DigitalNet Government Solutions LLC Secures its Wireless LAN & Optimizes Network Management With 24x7 Monitoring From AirDefense
Thursday February 20, 3:36 pm ET
Government Contractor Partners With AirDefense to Provide Advanced Wireless LAN Security to Federal Government


ATLANTA and HERNDON, Va., Feb. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- After securing its enterprise wireless LAN with 24x7 monitoring from AirDefense Inc., DigitalNet Government Solutions LLC has formed a partnership with AirDefense to provide wireless LAN security to the federal government. Under terms of the agreement, DigitalNet will resell, support, deploy and manage AirDefense wireless LAN security and operational management products.



AirDefense solutions consist of distributed sensors and server appliances. The remote sensors sit near 802.11 access points to monitor all wireless LAN activities 24x7 and communicate with the server appliance, which analyzes the traffic in real time to identify rogue wireless LANs, detect intruders and attacks, enforce network security policies, deflect intruders from the network and monitor the health of the wireless LAN.

"DigitalNet searched for an integrated, multi-layered wireless security solution that we could deploy to secure our own wireless LANs and subsequently offer to our customers as part of our Information Assurance solutions and services," DigitalNet Vice President Bob Martin said. "DigitalNet's Center for Emerging Technology and Matter of Trust lab found AirDefense to be the most robust wireless LAN intrusion detection system. The AirDefense system is easily deployed and has excellent management functionality to constantly monitor field site wireless LANs from our headquarters."

"DigitalNet has more than 30 years of experience serving the federal government, and we are pleased to have DigitalNet bring AirDefense solutions to the U.S. Department of Defense, civilian agencies and intelligence community," said Jay Chaudhry, chairman and CEO of AirDefense.

About DigitalNet Government Solutions

DigitalNet is a leading provider of managed network services, information security solutions, and application development and integration services to U.S. defense, intelligence, and civilian federal government agencies. DigitalNet's comprehensive information technology services and solutions allow its federal government clients to outsource the design, implementation, integration, management, and security of their computer networks and systems. DigitalNet has a 30-year history of providing information technology solutions to U.S. federal government clients, including the Department of Defense, U.S. Government civilian agencies and the intelligence community.

About AirDefense Inc.

AirDefense provides the ultimate security for 802.11 wireless local-area networks with intrusion detection and security solutions that discover vulnerabilities protect against attacks and monitor the health of wireless LANs. Together with advanced encryption and authentication, AirDefense is a key element of wireless LAN security by statefully monitoring and protecting wireless LAN airwaves. Atlanta-based AirDefense incorporates innovative and patent-pending state-analysis and multi-dimensional detection engines. For more information, go to www.airdefense.NET or call 770.663.8115.




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Source: AirDefense Inc.

American Microsystems, Ltd. Goes Wireless with Linux
AML M7100 Wireless LAN Hand-Held Terminal

AML's M7100 Wireless LAN Data Collection Terminal is redefining the standard for wireless data collection technology. Incorporating the best of today's wireless technology, with the reliable performance of open source, embedded Linux, the M7100 optimizes operational ...

From Forbes.com:

Withered 3G prospects clear path for fixed wireless
Reuters, 02.21.03, 11:05 AM ET

By Braden Reddall

LONDON, Feb 21 (Reuters) - The new-fangled wireless data technology being talked about in western Europe in early 2003 has not been 3G, as one might have expected three years ago, but another jumble of letters and numbers altogether.

Motorola Canopy(TM) Wireless Broadband Group Selects Brightstar Corporation As Master Distributor in Latin America
Motorola to Utilize Brightstar's Knowledge Base and Penetration in Latin American Markets

SCHAUMBURG, Ill., and MIAMI, Feb. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- With the signing of a two-year master distribution agreement with Brightstar Corporation, Motorola's Canopy(TM) Wireless Broadband Group has gained a strong distribution foothold for its innovative and affordable high-speed Internet access solution throughout the Latin America and Caribbean Region.

Brightstar Latin America is a leading wireless distributor and provider of value-added services for the telecommunications industry, operates 20 facilities in 16 countries and serves South America, Central America and the Caribbean.

"Establishing a relationship with Brightstar provides a leading distribution avenue for telecommunications companies that want to offer business, enterprise and residential customers with an exciting and robust high-speed Internet access system," said Tony Sarallo, director of Latin America Canopy sales for Motorola. "In addition to the Latin America markets where the Canopy solution is currently offered, Motorola and Brightstar plan to expand the sales channels by actively pursuing the certification of Canopy products with other governments in the region," said Sarallo.

"Brightstar's strong relationship with Motorola continues to grow. We believe that the Motorola Canopy products fulfill a very real need in Latin America and will help to increase wireless connectivity in areas where access is unavailable," said Mike Tate, vice president of wireless data for Brightstar Corp. "Our customers need this type of innovative and cost- effective solution."

As a Master Distributor for Canopy Solutions, Brightstar is actively pursuing regional distributors and resellers to add this exciting new product to their existing fixed wireless product portfolios.

Brightstar Corp. is a privately held company that has achieved extraordinary growth; almost doubling its revenues each year since its founding in October 1997; from $73 million in 1998 to $850 million in revenues in 2002.

About Motorola Canopy

Motorola's Canopy Wireless Broadband system is based on wireless broadband technology that provides for high-speed Internet access utilizing the 5.25- 5.35 Gigahertz (GHz) or 5.725-5.825 GHz bands. The Canopy system was designed to provide cost-effective "last mile" high-speed data access for customers previously underserved or who lived in locations where infrastructure may not be available. For more information, visit http://www.motorola.com/canopy .

About Motorola

Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) is a global leader in providing integrated communications and embedded electronic solutions. Sales in 2002 were $26.7 billion. Motorola is a global corporate citizen dedicated to ethical business practices and pioneering important technologies that make things smarter and life better for people, honored traditions that began when the company was founded 75 years ago this year.

About Brightstar

Founded in 1997, Brightstar Corporation is a solution provider and value- added distribution and manufacturing services company. The company provides customers in the wireless industry with inventory management, logistics, fulfillment, Internet-based solutions, customized packaging and after-sales support. Brightstar ranks sixth on the Hispanic Business 500 and number one on its technology list. Its customer base includes over 100 network operators and nearly 6,000 distributors, agents, resellers and retailers around the world. Brightstar is an authorized distributor for all leading wireless equipment manufacturers. Brightstar operates 20 facilities in 16 countries worldwide. Its headquarters is based in Miami, FL, with operations in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, the United States and Puerto Rico, Uruguay and Venezuela. During the year ended December 31, 2002, Brightstar's consolidated revenues were $850 million. The company expects to exceed $1 billion in consolidated revenues in fiscal 2003. For more details, visit www.brightstarcorp.com .

MOTOROLA and the Stylized M Logo are registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners.

SOURCE Motorola, Inc.

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Intrado and Mobilaris Join Forces to Deliver Location-Based Solutions to
Wireless Operators; Technology Bundled to Deliver Profitable Location
Services Quickly


CANNES, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 20, 2003--Intrado Inc.(R) (NASDAQ:HREF="aol://4785:TRDO">TRDO), a leading provider of solutions that manage
and deliver mission-critical information for telecommunications providers,
today announced an alliance with Mobilaris, a premier provider of middleware
for location-based services (LBS). The companies will offer a bundled LBS
solution, enabling wireless carriers and operators to leverage existing
systems and capture new revenues from value-added applications and services.

Each company's technology complements the other's offerings, giving customers
a robust platform that is easily deployed and capable of sophisticated
service-based billing to support new models for revenue generation. Intrado's
suite of applications helps wireless service providers manage high volumes of
mission-critical data and deliver it quickly to precise targets with extreme
reliability, for consumer and commercial services from telematics and
location-based telecommunication services to crisis notification. Mobilaris'
market-leading middleware securely and seamlessly performs vital back-end
functions such as authentication, provisioning, billing, positioning and
access through multiple protocols such as SMS and the Web.

