REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 11, 1997--3Com Corporation (COMS), QUALCOMM Incorporated (QCOM), and Unwired Planet, Inc. (UP), today announced a strategic initiative to bring quick net connect technology to CDMA networks.
Quick net connect is a technology enhancement that extends the capabilities of the standard IS-99 CDMA circuit switched data protocol, and allows fully digital Internet connections to be established in a range of three to six seconds.
This fast connection time means that users of QUALCOMM CDMA digital phones and Unwired Planet's UP.Browser(TM) will be able to access Internet- or intranet-based information with connection speeds comparable to those of cdmaOne(R) packet data. Quick net connect based services are expected to be available from leading CDMA
carriers in advance of packet data-based services.
Quick net connect is the result of efforts by 3Com, a leading manufacturer of networking solutions, including Inter-Working Function (IWF) gateways for wireless infrastructure, and QUALCOMM, the pioneers of cdmaOne technology and one of the world's largest manufacturers of CDMA digital phones, as well as other leading CDMA infrastructure manufacturers including Nortel (Northern Telecom).
Quick net connect technology provides an end-to-end solution through Unwired Planet's UP.Browser, QUALCOMM's CDMA phones, 3Com's Total Control(TM) remote access concentration and infrastructure suppliers such as Nortel and QUALCOMM. Networks equipped with quick net connect technology will support Internet and intranet access viaCDMA phones and mobile computers.
"Users of Unwired Planet's UP.Browser on QUALCOMM phones will be among the first beneficiaries of the faster, Internet-based quick net connect technology," said Ross Manire, senior vice president, Carrier Systems at 3Com. "The results of this industry collaborationwill mark the next generation in wireless information access."
"Earlier this year we led the industry with the announcement of our revolutionary Q phone," said Dr. Paul E. Jacobs, president of QUALCOMM's Subscriber Products Division. "In developing quick net connect Internet access technology, together with, 3Com and Unwired Planet, we once again bring technology and products to the CDMA marketplace in a time frame that others believed impossible."
"CDMA quick net connect is an ideal platform for providing live Internet and intranet access to users of cdmaOne phones," said Alain Rossmann, chairman and chief executive officer of Unwired Planet. "The groundbreaking 3-6 second connect times, combined with our UP.Browser technology will enable consumers to have interactive, cost-effective access to Email, information services, and corporate applications."
How It Works
Internet dial-up connections normally utilize analog modem protocols, such as V.34, to establish modem-to-modem connections. These protocols use analog technology to communicate, even when the underlying transport mechanism is a fully digital cellular network.
This results in slower connection times as a result of modem training (the familiar tones which occur when a modem connects), negatively impacting user applications that only require short, bursty connections. The quick net connect technology leverages the IS-99 circuit-switched standard to provide fully digital connections through the cdmaOne network, resulting in connection times of three to six seconds. |
