UP.Link Platform To Enable Wireless Internet Computing Services On Display of Nextel Phones
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (February 8, 1999) ¾ CTIA's WIRELESS '99 ¾ Unwired Planet, Inc. (UP) today announced Nextel Communications has licensed the Unwired Planet™ UP.Link™; Platform for use in its family of online wireless Internet computing services called Nextel.net.* These services are designed to combine and leverage the power of the Internet and Nextel's National Network; integrating voice and data while extending Internet services and applications to Nextel customers.
Nextel customers will be able to access the Nextel.net services using wireless portable handsets with mobile IP network capability. The installation of Unwired Planet's UP.Browser;™ in Nextel digital wireless mobile phones will enable those handsets to deliver standards-based, secure and scalable interactive applications, without adding to the cost or size of handsets. Nextel will offer innovative electronic customer care applications and extensive information services for their subscribers.
"Unwired Planet's leadership and expertise have allowed us to build a unique offering which redefines the wireless communications market," said Tom Kelly, chief marketing officer at Nextel. "Giving every one of our customers the ability to access Internet- and intranet-based Email and information services further extends our leadership."
"Nextel's nationwide high speed packet network, combined with Nextel's Motorola i1000plus;™ handsets will create a state-of-the-art offering," commented Alain Rossmann, chairman and chief executive officer for Unwired Planet. "Unwired Planet's developer community will seize this opportunity to create compelling applications. We are excited to see our vision of access to Internet information services through digital wireless mobile phones brought to reality by Nextel."
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