"We're pleased that together, Intrado and Mobilaris offer wireless service
providers worldwide a proven platform for new, profitable consumer and
commercial services," said Dan Hoskins, vice president and general manager of
Intrado's Wireless Business Unit, Intrado. "With customers including the
leading carriers and infrastructure suppliers in Europe and the United
States, both companies gain opportunities to introduce our superior
technology to new markets."

Intrado and Mobilaris' combined solution allows mobile operators to collect
revenues for specific applications, rather than simply for data traffic or
airtime usage. "For mobile operators to gain competitive advantage from
location-based services, they must deliver the utmost accuracy and
reliability--and have the flexibility to create and bill for different
service packages for different customers," said Bjorn Westerholm, CEO,
Mobilaris. "Together, Mobilaris and Intrado provide the industry's leading
solutions for location-based services."

About Mobilaris

Based in Stockholm and Lulea, Sweden, Mobilaris' mission is to focus on fast
time-to-market and return-on-investment for operators. Mobilaris combines the
expertise of the very real mobile operator business environment with
world-class mobile Internet technology and R&D. The founders of Mobilaris
include proven business developers for location-based services, mobile
software developers and strategic management expertise from the mobile
communication industry. Mobilaris has together with Ericsson deployed
commercially running installations across Europe.

About Intrado

Founded in 1979, Intrado Inc. (NASDAQ:TRDO) is
pioneering the technology of Informed Response(TM) by providing
telecommunications companies and public safety organizations with accurate,
efficiently delivered, mission-critical information--enabling them to respond
effectively, anywhere and anytime, regardless of location, device or protocol.

The company's unparalleled industry knowledge in systems engineering of
complex, integrated data and telephony environments and critical operations
management reduces the effort, cost and time associated with providing
reliable communications information for 9-1-1, safety and commercial
applications. Intrado recently received International Organization for
Standardization (ISO) 9001-2000 certification. To receive Intrado press
releases and company updates via e-mail, please register at the company's Web
site: http://www.intrado.com.

Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995.

This announcement contains expectations and other forward-looking statements
regarding Intrado's future financial performance, its alliance with Mobilaris
and the ability of the two companies to offer a bundled LBS application to
wireless carriers in a manner that will allow wireless carriers to capture
new revenues. Readers are cautioned that actual results may differ materially
from the forward-looking statements in this release as a result of certain
factors, including: unforeseen problems and delays in the implementation or
market acceptance of the LBS application, the amount and timing of
expenditures necessary to deploy the LBS application, and other factors
identified from time to time in filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.

Existing and prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance
on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof.
Intrado undertakes no obligation to update or revise the information in this
press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or
circumstances, or otherwise.

CONTACT:

Mobilaris AB

Nikolas Georgii, +46 8 764 72 72

46 705 39 60 66 (mobile)

nikolas.georgii@mobilaris.com

or

Intrado Inc.

Linda Hobaugh, 720/494-6145

lhobaugh@intrado.com

SOURCE: Intrado Inc.

Impulsesoft's Bluetooth Solution Showcases Wireless Audio at Intel Developer Forum, February 18th - 21st 2003
Demonstrates the Use of Full Duplex Voice Applications over Bluetooth on a USB Device

SAN JOSE, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Intel Developer's Forum -- Impulsesoft, the leading Bluetooth audio solution provider announced the use of its BluePC software to demonstrate the use of full-duplex audio in a PC application. Intel's Desktop Platform Architecture group demonstrated the Marble Falls Concept PC which features enterprise applications using Bluetooth enabled wireless input devices such as mouse, keyboard and audio headset. The enterprise class video-conference application demonstrated, uses Impulsesoft's BluePC software and audio driver to establish the wireless communication channel between the headset and the computer.

"We are excited about demonstrating the new applications that are possible using Bluetooth to deliver full-duplex audio on the PC. Impulsesoft delivered the first Bluetooth driver to incorporate the Advanced Audio Distribution Profile. This driver made it possible for us to demonstrate business applications with an easy to use, wireless solution that delivers a high quality audio experience," commented Russ Campbell, Technical Marketing Engineer, Intel Corporation.

Impulsesoft's BluePC, the fastest Bluetooth protocol stack solution for the PC environment designed based on Microsoft's WDM (Windows Driver Model) architecture, provides OEMs with the ability to quickly customize the software for use with their specific implementation. BluePC supports full duplex toll quality voice over Bluetooth SCO channels on UART and USB transports. Impulsesoft's Bluetooth solutions for audio were first demonstrated during the FIFA World Cup in 2002.

"Impulsesoft has pioneered the deployment of Bluetooth audio solutions in the past year", said K. Srikrishna, Chief Executive Officer, Impulsesoft. "The demonstration of our audio solution on Intel's newest platform further validates our commitment to Bluetooth audio. With the release of BluePC incorporating Bluetooth SIG's Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) profile to deliver unmatched stereo quality audio we continue to demonstrate our leadership in wireless audio."

About Impulsesoft

Impulsesoft Private Limited is a short-range wireless solutions company, headquartered in Bangalore INDIA with a branch office in California, USA. Impulsesoft is a leading provider of Bluetooth and 802.11 software and hardware for the computing and embedded systems markets. Impulsesoft's products and system integration services enable OEMs to deliver multimedia to personal devices. Impulsesoft, with distributors and VARs worldwide, is an Early Adopter and Associate Member of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group. Additional information about Impulsesoft is available at http://www.impulsesoft.com

About IDF

The Intel Developer Forum is the technology industry's premier event for hardware and software developers. Held worldwide throughout the year, IDF brings together key industry players to discuss cutting-edge technology and products for PCs, servers, communications equipment, and handheld clients. For more information on IDF and Intel technology, visit http://developer.intel.com. Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom.

SOURCE Impulsesoft Private Limited

/CONTACT: Vinita Kurup of Impulsesoft, +91-80-658-4160, or
Vinita@impulsesoft.com/

/Web site: http://www.intel.com/pressroom /

HP and Nokia to Work Together on Wireless Printing Concept for Series 60 Phones; New Bluetooth Printing Application Intended to Enable Point and Shoot -- and Now Print
PALO ALTO, Calif. & ESPOO, Finland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 18, 2003--HP (NYSE:HPQ) and Nokia (NYSE:NOK) are working together on a printing application for Series 60 phones based on the Bluetooth industry standard. The work is designed to enable consumers and business professionals to print content from their phones to HP Bluetooth enabled printers at the touch of a button.
With the printing application, users of Series 60 phones such as the Nokia 7650 and Nokia 3650 could select various types of content from the phone and send it to an HP Bluetooth enabled printer via the Basic Print Profile (BPP) for printing. These capabilities have the potential to offer greater flexibility and enhance the mobile experience for people on the go.

The Bluetooth printing application, currently in development at HP, is targeting functionality that could allow users to print items such as photos, multimedia message service (MMS) messages with images, e-mail, short message service (SMS), notepad files, contacts and calendar items from their Series 60 phones. With mobile phone printing capabilities, the function of the phone extends beyond verbal communication and would give consumers a new level of convenience and freedom, wirelessly.

HP's exploration of wireless printing solutions is part of the company's strategy to accelerate the delivery of quality mobile and wireless printing applications and services for customers.

"Printing from Nokia's Series 60 phones is a natural extension of what people want to do with digital information," said George Mulhern, senior vice president, HP Imaging and Printing Group. "HP and Nokia have a solid reputation for delivering quality solutions to their customers and we expect great things could come out of enabling people to print from a print-enabled Series 60 phone to an HP Bluetooth printer."

"As the market leader in mobile communications, Nokia is driving the wide-scale adoption of Bluetooth in the mobile arena. The convenience, speed and reliability with local wireless connections will simplify consumers' mobile experience," said Juha Putkiranta, senior vice president, Imaging Business Unit, Nokia Mobile Phones. "The openness of the Bluetooth printing application is a testimony of our efforts in promoting interoperability and how wireless technology may provide new and exciting solutions that are flexible to suit users' needs and lifestyles. This application is a great example of what may become possible when you combine imaging phones like the Nokia 7650 and Nokia 3650 and Bluetooth printers from HP."

