Alcatel officially launches China's first, real and open end-to-end 2.5G/3G environment

date: June 27, 2002

Alcatel officially launched its 3G Reality Centre in Shanghai - the first comprehensive, live, end-to-end environment for the development and testing of advanced mobile applications and data services in the fields of 2.5G/GPRS and 3G/UMTS in China. This builds on the first operational 3G infrastructure in China - set up by Alcatel - in October 2001, and leverages on Alcatel's worldwide 3G Reality Centre program.

By partnering with local content and applications providers in its Shanghai 3G Reality Centre, Alcatel will provide mobile operators in China and the rest of the Asia Pacific region with a window on the latest services that are being developed in China, the world's largest mobile market. This network will be a key asset for mobile operators, especially in China, as they look to develop a complete service offering and profitable business model for next-generation mobile services.

The Shanghai 3G Reality Centre is the flagship in Alcatel's rollout of a full network of 3G Reality Centres across the Asia Pacific region. Such Centres will be launched in Australia, South Korea, Japan and Malaysia as well.

By bringing together operators and content owners with a unique range of vertical expertise and geographical coverage, the Shanghai 3G Reality Centre offers partners business-enabling solutions to create value-added end-user mobile services.

The Shanghai Centre's strategic partners already include Fujitsu, long-term 3G infrastructure partner of Alcatel, as well as Intrinsic Technology of China and South Korea's WiderThan.com, leading wireless data enablers in the region. The Centre is mainly dedicated to customers in China, with Alcatel Shanghai Bell playing a key role in its establishment and future development.

"The Asia Pacific region is emerging as a real hotbed for proving the viability of 3G mobile applications and services. Our 3G Reality Centre in China, which now has the world's largest mobile subscriber population, offers mobile content developers and operators throughout the region a priceless opportunity to interact in an environment that stimulates the continual development of cutting-edge applications and services," said Ron Spithill, Alcatel Executive Vice President and Asia Pacific President.

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