PHCM A Little More Info.
JohnG
To: Eric L. who wrote (2457)
From: gdichaz
Wednesday, Oct 6 1999 2:32PM ET
Reply # of 2510
Eric L. and Tero: Note the latest upgrade from Phone.com
Comments?
This excerpt is especially interesting re Nokia, WAP and Phone.com.
"With over 25 handset manufacturers licensing the UP.Browser microbrowser from
Phone.com, as well as interoperability agreements with Nokia and Ericsson, the R4
UP.Link Server supports the widest selection of handsets in the industry."
Talk : Web/Info : Phone.com [PHCM]
To: Mark Oliver (551 )
From: Mark Oliver Wednesday, Oct 6 1999 1:01PM ET
Reply # of 553
Phone.Com Delivers UP.Link Server Release 4; Provides Leading Edge, Robust
WAP Solution for Wireless Network Operators
Scalable, International, and Interoperable - UP.Link Server R4 Supports Widest
Selection of Handsets in the Industry
October 6, 1999 09:15 AM
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Phone.com Inc. PHCM today
announced the delivery of Release 4 of the UP.Link(TM) Server to a number of
network operators, providing a robust, Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)
V1.1-compliant solution to wireless network operators. The R4 UP.Link Server, the
latest in a series of platform advancements from Phone.com, will allow wireless
network operators to deliver Internet and intranet service and applications to screens
of wireless phones equipped with a compatible microbrowser such as the
Phone.com(TM) UP.Browser(TM) microbrowser. With over 25 handset
manufacturers licensing the UP.Browser microbrowser from Phone.com, as well as
interoperability agreements with Nokia and Ericsson, the R4 UP.Link Server
supports the widest selection of handsets in the industry.
(Photo: newscom.com )
The debut of the R4 UP.Link Server sets another milestone for Phone.com in its role
as a co-founder of the WAP Forum. Building on the commercial success of the R3
UP.Link Server, which was the first commercial server to deliver WML 1.1 content
to browser-enabled handsets, R4 UP.Link Server adds support for WAP 1.1
compliant handsets.
R4 UP.Link Server can deliver WML 1.1 content to any WAP 1.1-compliant
handset, as well as existing UP.Browser-enabled handsets. Phone.com's promise of
backward compatibility means that R4 UP.Link Server can also deliver existing
HDML content to these handsets, giving network operators the ability to support the
broadest selection of wireless Internet applications available. Based on Phone.com's
commitment to WAP interoperability, the R4 UP.Link Server has been extensively
tested with Nokia's 7110 WAP-enabled handset.
"Phone.com is helping lead the wireless revolution with products such as Release 4
of the UP.Link Server, yet another example of our commitment to provide a proven,
reliable and scalable solution to network operators," said Ben Linder, vice president
of marketing at Phone.com. "Aggressive installation of R4 UP.Link Server in
Australia, Asia, Europe and the U.S., in addition to an impressive list of UP.Browser
microbrowser licensees, clearly illustrates the demand for wireless Internet access
technology."
"In our extensive use of the UP.Link Server Suite over the past three years, we have
always found the UP.Link to be an indispensable part of our wireless Internet
solution," said Kendra VanderMeulen, Senior Vice-President, AT&T Wireless
Services. "The V4 UP.Link Server provides us a reliable solution which will extend
the array of services we can offer our customers."
Additional features of R4 UP.Link Server include support for a Local Application
Environment in handsets, allowing subscribers to use their applications even when out
of coverage. R4 UP.Link Server also includes the Web Message Service (WMS),
providing support for delivering simple Web content to SMS handsets, allowing
network operators to immediately offer Internet services to their entire subscriber
base.
Trials of the R4 UP.Link Server are already under way at over ten different network
operators, utilizing these advanced features:
Web Message Service (WMS): Provides a simple way to offer Internet content to
subscribers who are using legacy two-way SMS handsets. Subscribers issue simple
SMS requests such as "NEWS" to view headline news and "QUOTE PHCM" to
request a stock quote for Phone.com. WMS allows SMS-only subscribers to
sample Internet content services, generating interest in full WAP solutions and
handsets.
Dynamic Scalable Server Architecture (DSSA): Based on Phone.com's years of
deployment experience, the DSSA design has evolved to meet the demanding
requirements of wireless network operators for reliability, performance and
scalability. To support a growing subscriber base, DSSA enables network operators
to add CPU's to their existing servers or add more servers, increasing the processing
power of the UP.Link Server.
Security and Authentication: Addressing the stringent security requirements of banks
and brokerage firms, UP.Link WAP Gateway provides a network-independent,
end-to-end security model that employs the WAP WTLS standard over the wireless
network and uses Internet standard SSL/TLS for communication with a Web server.
Locale Support Services: Using the Unicode standard, Locale Support Services
provides support for multibyte character sets and offers character transcoding,
enabling Web site content to be properly mapped to the character set in the handset.
Using these built-in features, the UP.Link WAP Gateway has already been
successfully localized in countries around the world including France, Italy, Japan and
Korea.
System Administration: The UP.Link WAP Gateway provides transaction logging of
all subscriber activity so that network operators can track system usage and prepare
billing information. All provisioning, system administration, and system monitoring
tools are also provided by the UP.Link Administration package.
About Phone.com
Phone.com, Inc. is a leading provider of software and services that enable the
delivery of Internet-based information 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, call
management, billing history information, pricing plan subscription and voice message
management. Phone.com is headquartered in Silicon Valley, California and has
regional offices in London and Tokyo. Visit phone.com for more
information.
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this
news release are forward-looking statements involving risks and uncertainties that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking
statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to,
Phone.com's limited operating history, potential fluctuations in Phone.com's operating
results, uncertainties related to the Phone.com's long sales cycle and reliance on a
small number of customers, Phone.com's dependence on the acceptance of its
products by network operators and wireless subscribers, Phone.com's ability to
adequately address the rapidly-evolving market for delivery of Internet-based
services through wireless telephones, the need to achieve widespread integration of
Phone.com's browser in wireless telephones, competition from companies with
substantially greater financial, technical, marketing and distribution resources and the
ability of Phone.com to manage a complex set of engineering, marketing and
distribution relationships. Further information regarding these and other risks is
included in Phone.com's form 10-K dated September 1999 and in its other filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTE: The Phone.com name and logo and the family of terms carrying the "UP."
prefix are trademarks of Phone.com, 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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