French Carrier Cegetel Launches Commercial Service Utilizing Unwired Planet's UP.Link Platform.Cegetel's e.medi@ service provides access to Email and Internet-based information services See Information Systems. right from the screen of GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) A digital cellular phone technology based on TDMA that is the predominant system in Europe, but also used worldwide. Developed in the 1980s, GSM was first deployed in seven European countries in 1992. phones Unwired Unwired is an Australian public company dedicated to building a nationwide, fixed wireless telecommunications network offering carrier grade Internet services. They currently provide coverage in Sydney and Melbourne. Planet, Inc. (UP) today announced the first European GSM commercial launch of an Email and Internet-based information service utilizing the Unwired Planet(TM) UP.Link(TM) software platform. Cegetel's customers who purchase the e.medi@ capable mobile phones equipped with Unwired Planet's UP.Browser(TM) software will have access to their Email and news, financial, travel and traffic information services right from the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) A display technology that uses rod-shaped molecules (liquid crystals) that flow like liquid and bend light. Unenergized, the crystals direct light through two polarizing filters, allowing a natural background color to show. display of their phones. The first phone to implement the e.medi@ service will be the Alcatel One-Touch Pocket. "Our mission has been to provide products and services that enable the convergence of the Internet and mobile telephony," said Alain Rossmann, chairman and chief executive officer for Unwired Planet. "Cegetel is a leader in introducing this concept in Europe -- counting on Unwired Planet as their software platform provider." Unwired Planet's UP.Link software platform enables UP.Browser-equipped digital mobile phones to access Internet- and intranet-based services. Mobile phone manufacturers can embed em·bed also im·bed v. em·bed·ded, em·bed·ding, em·beds v.tr. 1. To fix firmly in a surrounding mass: embed a post in concrete; fossils embedded in shale. UP.Browser in mobile phones and carriers can install the UP.Link Server (Unwired Planet.Link Server) An earlier name for Openwave's mobile gateway. See Openwave Mobile Access Gateway. Suite in their networks to allow subscribers to access Email and new and existing services being implemented on Internet and intranet Web sites. "We have shipped a revolutionary personal communications device Typically refers to a terminal used to send voice, video or text. Mobile phones, wireless PDAs and personal computers equipped with microphones, speakers and cameras are all considered communications devices. See modem. in our retail channel with the e.medi@ offer," said Christophe Francois, director marketing and strategic services for Cegetel. "Our trials and research show the e.medi@ offer to be a compelling one for our customers, and will enhance Cegetel's reputation for leadership in innovation for the French market." About Cegetel With revenues over FF19B in 1998 and 7000 employees in France, Cegetel is the largest private Telecom operator in France. A global enterprise, Cegetel covers all aspects of the Telecom business. On the mobile side, Cegetel has close to 4.5M subscribers and has a broad set of offerings targeted to different customers segments ("Direct live" for teenagers, "Pack Essentiel" for women, etc.). On the traditional telephony side the "7" service has already reached over 650,000 active lines. Finally, Cegetel is one of the main players on the Internet side with the AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. and Compuserve brands with nearly 350,000 subscribers. About Unwired Planet Unwired Planet is a leading provider of software that enables the delivery of Internet-based services to mass-market wireless telephones. Using its software, wireless subscribers have access to Internet- and corporate intranet-based services, including Email, news, stocks, weather, travel and sports. In addition, subscribers have access via their wireless telephones to network operators' intranet-based telephony services, which may include over-the-air activation activation /ac·ti·va·tion/ (ak?ti-va´shun) 1. the act or process of rendering active. 2. the transformation of a proenzyme into an active enzyme by the action of a kinase or another enzyme. 3. , call management, billing history information, pricing plan subscription and voice message management. Unwired Planet is headquartered in Silicon Valley, California and has regional offices in London and Tokyo. Note to Editors: The Unwired Planet name and the family of terms carrying the "UP." prefix The beginning or to add to the beginning. To prefix a header onto a packet means to place the header characters in front of the packet. "To prefix" at the beginning is the opposite of "to append" characters at the end. See prepend. 1. are trademarks and the Unwired Planet logo and uplanet.com are registered trademarks of Unwired Planet, Inc. All Rights Reserved. All other company, brand and product names may be marks that are the sole property of their respective owners. |
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