expectations will continue to expand, changing the traditional image of wireless telephony telephony without wires, usually employing electric waves of high frequency emitted from an oscillator or generator, as in wireless telegraphy. A telephone transmitter causes fluctuations in these waves, it being the fluctuations only which affect the receiver. See also: Wireless as a means for voice communication to a means of advanced communications on multiple levels. Ericsson is committed to providing total system solutions so wireless operators can secure an advantage in this fiercely competitive marketplace. "We are facing an exciting future with tremendous possibilities. The CDMA Solutions Center in San Diego is a great tool for us to showcase Ericsson's state-of-the-art solutions and to demonstrate our commitment to CDMA and its continued evolution," said Ake Persson, head of Ericsson's CDMA Systems business unit. "Through relationships with local software and content development companies, Ericsson is leveraging the high-tech resources in San Diego's telecom valley. Incorporating the applications the companies provide highlights how operators can rapidly deliver a range of proven services to their customers on an Ericsson CDMA network." The Center's fully functioning system highlights Ericsson's total CDMA solution of equipment and applications. Visitors to the Center will see Ericsson's new cdmaOne handset, the Radio Base Station locally manufactured in San Diego and applications such as: - WebOnAir - Streaming video A one-way video transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play video clips and video broadcasts. Computers in home networks stream video to digital media hubs connected to a home theater. - WAP (1) (Wireless Access Point) See access point. (2) (Wireless Application Protocol) A standard for providing cellular phones, pagers and other handheld devices with secure access to e-mail and text-based Web pages. (Wireless Application Protocol) - 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 - Ericsson's cdma2000 Packet Core Network The key to the mobile Internet future is applications. Ericsson's global expertise with unique application platforms supplemented with local companies' Internet applications expertise creates leading edge mobile solutions. Some of the local third party applications to be seen in the Center are: Digital Paths LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , whose focus is providing unconstrained access to all available Internet content for users of mobile appliances such as Internet-ready Smartphones and Personal Digital Assistants. Digital Paths' wireless products combined over Ericsson's CDMA system transforms conventional Web pages to "device-friendly" formats on a variety of mobile appliances. Go2 Systems Inc., originator of Go2(TM), the leading location-based directory and information services See Information Systems. system designed for the Internet and wireless devices, will debut its WAP enabled suite of enhanced wireless web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. relevant to the mobile customer via Ericsson's WAP Gateway in the Center. PacketVideo Corporation will be demonstrating its MPEG-4 compliant wireless multimedia software. This streaming video application provides mobile users with access to full-motion news and financial stories, sports highlights, short entertainment clips, weather and traffic reports, home or work security cameras, from any location. Ericsson is the leading communications supplier, combining innovation in mobility and Internet in creating the new era of Mobile Internet. Ericsson provides total solutions covering everything from systems and applications to mobile phones and other communications tools. With more than 100,000 employees in 140 countries, Ericsson simplifies communications for customers all over the world. cdmaOne is a registered trademark of the CDMA Development Group. cdma2000 is a registered trademark of the Telecommunications Industry Association See TIA. (body, standard) Telecommunications Industry Association - (TIA) An association that sets standards for communications cabling. Cables that TIA set standards for include: EIA/TIA-568A and EIA/TIA-568B category three, four and five cable. . Read more at http://www.ericsson.com/pressroom About CDMA: cdmaOne is one of the fastest growing wireless technologies in the world, currently serving more than 66 million subscribers. Developed by the industry's premier CDMA experts, Ericsson's CDMA networks offer operators unique performance advantages and smooth evolution to 3G by leveraging the full strength of Ericsson's proficiencies in wireless, IP/datacom and mobile Internet technologies. About Digital Paths: Digital Paths LLC, a privately owned company headquartered in Stanton, Calif., is the developer of Internet technology for transforming conventional Web pages to device-friendly formats for hand-held computers, digital personal data assistants and smart phones. The company operates its Wireless portal - www.dpstation.com - as a path for users of hand-held devices to access any Web address and retrieve data and e-mail in a format automatically configured to the user's device type. Additional information on Digital Paths and its services can be found at www.digitalpaths.com. About Go2 Systems Inc.: Go2 Systems Inc., a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. based in Irvine, Calif., is a leading location-based directory and information services provider for users of Web-enabled devices. Go2 is the only wireless location directory available from the home page of Sprint 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. Wireless Web portal and Neomar WAP portal in RIM pagers, and is in Verizon Wireless devices and functions as a wireless Internet search engine for real world locations. Go2's patented system facilitates physical navigation and commerce by allowing users to conveniently find the closest products and services wherever they are - driving users to more than 15 million real world businesses across the United States. Go2's advanced location technology is designed to interface with all wireless applications, including carrier, pager and voice platforms. For more information, visit http://www.Go2online.com or any of the hundreds of topic-specific Go2 Web sites in the "Go2topic.com" format. About PacketVideo Corporation: PacketVideo is the global leader in wireless media technologies for mobile applications. The company's award-winning MPEG-4 compliant encoding, distribution and decoding software enables content providers and carriers to deliver rich media, not just data, to mobile users anytime, anywhere over any digital wireless network. PacketVideo was recently included in the Red Herring Red Herring A preliminary registration statement that must be filed with the SEC describing a new issue of stock (IPO) and the prospects of the issuing company. Notes: 100 as one of fifty private companies whose products, services, or business models are most likely to change the world. Founded in 1998, PacketVideo is based in San Diego, California, in the heart of "Telecom Valley." To learn more, visit www.packetvideo.com. |
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