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13th November 2003 - Alcatel, and Intel announced the
signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly
promote advanced mobile Internet applications using
a Linux operating environment in China. The MOU was
signed through Alcatel Shanghai Bell, Alcatel's flagship
Chinese company.
Under the terms of the MOU, Alcatel and Intel will
together help mobile service providers to identify and
design mobile Internet applications, leveraging Alcatel's
existing 3G Reality Centre (3GRC) in Shanghai.
Alcatel's mobile Internet applications will run on
the Intel® Xeon? processor using a Linux operating environment.
In addition, these applications will benefit from an
innovative software architecture (the Alcatel Proxy
Platform software) that guarantees superior performance.
The industry record setting performance of Alcatel's
MMS solution was demonstrated in May this year during
an intensive testing campaign commissioned by Intel
and implemented in the US by the Tolly Group, an independent
US laboratory. This optimized hardware and software
configuration allows Alcatel's mobile Internet applications
to be cost-effective and evolutionary.
Intel will be providing technology expertise and modular
building blocks based on the Intel technologies such
as the Intel Xeon processor family that adhere to strict
industry reliability requirements at an affordable price.
The Alcatel Nx Proxy Platform software brings unmatched
ease of implementation and maximum scalability. Furthermore,
it benefits from Intel's standard-based modular telecommunications
platforms and from the well-established roadmap of the
leading-edge Intel technologies such as the Xeon processor
family. As a result, Alcatel's mobile Internet application
solutions allow the mobile service providers to significantly
reduce their CAPEX and OPEX, and offer a highly cost-effective
and flexible solution.
"The cooperation with Intel will strengthen Alcatel's
capability to provide cost-effective and highly reliable
mobile Internet applications to wireless service providers,"
said Andrew Young, President of Alcatel Shanghai Bell.
"Besides purely voice calls and entry-level mobile data
services such as SMS, end-users expect more interesting
mobile services. Thanks to this strategic agreement
with Intel, we will help mobile service providers to
further develop new value-added applications in order
to meet advanced end-users' needs, specifically in China
one of the strongest booming mobile market in the world.
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"Telecommunications equipment manufacturers (TEMs)
and carriers are increasingly realizing the value of
moving to modular systems based on open, interoperable
hardware and software building blocks that bring significant
flexibility and cost efficiency," said Ian Yang, country
manager for Intel in China. "We are excited that Alcatel
shares this vision and helping to drive standards-based
systems for the telecommunications industry. This acknowledges
the value of Intel servers and communications building
blocks and demonstrates the convergence of computing
and communications technologies. Intel will continue
to work with leading companies like Alcatel to enable
solutions, silicon, software and platform modular building
blocks for TEMs and carriers in China, helping them
to reduce costs, improve performance, accelerate time-to-market
and time-in-market of products and services."
Initial projects on which the two companies will focus
include WAP gateway, Charging proxy, Multi Media Messaging
(MMS) and other mobile internet application solutions.
These solutions will be tested in Alcatel's 3G Reality
Centre (3GRC) in Shanghai before being introduced to
mobile service providers in the Asia Pacific region
and then in the rest of the world.
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