To print from Series 60 phones, the user first selects a content type (images, MMS message, etc.) and then selects a specific item of that type (for example, a couple of images or an MMS message with an image attachment). When satisfied with the selection, the user then selects the BPP-enabled Bluetooth printer they wish to use for print. This could come from either a list of saved printers or by actively detecting nearby Bluetooth BPP devices. Once the device is selected and verified to be within range and that it supports BPP, the formatted data would be sent to the printer while the transmission status is shown.

Bluetooth technology is the joint achievement of leading companies within the computer and telecommunications industries. Nokia is a founding member and HP an early associate member of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group, an organization that has gained worldwide support. With international interest in Bluetooth technology, the range of Bluetooth applications will need to be large and diverse.

Nokia and HP both have organizations that support third-party developers. Nokia arranges developer conferences, distributes information via e-mail and organizes special electronic discussion boards for developers. HP offers developers opportunities for expanding their business portfolios through the HP Printing and Digital Imaging Solutions provider program. The program offers developers with valuable resources, including tools and developer kits, training, marketing support and a variety of services. Additional information is available at http://www.hp.com/go/mobileprinting.

About Nokia

Nokia is the world leader in mobile communications. Backed by its experience, innovation, user-friendliness and reliable solutions, the company has become the leading supplier of mobile phones and a leading supplier of mobile, fixed broadband and IP networks. By adding mobility to the Internet, Nokia creates new opportunities for companies and further enriches the daily lives of people. Nokia is a broadly held company with listings on six major exchanges.

About HP

HP is a leading global provider of products, technologies, solutions and services to consumers and businesses. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, personal computing and access devices, global services and imaging and printing. HP completed its acquisition of Compaq Computer Corporation on May 3, 2002. More information about HP is available at http://www.hp.com.

This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that, if they never materialize or prove incorrect, could cause the results of HP and its consolidated subsidiaries to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including any projections of earnings, revenues, or other financial items; any statements of the plans, strategies, and objectives of management for future operations; any statements concerning proposed new services or developments; any statements regarding future economic conditions or performance; statements of belief and any statement of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. The risks, uncertainties and assumptions referred to above include employee management issues; the timely development, production and acceptance of services and their feature sets; the challenge of managing asset levels, including inventory; the difficulty of keeping expense growth at modest levels while increasing revenues; and other risks that are described from time to time in HP's Securities and Exchange Commission reports, including but not limited to HP's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2002, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 21, 2003, and subsequently filed reports. If any of these risks or uncertainties materializes or any of these assumptions proves incorrect, HP's results could differ materially from HP's expectations in these statements. HP assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.


CONTACT: HP
Pat Kinley, 858/655-8068
pat.kinley@hp.com
Denise Rennmann, +49 7031 145 8765
denise.rennmann@hp.com
or
Nokia Mobile Phones
Communications, +358 7180 08000
nokia.mobile.phones@nokia.com
www.nokia.com

SMC Networks' new family of draft 802.11g-compliant high-speed wireless
networking products include the Barricade G 2.4GHz 54Mbps Wireless Cable/DSL
Broadband Router, the EZ Connect G 2.4GHz 54Mbps Wireless PCI Card and the EZ
Connect G 2.4GHz 54Mbps Wireless CardBus Adapter.

http://www.commweb.com/article/COM20030218S0005

By EE Times
Feb 14, 2003 (1:08 PM)
URL: http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20030214S0035
Steve Selby, Senior RF Design Engineer, Innovative Wireless
Technologies, Forest, Va., Cory Edelman, Applications Engineer,
Afshin Amini, Marketing Product Manager, Agilent Technologies,
Westlake Village, Calif.

The emergence of wireless ad hoc networks means that multiple,
diverse wireless devices will be operating in close proximity. In
particular, the coexistence of IEEE 802.11b and IEEE 802.11g with
Bluetooth personal-area networks will be an important user
satisfaction issue. These networks use the same 2.4-GHz spectrum and
will often operate in the same locations. Evaluating how the networks
interact is needed to determine how they can be used simultaneously
while maintaining acceptable performance on each.

Proxim Tuesday unveiled a new family of wireless outdoor point-to-multipoint
solutions aimed at, among others, businesses and schools in search of
affordable campus connectivity, security and surveillance.

D-Link Intros New Wireless Range Extender
Tuesday February 18, 12:00 pm ET
D-Link's New Wireless DWL-800AP+ Extends the Range of Enhanced 802.11b Wireless Networks By Up to 50%


IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- D-Link, the worldwide leader in manufacturing of networking, Broadband and digital electronic technologies, today announced immediate availability of the first 802.11b+ 22Mbps Wireless Range Extender and Access Point, the D-Link AirPlus DWL-800AP+. The new D-Link Wireless Range Extender includes a repeater function to increase the wireless range in large homes and buildings. Operating in the 2.4GHz frequency range, D-Link's DWL-800AP+ is an access point with a wireless repeating function that extends the range of the wireless network by up to 50%.
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20010327/DLINKLOGO )
The D-Link AirPlus Wireless Range Extender provides a repeater signal when deployed in conjunction with either a wireless router or a second wireless access point. The repeater function allows the D-Link DWL-800AP+ to receive a signal from a wireless router or access point at up to 328 feet away and then to rebroadcast it to wireless clients on the outside edge of the network, creating a stronger and faster connection for those clients. When set to run in the enhanced 802.11b mode on a D-Link AirPlus network, the DWL-800AP+ delivers even higher performance at greater distances.

"This D-Link range extender is a great way to drive the signal 50% further," said Steven Joe, President of D-Link. "The combination of low price, high speed and an easy installation procedure make the Wireless Range Extender an exceptional value where any Wi-Fi network requires extra distance."

The repeater function of the AirPlus DWL-800AP+ supports wireless routers and access points in the D-Link AirPlus line of wireless networking products as well as the enhanced 802.11b+ side of the D-Link AirPro line of dual band products. When using the Wireless Range Extender as a repeater with D-Link AirPlus and dual mode AirPro routers and access points, little configuration is necessary. Users simply plug in the device at the edge of the existing wireless network's range.

The D-Link AirPlus DWL-800AP+ is an enhanced 2.4GHz 802.11b wireless access point that is easily setup and managed through a convenient Web-based interface. MAC address authentication and 64/128/256-bit WEP encryption are included to provide security for data and wireless communications. The Wireless Range Extender has a high-performance omni-directional detachable antenna as well as power and link status/activity LEDs for at-a-glance diagnostics. The access point mode of the DWL-800AP+ is completely compatible with any IEEE 802.11b standard wireless client.

Price and Availability

The D-Link AirPlus DWL-800AP+ Enhanced 2.4GHz Wireless Range Extender is available now through authorized retail, reseller, and distribution partners at a Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price MSRP of $99. The D-Link DWL-800AP+ comes with a Three Year Warranty and absolutely FREE 24/7 Technical Support including software and firmware updates.

True Networking Pioneer and Hardware Manufacturing Since 1986

Ranked by BusinessWeek as one of the top 100 Information technology companies, D-Link is the worldwide leader and award winning designer, developer, and manufacturer of networking, broadband, digital electronics, voice and data communications solutions for the digital home, Small Office/Home Office (SOHO), Small to Medium Business (SMB), and Workgroup to Enterprise environments. With more than a million square feet of manufacturing capacity and millions of Ethernet adapters, hubs and switch ports, manufactured and shipped, D-Link is a dominant market participant and price/performance leader in the networking and communications market. D-Link U.S.A., Canadian, and Latin American headquarters are located at 53 Discovery, Irvine, CA, 92618. Phone (800) 326-1688 or (949) 788-0805; FAX (949) 753-7033; Internet www.dlink.com .

D-Link is a registered trademark of D-Link Systems Inc. All other company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright (C) 2003 D-Link, All Rights Reserved.




