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To: 49thMIMOMander who wrote (9334)	2/21/2001 9:28:41 AM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

re: GSMA Press Release >> GSM Association Heralds the End of the 'Wireless Wars' 21 February 2001 Cannes, France GSMA PR At the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France, the GSM Association today (Wednesday, Feb 21) heralded the end of the wireless technology wars and forecasted that third generation wireless services would usher in an unprecedented period of global technical and business growth. "The year 2000 saw virtually all the competing camps establish a solid family of technologies, that will enable all of us to build on existing successes and move forward," said GSM Association Chair Jim Healy. "The GSM family is again proving that the approach of creating and delivering a standardisation framework that enables the global operator and supplier communities to work together does deliver the seamless global services experience that customers demand." With more than 452 million customers globally, GSM is the most widely used wireless platform on the planet today. It has captured almost 70 per cent of the world's digital wireless market, and has been adopted by more than 400 operators in some 162 countries to date. Now, says the Association, with the near universal adoption by 3G licence holders of 3GSM (W-CDMA), the Association's vision is to deliver seamless global services anywhere on the planet. CEO of the GSM Association, Rob Conway described how the GSM Association was becoming an inclusive group and to that end is welcoming partnerships with other platforms. "Last year we established a GSM Global Roaming Forum to look at ways of developing inter-operability between GSM and the TDMA, CDMA, TETRA and iDEN communities. We have welcomed representatives of those bodies to our meetings and many operators from those platforms have joined with the Roaming Forum." "These discussions have gone way beyond arguing the merits of the technologies," he stressed. "This is about the commercial realities of building a global seamless service and the success of the GSM standardisation and collaboration approach to the market brooks no argument." Today," he said, "as the 3GSM planning process heats up, we are no longer looking to debate which technology is best. Rather, we need to determine which is the best way to deliver what the consumer wants - a seamless, limitless world of wireless communications. A visual not just a verbal wireless world. " "We can only do that through co-operation and collaboration. The GSM approach proves that way works." << - Eric -

To: 49thMIMOMander who wrote (9334)	2/21/2001 9:38:06 AM
From: Mika Kukkanen	Respond to of 34857

Telenor and Nokia sign UMTS contract Telenor Mobil has entered into a contract with Nokia under which Nokia will supply radio equipment for the development of Telenor Mobil's UMTS network for third-generation mobile communication in Norway. «It was important to get this agreement in place now, so that we can be sure of keeping to our schedule for the UMTS opening this autumn. This is also important for turning Norway into a showcase for third-generation mobile communication», said Ingvild Myhre, managing director of Telenor Mobil. Framework agreement The agreement entered into today is a framework contract for the delivery of parts of the UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) radio network. The radio network is to function together with the core network, which will be supplied by Ericsson. Telenor has chosen to use two infrastructure suppliers in order to reduce the risk involved in the development. Ericsson signed an agreement with Telenor Mobil in December to deliver the core network and parts of the radio network Nokia has undertaken to carry out an extensive test programme with the aim of full interaction when the network is launched this autumn. «We have cooperated with both Ericsson and Nokia for several years, and have good experience with both of them, so we feel confident that this will go well», said Ingvild Myhre. Opens this autumn The work of developing the UMTS network will start shortly and, according to the license conditions, Telenor will open the network in November this year. Almost 170,000 people will then have coverage where they live. Development work will thereafter continue, and all built-up areas in Norway are to have full coverage by December 2005. The third-generation network will allow for new services and solutions, but will also function closely with the GSM/GPRS network. Most services will be created so that they work in both networks and utilize the individual network's properties to the full. This opportunity to use "3G services", although in a slightly reduced form, in the second-generation network, is particularly important during the UMTS development phase. For further information, please contact: Jo Heldaas, Information Manager, Telenor Mobil, tel: +47 22 78 51 00 / +47 905 71 700 This press release was brought to you by Telenor. To unsubscribe, please go to: press.telenor.com Telenor