REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (March 31, 1999) ¾ Unwired Planet, Inc. (UP) today announced the first European GSM commercial launch of an Email and Internet-based information service utilizing the Unwired Planet™ UP.Link™ software platform. Cegetel's customers who purchase the e.medi@ capable mobile phones equipped with Unwired Planet's UP.Browser™ software will have access to their Email and news, financial, travel and traffic information services right from the LCD display of their phones. The first phone to implement the e.medi@ service will be the Alcatel One-Touch Pocket.
"Our mission has been to provide products and services that enable the convergence of the Internet and mobile telephony," said Alain Rossmann, chairman and chief executive officer for Unwired Planet. "Cegetel is a leader in introducing this concept in Europe - counting on Unwired Planet as their software platform provider."
Unwired Planet's UP.Link software platform enables UP.Browser-equipped digital mobile phones to access Internet- and intranet-based services. Mobile phone manufacturers can embed UP.Browser in mobile phones and carriers can install the UP.Link Server Suite in their networks to allow subscribers to access Email and new and existing services being implemented on Internet and intranet Web sites.
"We have shipped a revolutionary personal communications device in our retail channel with the e.medi@ offer," said Christophe Francois, director marketing and strategic services for Cegetel. "Our trials and research show the e.medi@ offer to be a compelling one for our customers, and will enhance Cegetel's reputation for leadership in innovation for the French market."
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