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Ericsson, Nokia and Siemens Join Forces to Promote Unified Solution for Push to Talk Over GPRS and EDGE Networks
Monday February 17, 3:53 am ET
Based on the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), push to talk combines direct-call functions with the world's most successful cellular system


HELSINKI, Finland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 2003-- Ericsson, Nokia and Siemens are jointly defining specifications for an open standard to speed the adoption of direct-call push to talk service over GPRS.
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Push to talk is a cost-efficient, simple to use direct voice service for GPRS-based systems that has attracted the interest of leading operators. The technology uses the capabilities of the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) as specified by 3GPP for enabling IP connections between mobile phones. Initial trials are expected to begin in the second half of 2003.

The specifications created through this collaboration will be submitted to relevant industry bodies in order to create a standard that will avoid fragmentation and establish a unified push to talk over GPRS market with the same economies of scale that made GSM a global success. The interoperable technology resulting from this work will allow mobile phones and networks to be used for push to talk communication using a variety of radio access networks.

Ericsson, Nokia and Siemens are also inviting mobile network operators and other manufacturers to join them in creating an open, multi-vendor market for push to talk in the GSM evolution path (GSM/GPRS/EDGE/WCDMA) by developing products and services based on the open standard they are defining.

"AT&T Wireless supports this joint initiative. Our goal is to connect our customers to the people and information they care most about," said Rod Nelson, CTO of AT&T Wireless, "This new service, which will open to a broad audience, is another way to connect and is an example of how the scale and flexibility of GSM/GPRS/EDGE leads to new and cost effective services."

Cingular Wireless is in support of this cooperation and is evaluating push to talk technology for its customers. "We are always looking for new service offerings like push to talk, that allow our customers to quickly and simply connect to others" said Mike Dobbs, Vice President of Product Management at Cingular. "The standards-based approach taken by these manufacturers will allow carriers to ultimately deliver this service to the largest market in the most efficient and effective way."

"This collaboration will ensure that push to talk builds on the future proofed and standardized third generation core network IMS," says Dr. Jan Uddenfeldt, Senior Vice President Technology, Ericsson. "It will only have to be integrated once and is easily maintained, which brings great cost benefits to the operators. It demonstrates the importance of open standards for which Ericsson has always been a strong proponent."

"Push to talk provides cellular operators with a completely new means of connecting people," said Dr. J.T. Bergqvist, Executive Vice President, Nokia. "It is an attractive option for instant voice communication, complementing present dialed voices services. Push to talk's immediate type of communications can reach individuals or groups, and it can also be used to enable direct voice communication with other IMS-based services, such as interactive gaming. GPRS and 3G mobile network operators, having more than 800 million customers today, can easily implement push to talk capability with a low level of additional investment to their existing networks."

"Push to talk services - to be deployed on existing GPRS and future 3G networks -- will provide great value to both business users and consumers, and thus will help operators generate additional revenues," reinforces Harry Strasser, CTO & Senior Vice President, End-to-End Solutions, Siemens Information and Communication Mobile. "These applications will enable operators to differentiate themselves from other players in the increasingly competitive landscape of mobile multimedia services. The IMS will provide the IP-based control and will especially enable operators to leverage some of their key strengths -- for example, location information and presence -- to provide end-users with a truly new customer experience."

Notes to editors

Push to talk:

Push to talk service is a two-way form of communications that allows users to engage in immediate communication with one or more receivers, similar to Walkie Talkie -- simply by pushing a button on their handsets. Users receiving the transmission hear the sender's voice automatically without having to answer the call. Business users like the fleet management communication between taxi drivers and their dispatcher is one concrete example of such a use case. Consumers benefit from push to talk service in coordinating recreational and social activities (for example, families or friends separated in a large ski resort or amusement park) representing a huge market potential for the services. Previous implementations of push to talk service in cellular networks have been based on proprietary technology and on a limited scale. By bringing this functionality to GSM, the world's most successful wireless technology with over 800 million users in more than 190 countries, Ericsson, Nokia and Siemens are helping to open the market and fuel push to talk services with a truly global reach.

IMS:

IP Multimedia System (IMS) is a technology standardized by 3GPP. It is a key development of the mobile communication into IP technologies. It adds the ability to deliver integrated voice and data services over the IP-based packet switched network. IMS adds two fundamental capabilities on top of the packet switched domain; firstly the ability to find a person via SIP to initiate a session, and secondly the ability to integrate new revenue generating services, such as push to talk. IMS offers a development environment that is well aligned with mainstream IP technology, thereby lowering the threshold for 3rd party application developers. By introducing IMS and its services delivery capability, a step towards a common service delivery environment is taken. Instead of providing a complete service delivery infrastructure per service, a common infrastructure can be used, facilitating a reduced time to revenue and reduced cost (OPEX and CAPEX) for new service introduction.

About AT&T Wireless Systems

AT&T Wireless (NYSE: AWE - News) is the second-largest wireless carrier, based on revenues, in the United States. With 20.859 million subscribers, and full-year 2002 revenues exceeding $15.6 billion, AT&T Wireless will continue delivering advanced high-quality mobile wireless communications services, voice or data, to businesses and consumers, in the U.S. and internationally. For more information, please visit us at www.attwireless.com .

About Cingular Wireless

Cingular Wireless, a joint venture between SBC Communications (NYSE - SBC) and BellSouth (NYSE - BLS), serves more than 22 million voice and data customers across the United States. A leader in mobile voice and data communications, Cingular is the only U.S. wireless carrier to offer Rollover, the wireless plan that lets customers keep their unused monthly minutes. Cingular provides cellular/PCS service in 43 of the top 50 markets nationwide, and provides corporate e-mail and other advanced data services through its GPRS and Mobitex packet data networks. Cingular offers Mobitex service in 99 of the top 100 markets nationwide. Details of the company are available at www.cingular.com .

About Ericsson

Ericsson is shaping the future of Mobile and Broadband Internet communications through its continuous technology leadership. Providing innovative solutions in more than 140 countries, Ericsson is helping to create the most powerful communication companies in the world.

About Nokia

Nokia is the world leader in mobile communications. Backed by its experience, innovation, user-friendliness and secure solutions, the company has become the leading supplier of mobile phones and a leading supplier of mobile, fixed broadband and IP networks. By adding mobility to the Internet Nokia creates new opportunities for companies and further enriches the daily lives of people. Nokia is a broadly held company with listings on six major exchanges.

About Siemens

The Siemens Information and Communication Mobile Group (Siemens mobile) offers the complete range of mobile solutions including mobile devices, infrastructure and applications. Devices include mobile phones, fashion accessory phones, wireless modules, mobile organizers and cordless phones as well as products for wireless home networks. The infrastructure portfolio includes GSM, GPRS and 3G mobile network technologies from base stations and switching systems to intelligent networks, e.g. for prepaid services. Mobile Applications cover end-to-end solutions for Messaging, Location Based Services or Mobile Payment. For fiscal 2002 (September 30), Siemens mobile recorded sales of EUR 11 billion and employed approximately 28,600 people worldwide. You can access further information about Siemens mobile on the Internet at www.siemens-mobile.com



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Contact:
AT&T Wireless Systems
Ritch Blasi, 908/696-4242 (office)
908/612-1760 (wireless)
or
Cingular Wireless
Clay Owen
404/236-6153 - office
404/538-0124 - wireless
or
Ericsson
Ericsson Corporate Communications
Mats Thoren, +46 70 346 54 36
E-mail: mats.thoren@lme.ericsson.se
or
Nokia
Communications Department, Nokia Networks
Tel. (Int.) + 358 (0) 7180 38198
E-mail: networks.communications@nokia.com
or
Corporate Communications, Americas
+ 1 972 894 4573 or
Riitta Mard (on site at 3GSM)
Tel. (Int.) + 1 469 878 5008
www.nokia.com
or
Siemens
Michael Stenberg
Siemens AG
Information and Communication Mobile
Press Department Mobile Phones/Cordless Products
ph.: +49-89-722-57 902
mobile: +49-172-840 7252
fax.: +49-89-722-917 902
mailto:michael.stenberg@siemens.com



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Source: Nokia Networks

Motorola Accelerates 3G Handset Development
Monday February 17, 5:00 am ET
Integrated 3G Wireless Platform Solution Achieves First Call Milestone


CANNES, France, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Quickening the pace of 3G deployment Motorola, Inc.'s (NYSE: MOT - News) Semiconductor Products Sector announces the industry's first live over the air call of its fully integrated wireless handset platform. The milestone was achieved less than a year after the company announced its intent to supply handset designers and manufacturers with a complete silicon-to-software platform solution.
The i.300, Motorola's Innovative Convergence(TM) platform for 3G, is being sampled with two of the world's leading handset producers, Munich-based Siemens Information (IC Mobile) and Motorola's Personal Communications Sector (PCS). The platform is based on the second generation of an integrated 3G chipset. The i.300 platform shaves months off of development and integration time allowing manufacturers to build devices at lower costs.

