Lucent Technologies Announces Next-Generation Products and Alliances To Advance Mobile Internet Comprehensive Offers Meet Infrastructure Needs of Network Operators And Applications Platforms for Content Providers, E-Businesses and Consumers
PR NEWSWIRE - February 28, 2000 05:59
NEW ORLEANS, Feb 28, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today announced applications and alliances with leading Web companies designed to offer the industry's most comprehensive mobile Internet solutions for network operators, content providers and consumers. Many of the applications and Internet-ready wireless systems are on display this week at Lucent's Booth 5515 at the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association's Wireless 2000 show.
"Lucent makes the mobile Internet work for you," said Bill Wiberg, president of Lucent's cellular and personal communications services business. "Whether you're a wireless operator considering options for next-generation networks, a content provider looking to expand your customer base, or a business seeking greater productivity for mobile workers, Lucent has a solution for you today. Like no one else, we have all the pieces in place to support the convergence of wireless mobility, Internet-based content and electronic commerce."
Lucent is building on its alliance with Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW), announcing collaborations with Yahoo! and Strategy.com to enable network operators to offer mobile Internet applications on virtually any wireless multimedia communications device, such as a personal digital assistant or cell phone, and protocol.
Broadening the scope of the mobile Internet, Lucent Technologies, Sun Microsystems, and iPlanet(TM) E-Commerce Solutions, A Sun-Netscape Alliance, today announced an end-to-end solution that will enable mobile workers to access secure corporate intranets and email systems in or out of the office -- from virtually any mobile or landline phone.
The Intuitive Applications Access (IAA) solution will provide wireless carriers with an immediate and cost-effective way to deliver Internet-based services over wireless networks and current customer equipment. The IAA solution is built upon Lucent's Internet Message Management (IMM) and Voice Browser Applications, which are helping mobile users manage communications while out of the office from telephones, mobile handsets and personal digital assistant devices.
The IMM and Voice Browser will be part of Lucent's CTIA exhibit of next-generation network solutions at its 14,000-square-foot main booth. This exhibit, and complementary displays at the Wireless Data Pavilion (Booth 2177), showcase the breadth of the company's offers designed to make the Internet as accessible on the road as it is from a desk top.
Other announcements Lucent is making during CTIA include: * Lucent is launching its new ORINOCO(TM) high-speed wireless Internet access and networking system, which will be demonstrated at the Wireless Data Pavilion. Building upon Lucent's industry-leading WaveLAN wireless LAN system for business and enterprise, the ORINOCO family now adds new Home Networking products, as well as products designed to provide secure, high speed Internet access in public hot spots like universities, office complexes and airports. * Lucent and Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) will be demonstrating how instant messages sent via Yahoo! Messenger popular instant messaging, information and notification service, can be received and transmitted on wireless end-user devices. It is Lucent's first public demonstration of two-way mobile-enabled instant messages over a phone equipped with a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) browser. * Lucent and Strategy.com, a Personal Intelligence Network from MicroStrategy Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), are announcing a strategic partnership to develop applications and technologies for the next generation of mobile wireless Internet services. The two companies will deliver highly personalized, location-specific content to wireless customers, enabling them to conduct transactions from mobile devices. * To spur availability of consumer communications devices for 3G applications devices, Lucent Technologies and Sharp Corporation are currently collaborating on new wireless multimedia solutions and services for the CDMA market in the U.S. Sharp's expertise in LCD (liquid crystal display) technology and experience with Internet appliances, combined with Lucent's Wireless Data Gateway, will create a powerful offering for Lucent's wireless data customers. This complements Lucent's agreements with Samsung and Sony Corporation on next-generation wireless terminals.
To help network operators manage increased voice capacity and deliver the high-speed data transmissions specified for 3G systems, Lucent is showcasing:
* A software-defined Wideband Radio platform capable of both high-speed data and voice communications designed for next-generation time division multiple access (TDMA) networks. This product will be demonstrated at the booth as an interactive electronic game to show how operators can allocate network capacity for data or voice. * A demonstration of HDR (high data rate), a solution for broadband wireless data communications based on Internet Protocol. Lucent and QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) announced an agreement to develop the technology. * A demonstration of Lucent's Softswitch, a next-generation programmable network switch that treats voice transmission like an Internet data call.
Noting that Lucent holds the largest share of the U.S. wireless industry equipment market, Wiberg said Lucent has experience in helping wireless operators manage technological change. "We spearheaded the evolution to today's digital wireless technologies with our Autoplex platform that preserved all previous investments in analog equipment and features," he said. "Now we are doing the same with our Flexent next-generation networks -- with minimum disruption or risk to operators."
Lucent Technologies supplies mobile and fixed wireless communications systems that offer global service providers standards-based solutions for serving the information needs of consumers and enterprises. Headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., Lucent designs, builds and delivers a wide range of public and private networks, communications systems and software, data networking systems, business telephone systems and microelectronic components. Bell Labs is the research and development arm for the company. For more information on Lucent Technologies, visit the company's web site at lucent.com.
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