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| Comverse Delivers Wireline SMS Solution To KPN Telecom |
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3rd March 2003 |
 Comverse
announced that KPNTelecom has selected Comverse's Wireline SMS Solution
for its network inthe Netherlands, enabling subscribers to send and receive
short textmessages on their home and business phones.Through its Wireline SMS Solution, utilizing the Short Message ServiceCenter (SMSC), Comverse enables fixed telephone subscribers to exchangeshort text messages with one another and with their mobile counterparts.Comverse has extended this platform to include a PSTN interface andintelligent cross-network processing that supports SMS messaging within thefixed environment and between fixed and mobile networks. Comverse teamed up with Viking Telecom, the Swedish supplier of accessproducts and systems for mobile services in fixed telecom networks, to giveKPN Telecom an end-to-end SMS solution. KPN Telecom subscribers will beable to use SMS-capable phone terminals equipped with a roomy LCD displayand an alphanumeric keyboard that makes "texting" easy. "Mobile operators
have enjoyed soaring volumes of SMS traffic, making itone
of the most popular and successful data applications to date. Now,fixed
network operators can get a piece of the SMS market. Comverse'sWireline
SMS Solution is designed to bring the success of SMS to the PSTNmarket,"
said Carmel Sofer, President of Comverse Europe. "We view KPNTelecom's
deployment of Wireline SMS as a strategic move, and a primeexample
of new ways for fixed carriers to boost customer satisfaction and revenues." |
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This
precise, DSP-based scanning receiver provides unparalleled accuracy and
user-defined options for the measurement of wireless CDMA 2000 networks. |
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providers are primarily concerned with international calling fraud, but
also need this type of solution to rapidly respond to new types of fraud
made possible by the deployment of complex, high-value 2.5G and 3G wireless
networks and services. |
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the business case emerges for wireless data services, we are seeing the
completion of UMTS trials, deployments of UMTS infrastructure, commercial
announcements of dual-mode GSM/UMTS handsets, and a general readiness
of the marketplace for the mobilization of data throughout the world with
UMTS |
The
phone was developed expressly to provide advanced services over China
United Telecommunications' high-speed cellular network and it will allow
users to take, transmit and receive video mails up to 15 seconds long.
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Comverse
announced that KPNTelecom has selected Comverse's Wireline SMS Solution
for its network inthe Netherlands, enabling subscribers to send and receive
short textmessages on their home and business phones. |
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profitable in the established GSM market is critical to network operators,
because the rollout of next-generation (2.5G and 3G) networks is dependent
on revenue generated from GSM services. |
The
dual-color intenna phone (SPH-X8300) has adopted 256 color organic EL,
the best quality product among organic ELs for its external display, and
65,000 color LCD for internal display. The device is also equipped with
sound UI function that plays diverse sounds by pressing each key button,
in addition to the ability to play 40 chord melodies. |
Lucent
Technologies and Novatel Wireless unveiled the Merlin U530™ Wireless
PC Card Modem, a high-speed data device designed to enable mobile users
to access the Internet and corporate networks over third-generation (3G)
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) networks. |
Alcatel
Shanghai Bell has conducted the first mobile voice, data and video communications
in the open in China. These communications, the first in China outside
a laboratory environment were conducted today on a live, end-to-end UMTS
system installed at Alcatel Shanghai Bell's 3G Reality Centre. |
3
UK revealed that life is to become far easier for the movie fan with the
announcement of an agreement with film content specialists MyMovies to
deliver the very latest movie information to 3's customers, enabling them
to find out about the films playing at their local multiplex. |
he
study found that 32% of adults aged 15-34 years had purchased a ring-tone
in the last three months, 21% had purchased logos and 20% had purchased
SMS alerts. Whilst these figures are encouraging, take-up of services
that are higher revenue generating for network operators was much lower
with just 9% of 15-34 year olds having used e-mail to their mobile phone
and 7% having played an SMS or WAP game. |
Marty
Singer, PCTEL Chairman and CEO said "In effect, cellular carriers
do not have to wait for 3G - or build expensive 3G networks - to realize
significantly increased revenues from mobile data services." |
With
the lackluster year of 2002 now out of the way, the Personal Digital Assistant
(PDA) market is poised for growth this year as manufacturers adjust their
strategies to focus on expanding the market. |
he
rollout of Digital Bridges' games to the rapidly growing Vodafone live!
customer base includes server-based titles like Wireless Pets, Steve Jackson's
Sorcery, and Star TrekÒ: First Duty; as well as popular downloadable
J2ME titles like Denki Blocks!, EA SPORTSÔ Tiger Woods PGA TOURÒ
Golf, and XS Snowboarding. |
Sewon
has placed orders for 150,000 wireless modules for delivery during the
first quarter of 2003. The modules will be integrated into Sewon's SG-1200
range of mobile telephones, which was launched in November 2002 and is
mainly sold in China. |
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