The platform approach to 3G development reduces system integration costs and enables manufacturers and designers to focus on application software and customizing the user experience. Motorola's early success in gaining customer momentum and achieving the industry's first call on a 3G totally integrated wireless platform is the result of more than five years of development and testing. The i.300 features imaging and video, as well as voice and data capability.

"Most mobile phone manufacturers, until now, have needed considerable wireless and other communications expertise. The advent of mobile phone platforms that offer a complete system solution allows players with general electronic and consumer marketing experience to enter the market. It also allows existing players to tackle the more advanced 2.5G and 3G phone products," said Alan Brown, principal analyst, with Gartner Dataquest in a recent report.

i.300 Customers

Motorola's PCS, North America's largest manufacturer and supplier of cellular mobile telephones, has adopted the i.300 platform for its line of 3G mobile handsets. Motorola was first to launch a fully featured UMTS (universal mobile telecommunications service) based phone, which combines 2, 2.5 and 3G in one feature-loaded device.

"Our A830 phone, the first commercial dual mode phone on the market, incorporates the 3G chipset made by Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector," said Bob Shukai, Director of 3G Products for Motorola's Personal Communications Sector. "The i.300 takes it to the next level making the development of independent solutions for each of the key consumer segments significantly easier."

Motorola also supplies Siemens IC Mobile, which established the first commercial UMTS networks in Europe, with the i.300 Innovative Convergence platform reducing cycle time for rapid time to market. Siemens' 3G handsets will incorporate high-speed voice, data and an integrated video camera, along with MMS (multi-media messaging service), multi-call, MP3 player, downloadable ring tones, games and Bluetooth(TM) wireless technology.

About the i.300 Platform

The i.300 platform, announced in February 2002, gives mobile handset providers fast and easy access to extremely complex embedded UMTS technology. Its features include:

-- Simplified application development with compact, ultra-fast Java(TM)
technology and industry-leading development tools for mobile
applications

-- Support for open operating systems

-- Comprehensive and scalable GSM/GPRS and W-CDMA software engines to
maximize performance and network compatibility

-- Low-power Bluetooth transceiver and GPS (global positioning system)
location options

-- Cutting edge chipset that incorporates a dual-core modem and Motorola's
i.MX1 applications processor, based on the ARM920T(TM), designed for
very low power consumption for longer battery life

-- State-of-the art image and video capture and compression and support
for a full range of multimedia and "infotainment" services, such as
Internet access, still imaging, streaming video and audio, two-way
video, and MP3


About Motorola Semiconductors

As the world's #1 producer of embedded processors, Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector creates DigitalDNA(TM) system-on-chip solutions for a connected world. Our strong focus on wireless communications and networking enables customers to develop smarter, simpler, safer and synchronized products for the person, work team, home and automobile. Motorola's worldwide semiconductor sales were $4.8 billion (USD) in 2002. For more information please visit www.motorola.com/semiconductors

About Motorola

Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT - News) is a global leader in providing integrated communications and embedded electronic solutions. Sales in 2002 were $26.7 billion. Motorola is a global corporate citizen dedicated to ethical business practices and pioneering important technologies that make things smarter and life better for people, honored traditions that began when the company was founded 75 years ago this year. For more information, please visit: www.motorola.com

MOTOROLA, the Stylized M Logo and all other trademarks indicated as such herein are trademarks of Motorola, Inc. registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The ARM920T architecture is the trademark of ARM Limited. The Bluetooth trademarks are owned by their proprietor and used by Motorola, Inc. under license.




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Source: Motorola, Inc.

IBM Builds Momentum for Open Standards-Based Wireless Infrastructure
Monday February 17, 6:00 am ET
Announces support for open enterprise architecture and solutions to help companies deploy new services across different networks and devices


CANNES, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 2003-- IBM today announced new solutions to help customers more efficiently deploy and support wireless services across a range of networks and devices.
The announcement continues IBM's push to establish an open standards-based infrastructure designed to reduce wireless implementation costs, speed the deployment of new services and accelerate revenue generation for enterprises and service providers.

ADVERTISEMENT


Recognizing that most companies today are faced with a complex environment of multiple data sources, residing in multiple systems, that need to be accessible across multiple networks and devices, IBM is extending its software and services portfolio by supporting the establishment of an open and advanced enterprise reference architecture supported by customer integration labs. The reference architecture and associated solutions will help businesses dynamically extend information to disparate devices, reducing the time and costs associated with deploying new wireless applications, and extending the benefits of e-business on demand to mobile users.

"Historically, standardization has been the key driver for growth in nearly every industry on the brink of mass adoption," said Rod Adkins, general manager of IBM's pervasive computing division. "The wireless industry is following a similar evolution. Our announcements today are designed to address this evolution by providing customers with the ability to choose between a wide range of technology providers and freeing them from reliance on any single company."

Continuing the company's focus on enterprise mobility, the new IBM Wireless Enterprise Delivery Environment creates a framework for the interconnection of wireless networks and enterprise systems and details the horizontal infrastructure required to provide a common development and deployment platform that helps companies to cost-effectively and rapidly support new applications -- such as mobile sales and field force automation, e-mail access, asset monitoring, supply chain management and mobile commerce -- as well as new devices and networks. IBM plans to support the platform with the establishment of two Wireless Enterprise Labs, one in Raleigh, North Carolina, and one in LaGaude, France, that will implement the Wireless Enterprise Delivery Environment using IBM and its business partners' software and hardware components. The labs will be open to IBM business partners as a testbed to integrate components into wireless solutions based on the Wireless Enterprise Delivery Environment. Created specifically for the enterprise market, the Wireless Enterprise Delivery Environment is linked tightly with IBM's successful Service Provider Delivery Environment (SPDE)(TM), an open standards-based framework designed to give mobile and fixed network operators the flexibility to introduce new revenue generating services to their customers faster, easier and at lower cost.

In addition, new wireless solutions announced today that add to IBM's pervasive computing portfolio include:

Utilizing IBM's Wireless Enterprise Delivery Environment and WebSphere infrastructure software and the range of Nokia's business terminal platforms, IBM and Nokia will demonstrate standards-based solutions designed to give companies an effective way to mobilize their business processes and enable a wide array of reliable, scalable and secure wireless enterprise solutions, such as access to e-mail and calendar synchronization. The solutions will be demonstrated at the 3GSM World Congress this week. The companies also announced that they intend to develop and implement joint solutions across a range of Nokia business terminals, including the Nokia 6800, as well as Symbian-based devices like the Nokia 9210i Communicator and the Nokia 7650. IBM also announced that it intends to develop and deploy its WebSphere Everyplace Access client for the Symbian platform.

An agreement with Sony Ericsson to provide secure end-to-end solutions using advanced mobile handsets. The collaboration is designed to accelerate business usage of advanced mobile handsets bringing secure, reliable and scalable solutions to customers wishing to exploit the benefits of corporate mobility and increase productivity in mobile work environments, such as field and sales force applications.

