Telecom New Zealand taps Lucent, OpenWave for WAP launch
As the foundation of the Openwave(tm) Services OS(tm), the Mobile Access Gateway enables Telecom New Zealand to increase revenue opportunities by offering highly compelling wireless services to its customers while its scalable architecture provides a solid foundation for next generation, innovative services.
The Mobile Access Gateway will run on Telecom New Zealand's new CDMA network beginning mid-year 2001. The CDMA network will provide customers with access to the Internet and highly individualized services. Using Openwave's Mobile Access Gateway, Telecom New Zealand can offer its subscribers a broad range of Internet-based wireless services, including info-on-demand services such as financial news, weather and stock quotes.
Lucent will work closely with Telecom New Zealand to facilitate a quick time-to-market. In addition, Lucent will work with Openwave and Telecom New Zealand to continuously innovate on new value added service offerings to end consumers.
"This relationship with Telecom New Zealand allows Openwave to ignite a new region," said Paul Adkins, General Manager for Openwave Systems in Asia Pacific. "We're proud to work with Lucent to expedite Telecom New Zealand's time-to-market in delivering leading-edge, value-added wireless technology to attract, retain and grow their subscribers base."
As the market leader for the mobile Internet, Openwave software has already been deployed in more than 70 percent of the world's Internet-enabled phones. Additionally, components of the Services OS have been deployed by mobile operators who service more than 50 percent of the world's mobile subscribers.
About New Zealand Telecom
Telecom, New Zealand's principal supplier of telecommunications, provides fixed line, mobile, data and Internet services as well as online solutions to consumer, business and corporate customers in both New Zealand and Australia.
About Lucent Technologies
Lucent Technologies has some 160 CDMA networks either in commercial service or under construction for more than 40 companies like Telecom around the world. More than 22,000 Lucent CDMA base stations that are on the air handle on average 160 million calls daily. Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., USA, designs and delivers the systems, software and services for next-generation communications networks for service providers and enterprises. Backed by the research and development of Bell Labs, Lucent focuses on high-growth areas such as broadband and mobile Internet infrastructure; communications software; Web-based enterprise solutions that link private and public networks; and professional network design and consulting services. For more information on Lucent Technologies, visit its Web site at http://www.lucent.com.
About Openwave
Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV) is the worldwide leader of open IP-based communication infrastructure software and applications. Openwave is a global company headquartered in Redwood City, California. For more information, please visit www.openwave.com.
Source: Lucent
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