Ericsson to deliver $58 Million GPRS system to Orange in UK to provide new mobile Internet services.Business Editors and Technology Writers STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 23, 2000 Ericsson (Nasdaq:ERICY) and Orange have signed a contract for the delivery of a 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. (General Packet Radio Service) system, including the IP-based core network infrastructure and new terminal devices. The contract is valued at $58 million. The contract represents the first time Ericsson is supplying Orange with infrastructure equipment in the UK. The new packet-based network is planned to go into service at the end of this year. Ericsson's GPRS system will enable Orange to offer its customers mobile Internet Refers to gaining access to the Internet using a lightweight, handheld device. See Mobile IP, PDA, smartphone and mobile TV. and other IP-based applications at speeds ten times as fast as current mobile networks that are optimized for voice applications. Ericsson's GPRS system is an open standard solution, enabling multi-operator and vendor interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. . GPRS will enable a broad spectrum of communications and information functionalities. It is an ideal bearer One who is the holder or possessor of an instrument that is negotiable—for example, a check, a draft, or a note—and upon which a specific payee is not designated. for 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. as it is dedicated to and especially designed for data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. . GPRS is ideal for carrying Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the data, for example, e-mail and a host of news, information and entertainment services designed for GPRS-enabled mobile handsets. "This very significant order adds Orange to a growing list of network operators from around the world to whom we are providing the advanced digital networks that are moving the world towards a third generation (3G) communications environment," said Bo BergstrOm, Executive Vice President of Ericsson Radio Systems. "3G will give users a completely new lifestyle, providing opportunities for many exciting new business and leisure services not previously possible." "With the advent of next generation technologies we will see the arrival of a dazzling array of high-speed, multimedia data services," said Bob Fuller, COO (Cell Of Origin) See mobile positioning. of Orange. "With GPRS, our customers will be offered packet-based services in combination with the high-speed circuit based services that are already available. It will further extend the way we communicate and access information." Ericsson is the leading provider in the new telecoms world, with communications solutions that combine telecom and datacom technologies with freedom of mobility for the user. With more than 100,000 employees in 140 countries, Ericsson simplifies communications for its customers -- network operators, service providers, enterprises and consumers -- the world over. Please visit Ericsson's Press Room at: http://www.ericsson.se/pressroom. |
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