An end-to-end middleware solution with Wavecom that offers enterprise users and network operators a simple, rapid and more efficient connection between different machines across the I/T ecosystem. The new standards-based solution embeds IBM's MQIsdp messaging protocol directly onto the Wavecom Wireless Module helping data coming from handsets and other devices to be transformed to match the data requirements of other enterprise mobile applications. These wireless modules can then be integrated into a wide range of devices, whether vending machines, electricity meters or industrial appliances. Customers can realize a greater return on their IT investment from a solution that is designed to enable machines to rapidly network with applications at the application level without requiring extensive reprogramming or systems administration.

An end-to-end solution based on Alcatel's GPRS, WLAN and ADSL access solutions, running on IBM WebSphere and Lotus software, which will provide mobile workers in enterprises access to back end applications from their laptops or PDAs over multiple networks with seamless services continuity. This capability will be demonstrated at 3GSM at Alcatel's booth. Connecting with IBM's Wireless Enterprise Lab in La Gaude, Alcatel's 3G Reality Centres, a worldwide program launched by Alcatel, integrate key players along the entire mobile value chain to foster timely availability and interoperability of mobile multimedia services, accelerating the development of a mobile centric ecosystem.

Collaboration with SFR to provide enterprises with a wireless e-business solution combining SFR's GPRS data offering and IBM's WebSphere Everyplace Connection Manager to provide seamless cross-network roaming that allows mobile users to switch between a wired network and GPRS without having to restart applications. The solution provides industry-leading security, data flow optimization, and improved session stability over wired and wireless networks.

Collaboration with isMobile, an IBM business partner providing a mobile field force automation application suite based on IBM middleware and servers, and Midray, a Debitel company in the Swisscom Group which provides mobile services to the business market over networks from a number of mobile network providers, including Vodafone and T-Mobile. The isMobile Bla Coordinator suite enables companies with mobile workforces to increase their service efficiency and to reduce their work order cost. Initially aimed at the German market, the Midray service is planned to also become available in other European countries.

The availability of IBM's Lotus Domino Everyplace Access Server and Lotus Sametime Everyplace on Palm's newly announced PalmTungsten(TM) W handheld. With carrier activation, the data-centric Tungsten W handheld provides users with a sophisticated combination of wireless email, SMS messaging, Internet browsing, phone functionality, and business applications on GSM(TM)/GPRS networks. IBM's WebSphere Everyplace Access will also soon be available as a mobile client on Palm handhelds, enabling customers to manage and extend back-end systems, applications and data to deliver enterprise solutions to mobile users.

IBM also made several announcements for the service provider market leveraging components of the IBM Service Provider Delivery Environment, including:

Extensions to the existing IBM Rapid IP Services for e-business Solution (WebSphere Everyplace Subscription Manager, WebSphere Business Integration for Telecommunications, DB2 and WebSphere Portal) to address service provider needs in delivering public wireless LANs. These extensions will provide authentication and management integration with access controllers and pre-paid options like credit cards, vouchers and scratch card support with business partners. WebSphere Everyplace Subscription Manager is highly scalable and capable of supporting access for millions of subscribers. By leveraging this solution with WebSphere Connection Manager, subscribers can roam between wireline (ie, ethernet, DSL) connections, public wireless LAN hot spots and existing public wireless connections (i.e., 3g, GPRS, GSM) without losing the existing session. Self care is an important component of this solution, helping service providers reduce operational expense and increasing efficiency.

The first integrated WAP 2 platform based on Openwave's Mobile Access Gateway 6 and core IBM middleware. By combining WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Portal, DB2 database software, pSeries e-Servers and storage, operators have the ability to drive lower costs and faster product cycle times. The two companies are also demonstrating joint solutions for downloading mobile content and generating multi-channel, permission-based campaigns. Customers will now be able to rapidly automate their wireless marketing programs, branded through third parties, personalized by segment and optimized for various handsets.

The launch of an on demand wireless e-business solution with Smartner that runs on IBM WebSphere Everyplace middleware and IBM servers, enabling wireless service providers and their customers to reduce the total cost of ownership for mobile office solutions by benefiting from simple, rapid deployment, highly scalable and cost-effective mobile access of their e-mail servers from a variety of devices like mobile phones, PDAs, and laptops. The server portion of Smartner Office Extender, which supports mobile access to Lotus Domino, Microsoft Exchange and POP3 mail servers, can be hosted by service providers, or in an IBM e-business Hosting Center on behalf of the service provider. A range of IBM services are available to support the deployment of Smartner Office Extender. The solution has already been deployed by a number of European wireless service providers, including Vodafone Ireland.

A solution to be developed with InfoSpace that targets the mobile professional by unifying general and vertical industry information services, navigation and other location based services, and availability management services, including email, personal information management, alerting and notification, and instant messaging, into a single offering that delivers these capabilities to mobile phones. The solution will include InfoSpace's managed service offering for mobile push-messaging, Websphere Portal running at the wireless carrier and Websphere Everyplace Access running at the enterprise behind its firewall interfacing to Lotus Notes or other enterprise information systems. The integration, flexibility and security built into this offering, combined with its availability on mobile phones and instant alerting capability via push-messaging standards, will create a powerful entry with significant advantages over niche offerings that have been available only on PDAs. This offering allows wireless service providers to sell new value added data services to enterprise customers which is a top business imperative as they look to drive revenue.

In support of WebSphere Telecom Application Server, IBM has established the Developer Center for Telecom and e-business, where IBM Business Partners can leverage IBM technical expertise and development facilities, test applications in a network environment before releasing them, and explore new channels for products. This opportunity is available exclusively to members of PartnerWorld for Developers, the developer resource for IBM Business Partners. And to support the growing number of opportunities for Parlay in Europe, the Developer Center for Telecom and e-business will be also be extended to the IBM Mobile Solutions Lab in Helsinki, Finland. In addition, a Rapid Porting team has been established to accelerate application ports to WebSphere Telecom Application Server.

The new solutions announced today add to a portfolio that includes software that extends IBM's popular WebSphere platform to smart machines, wireless devices and networks, and solutions that enable enterprises to deploy applications and data to mobile workforces. The company has built a services force of 10,000 wireless consultants, and in June 2002 was highlighted by International Data Corporation as "by far the leading provider of mobile and wireless professional services." Through an innovative wireless ROI tool based on thousands of customer engagements, the company is helping customers achieve higher productivity from the deployment of wireless solutions. The announcements also build on IBM's continued momentum of aligning with strategic industry players across the pervasive computing ecosystem. Through its pervasive computing division, IBM provides the flexibility for the on demand era, extending the infrastructure to new devices and new forms of interaction.

About IBM

IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. Drawing on resources from across IBM and key business partners, IBM offers a wide range of services, solutions and technologies that enable customers to take full advantage of the on demand era. More information about IBM can be found on the web at www.ibm.com.



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Contact:
IBM
Mike Maney, 914/766-3366
mmaney@us.ibm.com

IBM Builds Momentum for Open Standards-Based Wireless Infrastructure
Monday February 17, 6:00 am ET
Announces support for open enterprise architecture and solutions to help companies deploy new services across different networks and devices


CANNES, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 2003-- IBM today announced new solutions to help customers more efficiently deploy and support wireless services across a range of networks and devices.
The announcement continues IBM's push to establish an open standards-based infrastructure designed to reduce wireless implementation costs, speed the deployment of new services and accelerate revenue generation for enterprises and service providers.

ADVERTISEMENT


Recognizing that most companies today are faced with a complex environment of multiple data sources, residing in multiple systems, that need to be accessible across multiple networks and devices, IBM is extending its software and services portfolio by supporting the establishment of an open and advanced enterprise reference architecture supported by customer integration labs. The reference architecture and associated solutions will help businesses dynamically extend information to disparate devices, reducing the time and costs associated with deploying new wireless applications, and extending the benefits of e-business on demand to mobile users.

"Historically, standardization has been the key driver for growth in nearly every industry on the brink of mass adoption," said Rod Adkins, general manager of IBM's pervasive computing division. "The wireless industry is following a similar evolution. Our announcements today are designed to address this evolution by providing customers with the ability to choose between a wide range of technology providers and freeing them from reliance on any single company."

