Murray Hill, N.J. - As part of its commitment to bringing advanced wireless solutions to market, Lucent Technologies today announced it has joined the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) Forum (www.wapforum.org). This international industry body aims to create a global wireless protocol specification to bring advanced services and Internet access to digital mobile telephone users, regardless of the network protocol used.
Chuck Parrish, WAP Forum Board Chairman, said: "We are pleased to welcome Lucent Technologies to the WAP Forum. Lucent's background as a player in every global wireless standard makes it a valuable addition to the WAP Forum's membership."
Nitin Shah, Lucent's vice president-wireless data networks, said: "This is an extremely exciting time to be in the wireless data market. To be competitive you have to be innovative, but innovation alone will not guarantee commercial success. We believe that our customers will benefit most from solutions that take advantage of the power of the Internet. For this reason, we have decided to become a member of the WAP Forum."
He added: "We believe the development of an application protocol that blends the Internet with wireless technologies will benefit every facet of the industry, including users, network operators and service providers. Lucent has a great deal of experience in providing solutions for every wireless telecommunication standard, and as such we are ideally placed to work with the WAP Forum to evolve the Wireless Application Protocol."
Lucent is a major player in many of the standards organizations throughout the world, including the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the European Telecommunication Standard Institute (ETSI) and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). In the wireless data arena, Lucent Technologies has leadership roles in the IEEE 802.11 and ETSI BRAN (Broadband Radio Access Network) committees.
Lucent is also active in industry associations as co-founder of the UMTS Forum and as a board member of the Wireless Data Forum, the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium, and the CDMA Development Group
In addition, the company is participating in a number of programs aimed at developing the next generation of mobile communications systems, including the Advanced Communications Technologies and Services (ACTS) program and the European Strategic Program for Information Technology (ESPRIT).
WAP specifies Internet content and advanced telephony services access on digital cellular phones and other wireless terminals. The WAP Forum has published a global wireless protocol specification for all wireless networks that will be presented to appropriate standards bodies. WAP enables manufacturers, network operators, content providers and application developers to offer compatible products and secure services on all digital devices and networks. This results in greater economies of scale and universal access to information. WAP Forum membership is open to all industry participants, and the WAP version 1.0 specification and membership details are available at http://www.wapforum.org.
Lucent Technologies supplies mobile and fixed wireless communications systems that offer global service providers standards-based solutions for serving the information needs of consumers and enterprises. Headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., Lucent designs, builds and delivers a wide range of public and private networks, communications systems and software, data networking systems, business telephone systems and microelectronic components. Bell Labs is the research and development arm for the company. For more information on Lucent Technologies, visit the company's Web site at http://www.lucent.com.
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