Leading GSM network operator T-Mobil has announced the launch of General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) high speed mobile data on the T-D1 network in Germany. The network, enabled by Motorola (NYSE:MOT) Inc.'s Network Solutions Sector (NSS), is scheduled to launch today. The GPRS system, which includes infrastructure technology from Cisco Systems Inc., will be deployed countrywide across Germany, providing rapid mobile data service availability to all subscribers on the T-D1 network.
GPRS enables high speed access to Internet-based content and services via a mobile terminal, and opens up the mobile market to a wealth of data applications, including e-commerce, email, and data transfer.
The contract to implement Motorola's high speed Aspira™ GPRS core network end-to-end solution was signed in January this year. Motorola and T-Mobil conducted trials last year, with the first live GPRS call in Germany made on the T-Mobil network in November.
T-Mobil's GPRS network will launch with Motorola's Timeport™ p7389i GPRS phone -- the world's first GSM tri-band GPRS handset.
A number of GPRS-enabled demonstration applications were showcased at T-Mobil's launch announcement event, highlighting the capabilities of the packet data technology and the potential of this innovative new service.
Working with California-based PacketVideo, Motorola's Aspira GPRS network carried a live video-over-GPRS demonstration, providing an illustration of possible applications including video conferencing, surveillance and remote monitoring via the mobile terminal.
The GPRS live video camera demonstration was enabled by PacketVideo's MPEG4 compliant software-based encoding, decoding, and transmission management products, which enable a variety of content and rich media applications to be delivered to mobile devices anytime, anywhere. Content was transported across the GPRS network to the end-user device. Web cameras were situated at T- Mobil's site in Bonn and at the EXPO2000 fair in Hanover, transmitting to a PDA client equipped with PacketVideo's PVPlayer™ decoding software, connected via infrared link to Motorola's Timeport GPRS p7389i handset.
High speed web browsing was demonstrated utilising California- based BlueKite.com's Data Reduxion™ technology, which optimises the bandwidth available for packet-based mobile networks such as GPRS, and for the existing mobile networks such as GSM and CDMA. The BlueKite.com solution brings the full content of the Internet to devices equipped with standard Web browsers. It turbo-charges wireless Internet access while increasing bandwidth efficiency. Wireless Internet services built with BlueKite.com technology are five times faster and 10 times more efficient. The result is wireless Internet services with wireline performance at a fraction of the cost.
Additional applications were integrated with the T-Mobil GPRS network by Invisix™, the Motorola and Cisco joint venture applications integration organisation, including an interactive Monopoly® game for the press event, proving the versatility of the GPRS solution and the different markets it can serve.
Jeff Gordon, Motorola corporate vice president and general manager of Motorola NSS for Europe, Middle East and Africa, said: "T- Mobil's success is a superb example of a leading operator working with a leading supplier to deliver an end-to-end, first to market solution for the new generation of mobile technology. We are delighted to be the enabler behind the implementation of GPRS in the new world of the wireless Internet."
Motorola has supplied T-Mobil's GSM system solutions since 1993.
Motorola's contract with T-Mobil is for the countrywide implementation of Motorola's total Aspira GPRS network solution, including the Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN), and the Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN), from Cisco. Motorola's GPRS architecture can be implemented over an existing GSM network, protecting operators' investment. Motorola's GSM infrastructure systems are GPRS-ready, requiring only a software load and PCU addition, with no modifications to existing hardware. Offering controlled evolution to third generation mobile communications, Motorola's GPRS data solution enables operators to take advantage of many new revenue opportunities. Through its alliance with Cisco, Motorola is driving market growth, developing applications and value-added services to provide operators with innovative, competitive and unique offerings for their subscriber base.
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