Continuing the company's focus on enterprise mobility, the new IBM Wireless Enterprise Delivery Environment creates a framework for the interconnection of wireless networks and enterprise systems and details the horizontal infrastructure required to provide a common development and deployment platform that helps companies to cost-effectively and rapidly support new applications -- such as mobile sales and field force automation, e-mail access, asset monitoring, supply chain management and mobile commerce -- as well as new devices and networks. IBM plans to support the platform with the establishment of two Wireless Enterprise Labs, one in Raleigh, North Carolina, and one in LaGaude, France, that will implement the Wireless Enterprise Delivery Environment using IBM and its business partners' software and hardware components. The labs will be open to IBM business partners as a testbed to integrate components into wireless solutions based on the Wireless Enterprise Delivery Environment. Created specifically for the enterprise market, the Wireless Enterprise Delivery Environment is linked tightly with IBM's successful Service Provider Delivery Environment (SPDE)(TM), an open standards-based framework designed to give mobile and fixed network operators the flexibility to introduce new revenue generating services to their customers faster, easier and at lower cost.

In addition, new wireless solutions announced today that add to IBM's pervasive computing portfolio include:

Utilizing IBM's Wireless Enterprise Delivery Environment and WebSphere infrastructure software and the range of Nokia's business terminal platforms, IBM and Nokia will demonstrate standards-based solutions designed to give companies an effective way to mobilize their business processes and enable a wide array of reliable, scalable and secure wireless enterprise solutions, such as access to e-mail and calendar synchronization. The solutions will be demonstrated at the 3GSM World Congress this week. The companies also announced that they intend to develop and implement joint solutions across a range of Nokia business terminals, including the Nokia 6800, as well as Symbian-based devices like the Nokia 9210i Communicator and the Nokia 7650. IBM also announced that it intends to develop and deploy its WebSphere Everyplace Access client for the Symbian platform.

An agreement with Sony Ericsson to provide secure end-to-end solutions using advanced mobile handsets. The collaboration is designed to accelerate business usage of advanced mobile handsets bringing secure, reliable and scalable solutions to customers wishing to exploit the benefits of corporate mobility and increase productivity in mobile work environments, such as field and sales force applications.

An end-to-end middleware solution with Wavecom that offers enterprise users and network operators a simple, rapid and more efficient connection between different machines across the I/T ecosystem. The new standards-based solution embeds IBM's MQIsdp messaging protocol directly onto the Wavecom Wireless Module helping data coming from handsets and other devices to be transformed to match the data requirements of other enterprise mobile applications. These wireless modules can then be integrated into a wide range of devices, whether vending machines, electricity meters or industrial appliances. Customers can realize a greater return on their IT investment from a solution that is designed to enable machines to rapidly network with applications at the application level without requiring extensive reprogramming or systems administration.

An end-to-end solution based on Alcatel's GPRS, WLAN and ADSL access solutions, running on IBM WebSphere and Lotus software, which will provide mobile workers in enterprises access to back end applications from their laptops or PDAs over multiple networks with seamless services continuity. This capability will be demonstrated at 3GSM at Alcatel's booth. Connecting with IBM's Wireless Enterprise Lab in La Gaude, Alcatel's 3G Reality Centres, a worldwide program launched by Alcatel, integrate key players along the entire mobile value chain to foster timely availability and interoperability of mobile multimedia services, accelerating the development of a mobile centric ecosystem.

Collaboration with SFR to provide enterprises with a wireless e-business solution combining SFR's GPRS data offering and IBM's WebSphere Everyplace Connection Manager to provide seamless cross-network roaming that allows mobile users to switch between a wired network and GPRS without having to restart applications. The solution provides industry-leading security, data flow optimization, and improved session stability over wired and wireless networks.

Collaboration with isMobile, an IBM business partner providing a mobile field force automation application suite based on IBM middleware and servers, and Midray, a Debitel company in the Swisscom Group which provides mobile services to the business market over networks from a number of mobile network providers, including Vodafone and T-Mobile. The isMobile Bla Coordinator suite enables companies with mobile workforces to increase their service efficiency and to reduce their work order cost. Initially aimed at the German market, the Midray service is planned to also become available in other European countries.

The availability of IBM's Lotus Domino Everyplace Access Server and Lotus Sametime Everyplace on Palm's newly announced PalmTungsten(TM) W handheld. With carrier activation, the data-centric Tungsten W handheld provides users with a sophisticated combination of wireless email, SMS messaging, Internet browsing, phone functionality, and business applications on GSM(TM)/GPRS networks. IBM's WebSphere Everyplace Access will also soon be available as a mobile client on Palm handhelds, enabling customers to manage and extend back-end systems, applications and data to deliver enterprise solutions to mobile users.

IBM also made several announcements for the service provider market leveraging components of the IBM Service Provider Delivery Environment, including:

Extensions to the existing IBM Rapid IP Services for e-business Solution (WebSphere Everyplace Subscription Manager, WebSphere Business Integration for Telecommunications, DB2 and WebSphere Portal) to address service provider needs in delivering public wireless LANs. These extensions will provide authentication and management integration with access controllers and pre-paid options like credit cards, vouchers and scratch card support with business partners. WebSphere Everyplace Subscription Manager is highly scalable and capable of supporting access for millions of subscribers. By leveraging this solution with WebSphere Connection Manager, subscribers can roam between wireline (ie, ethernet, DSL) connections, public wireless LAN hot spots and existing public wireless connections (i.e., 3g, GPRS, GSM) without losing the existing session. Self care is an important component of this solution, helping service providers reduce operational expense and increasing efficiency.

The first integrated WAP 2 platform based on Openwave's Mobile Access Gateway 6 and core IBM middleware. By combining WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Portal, DB2 database software, pSeries e-Servers and storage, operators have the ability to drive lower costs and faster product cycle times. The two companies are also demonstrating joint solutions for downloading mobile content and generating multi-channel, permission-based campaigns. Customers will now be able to rapidly automate their wireless marketing programs, branded through third parties, personalized by segment and optimized for various handsets.

The launch of an on demand wireless e-business solution with Smartner that runs on IBM WebSphere Everyplace middleware and IBM servers, enabling wireless service providers and their customers to reduce the total cost of ownership for mobile office solutions by benefiting from simple, rapid deployment, highly scalable and cost-effective mobile access of their e-mail servers from a variety of devices like mobile phones, PDAs, and laptops. The server portion of Smartner Office Extender, which supports mobile access to Lotus Domino, Microsoft Exchange and POP3 mail servers, can be hosted by service providers, or in an IBM e-business Hosting Center on behalf of the service provider. A range of IBM services are available to support the deployment of Smartner Office Extender. The solution has already been deployed by a number of European wireless service providers, including Vodafone Ireland.

A solution to be developed with InfoSpace that targets the mobile professional by unifying general and vertical industry information services, navigation and other location based services, and availability management services, including email, personal information management, alerting and notification, and instant messaging, into a single offering that delivers these capabilities to mobile phones. The solution will include InfoSpace's managed service offering for mobile push-messaging, Websphere Portal running at the wireless carrier and Websphere Everyplace Access running at the enterprise behind its firewall interfacing to Lotus Notes or other enterprise information systems. The integration, flexibility and security built into this offering, combined with its availability on mobile phones and instant alerting capability via push-messaging standards, will create a powerful entry with significant advantages over niche offerings that have been available only on PDAs. This offering allows wireless service providers to sell new value added data services to enterprise customers which is a top business imperative as they look to drive revenue.

In support of WebSphere Telecom Application Server, IBM has established the Developer Center for Telecom and e-business, where IBM Business Partners can leverage IBM technical expertise and development facilities, test applications in a network environment before releasing them, and explore new channels for products. This opportunity is available exclusively to members of PartnerWorld for Developers, the developer resource for IBM Business Partners. And to support the growing number of opportunities for Parlay in Europe, the Developer Center for Telecom and e-business will be also be extended to the IBM Mobile Solutions Lab in Helsinki, Finland. In addition, a Rapid Porting team has been established to accelerate application ports to WebSphere Telecom Application Server.

