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To: DaveMG who wrote (18374)	11/16/1998 10:42:00 AM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 152472

Maurice, For You> Alcatel extends its reach in NZ market The Dominion ELECTRONIC communications giant Alcatel is strengthening its bridgehead into the New Zealand cellular market. Alcatel entered the global cellular industry in 1996, and released its first cellphone in New Zealand in May. The company now has two phones on the market, with three more available soon. All Alcatel's phones connect to BellSouth's GSM digital network, and the company has a close marketing relationship with GSM reseller Telstra. The standout product among its new offerings is the One Touch Com. The Com is a combined cellphone, personal organiser and e-mail client, which replaces the regular telephone keypad with a touchscreen. Using an on-board modem, the phone can link with Internet connection points including corporate dial-in lines or an Internet access company. From here it can send and receive electronic mail with the POP3 and SMTP protocols. Additional message functions are offered with the GSM Short Message Service (SMS), which can send short bursts of text to other GSM cellphones. The Com's large screen allows more information to be displayed at once. This allows one-touch scrolling and dialling of numbers in its address book. A selector wheel on the side of the phone provides navigation without needing to access the touch screen. An intelligent charger has connections for power and data. The data line is plugged into a personal computer serial port, allowing information to be exchanged between the phone and [ Microsoft ] 's Outlook and Schedule+ applications. The on-board calender and diary functions can be updated across the cellular network using SMS codes, allowing staff to change appointments while the user is on the move. An infra-red port gives additional linking capabilities. Other software features include on-screen graphics sketching, a calculator and access to information stored on the GSM memory card. The phone has a total of 512Kb of memory. Specifications quoted by Alcatel include 2.5 days of standby time from a lithium battery. Alcatel's other new offerings are the One Touch Club, which is targeted at low-end business customers, and the super-small One Touch Pocket. The One Touch Club's big selling point is the ability to run off AA or AAA batteries, in addition to the traditional lithium or NiMH batteries supplied. This provides a emergency power option if customers are away from a charging point. The Pocket fits comfortably in a breast pocket. It also has the ability to share information with a PC, using a serial link from the charger. Pricing on the new phones will depend on purchasing agreements with the cellular provider or dealer. The One Touch Com and Club will be available in November, but the One Touch Pocket is still undergoing field trials. Alcatel quotes an international failure rate of less than 1 per cent on the new phones. -------------------- (Copyright 1998) _____via IntellX_____ Publication Date: November 15, 1998 Powered by NewsReal's IndustryWatch ...back to top

To: DaveMG who wrote (18374)	11/16/1998 11:26:00 AM
From: DaveMG	Respond to of 152472

Just a reminder that GSM will not be standing still: gsmdata.com PAPER: General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) By Peter Rysavy, Rysavy Research, for GSM Data Today online journal. September 30, 1998 Wireless communications lets people live and work in ways never before possible. With over two hundred million cellular subscribers worldwide, users have overwhelmingly embraced the concept of having a telephone that is always with them. And now business users also want a data connection with the office wherever they go, so that they can have access to e-mail, the Internet, their files, faxes and other data wherever and whenever it is needed, giving them a competitive advantage and more flexible lifestyles. A number of wireless data services are available today, but none are as exciting as a forthcoming data service for GSM networks called General Packet Radio Service (GPRS). GPRS refers to a high-speed packet data technology, which is expected to be deployed in the next two years. It is expected to profoundly alter and improve the end-user experience of mobile data computing, by making it possible and cost-effective to remain constantly connected, as well as to send and receive data at much higher speeds than today. Its main innovations are that it is packet based, that it will increase data transmission speeds from the current 9.6 Kbps to over 100 Kbps, and that it will extend the Internet connection all the way to the mobile PC -- the user will no longer need to dial up a separate ISP. GPRS will complement rather than replace the current data services available through today's GSM digital cellular networks, such as circuit-switched data and Short Message Service. It will also provide the type of data capabilities planned for "third generation" cellular networks, but years ahead of them. In this paper, we take a look at  Why is GPRS important?  The User Experience  Platforms and GPRS  GPRS and Remote Access  The Road Map  GPRS Details for Network Managers