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Novatel Wireless and Lucent Technologies to Develop Wireless Modems
for 3G UMTS Networks
August 14, 2002
Novatel Wireless, a provider of wireless data access solutions,
and Lucent Technologies today announced a joint development agreement
to create next-generation, high-speed wireless data products designed
to allow mobile users to access the internet and corporate networks
over the 3G Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) networks.
Under the terms of the agreement, Novatel Wireless will develop
multi-mode, multi-band UMTS/GPRS wireless PC card modems, while
Lucent will contribute research, development and marketing support.
The agreement is an important step in Lucent's strategy to accelerate
the introduction of 3G high-speed data solutions for mobile operators
and also underscores the company's focus on spread-spectrum technologies
such as UMTS and CDMA2000.
"Lucent has done substantial market research, and we see significant
pent-up demand for high-speed mobile data solutions, particularly
in the enterprise market segment," said John Marinho, vice president
of offer management, Lucent Mobility Solutions Group. "This agreement
with Novatel Wireless is an important step in our effort to help
UMTS operators introduce exciting new data services to business
users worldwide."
The new wireless modem cards from Novatel Wireless complement Lucent's
recently introduced portfolio of end-to-end solutions that will
allow business customers to access essential applications -- such
as e-mail, company databases and internal Web applications -- behind
firewalls via 3G wireless networks. These solutions will enable
mobile professionals to use their laptop PCs or PDAs to access their
corporate networks, and all the applications they normally use,
with the same level of security and usability they typically enjoy
in their office.
UMTS -- also known as Wideband CDMA (W-CDMA) -- is an advanced
and efficient wireless technology being introduced worldwide, and
an international 3G standard established by the International Telecommunications
Union (ITU). UMTS is a spread-spectrum technology designed to support
the 3G evolution needs of GSM, and other wireless network operators.
UMTS is expected to play a key role in creating the mass market
for high-quality wireless multimedia communications that -- according
to some estimates -- will exceed 2 billion users worldwide by the
year 2010. This market will be worth over 1 trillion US dollars
to mobile operators over the next ten years, according to the ITU.
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