AirTouch, Nortel Networks Demonstrate Wireless Voice, Data Over IP Packet Solution Can Lower Costs, Add Revenues for Improved Operating Margins
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To: MrGreenJeans (1774 )
From: David Wiggins
Tuesday, Jun 15 1999 7:13AM ET
Reply # of 1779
IP for long distance + wireless for last mile = the future of VOD/ATI/GSTRF and the
beginning of real competition for the old bells.
AirTouch, Nortel Networks Demonstrate Wireless Voice, Data Over IP
Packet Solution Can Lower Costs, Add Revenues for Improved Operating Margins
DALLAS, June 15 /PRNewswire/ - In a significant step toward realization of next
generation wireless networks, AirTouch Communications (NYSE: ATI - news) and
Nortel Networks (NYSE/TSE: NT) have demonstrated wireless voice and data calls
over a packet network based on Internet Protocol (IP).
The calls were originated from the Nortel Networks' Wireless Internet Lab in
Richardson, Texas using cdmaOne wireless handsets, and routed using IP over a packet
backbone network connected to the public switched network for termination at the
headquarters of AirTouch Communications in San Francisco.
''We've shown that using an IP core network for wireless voice and data services is
more than just chartware,'' said Matt Desch, president, Wireless Solutions, Nortel
Networks. ''It's real. It works. We can demonstrate Internet access and services from a
standard, unmodified wireless phone. And we can support telephony over the same
network with no degradation in voice quality.''
Desch and Arun Sarin, president, AirTouch Communications have participated in live
wireless voice-over-IP calls, believed to be among the industry's first. The two
companies have also demonstrated wireless web browsing and telnet applications over
the same packet backbone using laptop PCs and data-capable CDMA handsets.
''AirTouch and Nortel Networks are working closely together to better understand the
dramatic changes ahead for wireless networks, and the architectures required to
address them,'' Sarin said. ''More efficient wireless networks based on IP will allow us
to bring value and service differentiation to our customers while reducing costs over
time.''
By evolving today's circuit-switched wireless networks to Unified Networks solutions
based on packet technology, industry-standard servers and third-generation radio,
wireless service providers can expect improved operating margins from new,
revenue-generating services and reduced operating costs.
Nortel Networks' architecture for delivering the Wireless Internet - or IP-based
wireless networks and services - is No.1 among the major global networking
manufacturers according to a recent report by the Yankee Group. This architecture is
packet based for optimized data carriage, interconnects seamlessly with existing voice
and data networks, and is totally independent of air interface.
''With our expertise in networking, radio and IP, Nortel Networks is well positioned to
help AirTouch make the Wireless Internet a successful commercial reality,'' Desch said. |