The new solutions announced today add to a portfolio that includes software that extends IBM's popular WebSphere platform to smart machines, wireless devices and networks, and solutions that enable enterprises to deploy applications and data to mobile workforces. The company has built a services force of 10,000 wireless consultants, and in June 2002 was highlighted by International Data Corporation as "by far the leading provider of mobile and wireless professional services." Through an innovative wireless ROI tool based on thousands of customer engagements, the company is helping customers achieve higher productivity from the deployment of wireless solutions. The announcements also build on IBM's continued momentum of aligning with strategic industry players across the pervasive computing ecosystem. Through its pervasive computing division, IBM provides the flexibility for the on demand era, extending the infrastructure to new devices and new forms of interaction.

About IBM

IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. Drawing on resources from across IBM and key business partners, IBM offers a wide range of services, solutions and technologies that enable customers to take full advantage of the on demand era. More information about IBM can be found on the web at www.ibm.com.



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Contact:
IBM
Mike Maney, 914/766-3366
mmaney@us.ibm.com

Sony Ericsson Unveils Its First Commercial 3G Phone
Monday February 17, 9:02 am ET


LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 2003--Today, at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France, Sony Ericsson unveiled the Z1010 dual mode UMTS/GSM-GPRS phone.
The clamshell Z1010 is designed to give consumers the best possible experience of imaging, messaging and connectivity applications using 3G. Optimised for video conferencing and video applications, it features two inbuilt cameras, two displays, video support and a host of other features.

This fully featured dual mode UMTS/GSM-GPRS mobile phone will be Sony Ericsson's first in a line of 3G-products made available for the consumer market. It is demonstrated featuring video calls and streaming video applications, in a live 3G network in Cannes. The Z1010 focuses on easy-to-use multimedia messaging, taking advantage of the capacity and capability of 3G networks. For this, the clamshell Z1010 features two displays and two cameras. The main display is a full graphic 65K colour display and a grey scale status display is located on the front panel of the phone, for easy access to information when the phone is closed.

The integrated camera is easy to use for capturing still images and video, which can then be sent as MMS or e-mail. There is also a dedicated video call camera placed below the main display, so while the camera is filming the user, he or she can watch the other party in the display. To be able to easily move information between the Z1010 and other devices, as well as for memory extension, the phone features Sony Memory Stick Duo(TM) technology which makes it easy to transfer images, video clips and music files to and from the phone.

"We are showing this product now to support operators' commercial 3G launch programmes and to inspire users and application developers with full 3G functionality support. 2003 will be the year when the industry will have to focus heavily on interoperability and standardisation in order to launch attractive 3G services and applications," says Jan Wareby, Corporate Executive VP, Head of Sales and Marketing at Sony Ericsson. "Supporting this process is definitely one of Sony Ericsson's strengths thanks to our Ericsson heritage, closeness to the operators and the fact that we were the first ones to carry out hand-over between GSM and 3G in September 2002," says Mr Wareby.

The Z1010 is shipping to operators already for interoperability testing (IOT). Upon completion of IOT during Q2, there will be full commercial availability to support operator launch programmes during the second half of 2003. Sony Ericsson has been shipping UMTS network test phones to selected operator customers since the middle of 2002 and in September announced, together with Ericsson, the first live, dual mode UMTS/GSM calls with seamless handover between the two modes. The demonstration, which included high data rate in live UMTS/GSM networks, was done on Sony Ericsson test units based on a commercial platform developed by Ericsson Mobile Platforms and it is also on this platform that the Z1010 is based.

Z1010 product features:

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Imaging Entertainment
Video Call Audio and video:
TwinCam MPEG 4, H.263, MP3, ACC, AMR
VGA for still UMTS 384kbit downlink
QCIF for video Polyphonic Sound 24 voices
UMTS 64kbits uplink WAP2.0
GPRS 4+2 Java MIDP 1.0
Dual displays:
176x220 pixels/65 536 colors
101x80 pixels/4-level grey scale
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Messaging Connectivity
SMS/EMS/MMS/MMS video Bluetooth long range
Wireless village Sony Memory stick Duo(TM), 16MB
e-mail included
USB true connector - 12Mbit
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Bluesoft Announces New Bluetooth and Wireless LAN Positioning Platforms That Enable Security and Productivity Applications for the Healthcare, Supply Chain Management, Retail, and Corporate Enterprise Markets
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Bluesoft announced today two new products that provide integrated, low-cost positioning platforms for application developers in the Bluetooth(TM) and Wi-Fi(TM) wireless LAN markets. These platforms provide the capability to use accurate and reliable distance measurement and location technology over standard wireless communications networks. They enable applications such as supply-chain asset location, automatic PC user authentication and logoff in enterprise and healthcare environments, and location-based wireless security.

Bluesoft, based in San Mateo, Calif., made the announcement at IDG Executive Forums' DEMO 2003 conference in Scottsdale, Ariz.

"The rapid spread of mobile computing and real-time business process management is driving demand for better wireless applications. Until today, very few application developers, OEMs and system integrators who build short-range wireless applications have been able to exploit distance and location information to improve their applications. This is because the technology to achieve this has been proprietary, stand-alone and very expensive. Bluesoft has overcome significant technology hurdles to provide cost-effective and easy-to-implement solutions," said Yuval Bar-Gil, CEO of Bluesoft.

"By integrating positioning technology with standard wireless data platforms, Bluesoft makes enterprise-class positioning applications easier to implement at much lower cost. We are delighted to feature Bluesoft at the DEMO 2003 Conference," said Chris Shipley, Executive Producer of IDG's DEMO Conferences.

Bluetooth Positioning Module

Bluesoft's Bluetooth positioning module provides full Bluetooth functionality with the addition of Bluesoft's patented technology, which enables accurate (1 meter) distance measurement between a pair of modules. The Bluetooth capability supports standard voice and data communications capabilities and includes enough processing power and memory to run low-power, hostless embedded applications. An evaluation and development kit is available that allows testing and software development. The module will be available in volume quantities from May 2003.

"Bluesoft's distance measurement technology is designed to provide high accuracy and reliability. They combine high-speed peer-to-peer networking and distance measurement in a compact module," said Jim Kardach, principal engineer at Intel Corporation and former head of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group. "Bluesoft's solution offers tight integration with the Bluetooth standard."

Bluesoft already has several design wins for the technology. A system for authenticating doctors and nurses in hospitals and automatically logging them onto the hospital network based on their distance from a PC workstation is also under development in cooperation with a major healthcare software vendor. This solution dramatically reduces the risk and potential liability of inadvertently revealing patient data when clinicians leave workstations unattended, while at the same time freeing clinicians of the need to constantly enter passwords. A novel sports application by Practice Caddie is in operation at golf courses in the United States. Other applications include automatic safety controls for workers near large industrial robots, a more secure keyless entry system for vehicles and automatic tracking of luggage in airports for security.

AeroScout(TM) WLAN Location System

Bluesoft's AeroScout WLAN location system is the first truly integrated location solution that can accurately locate standard Wi-Fi client devices, such as PDAs and laptops, in addition to AeroScout Tags that can be attached to other equipment. AeroScout is the only solution that can locate generic Wi- Fi client devices without loading any software or attaching tags. This vastly simplifies deployment and makes the system highly suitable for large public installations.

Application developers and system integrators can use a standard interface to develop location-based applications and achieve efficiencies in installation by using the WLAN's wired backbone for both location and data communications. An evaluation and development kit is available for installation, and Bluesoft is currently conducting trials of AeroScout with key customers and system integration partners for commercial launch in Q2 2003.

Applications for AeroScout include locating expensive medical devices in hospitals, reducing the high costs of searching for missing containers and trailers in ports and distribution centers, improving the layout of grocery stores by tracking the movement of shopping carts around the store and protecting wireless local area networks by locating unauthorized (so-called "rogue") access points and limiting access to those users physically inside a facility.

About Bluesoft

Bluesoft is the leading provider of positioning solutions to enhance security and usability of wireless networks, as well as enable indoor and campus location-based applications. Bluesoft is unique in its ability to add positioning (distance measurement and location