HANNOVER, Germany at CeBIT'99 (March 22, 1999) ¾ Siemens' Information and Communication Networks Group, Munich, and T-Mobil, Bonn, together with Unwired Planet, Inc., Silicon Valley today announced a field trial with the integration of a WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) compatible soft-ware platform from Unwired Planet into the GSM Infrastructure at T-Mobil. The aim of the market trial is the common development of systems and innovative applications based on WAP. The first presentation of these new Internet services was shown at CeBIT 1999.
In the market trial, Siemens is integrating the UP.Link™ Server from Unwired Planet within the GSM network of T-Mobil, in order to offer optimized access for wireless devices to new information services hosted on the Internet. The microbrowser phone and network platform enables access across the Internet to special services offered by T-Mobil and Siemens during the field trial. In this role, Siemens delivers a turnkey end-to end WAP solution, from the services and infrastructure to the GSM mobile phones. Furthermore, Siemens' partner 3Com provides the Total Control Multiservice Access Platform as Remote Access Server and Gateway between the Mobile Network Infrastructure and the IP world and allows WAP-enabled mobile phones and terminals like Siemens' new mobile phone S 25 and 3Com's Palm-Organizer-Family to be used within the presentation at CeBIT.
The WAP platform supplied by Unwired Planet, assures quick access to Web sites optimized for display on the screens of mobile phones and terminals. With WAP, customers can access not only the classical Internet services such as sports, news, and email, from existing Web servers and data bases, but also network specific information, i.e. billing information, call control and over air activation of services from trusted Web servers within the network.
The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) defines the standard for the purposeful retrieval of Web-based information, giving mobile phone users interactive, efficient and simple access to key information services on the World Wide Web. The WAP services can also be combined with other Intelligent Network (IN) services and provide an excellent compliment to GSM Phase 2+ and GPRS data service enhancements. Unwired Planet, Siemens and T-Mobil are all members of the WAP Forum.
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