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Ericsson
claims first live GPRS
[February 2nd 2000] In an industry first, Ericsson demonstrates a
live end-to-end live GPRS network, complete with WAP applications over GPRS and
a first prototype GPRS phone. The Ericsson GPRS (General Packet Radio Service)
phone used for the demonstrations at the GSM World Congress in Cannes, is the
first fully working prototype in the industry to be shown in a live end-to-end
GPRS network. The GPRS phone used for the demonstrations is a fully working prototype,
its exterior design being based on the Ericsson R320 GSM WAP-phone. Inside the
prototype phone, there is breakthrough technology, which handles both GPRS and
GSM. Ericsson will launch pre-commercial GPRS phones toward the end of this year
and expects commercial volumes during first quarter 2001. Commercial products
will not look like the prototype and will incorporate a range of sophisticated
technologies, which together with GPRS will enable a broad spectrum of both
communication and information functionalities. Ericsson is demonstrating WAP over GPRS using its MC218
WAP-compatible terminal, which is connected to the GPRS prototype phone. The
applications are running on a portable PC. The PC is connected to the Ericsson
GPRS prototype phone via an infrared connection. The live end-to-end GPRS
network includes radio network and infrastructure, user interfaces, billing
systems and network management. GPRS is an ideal bearer for WAP as it is
dedicated to and especially designed for data communications. The introduction
of WAP over GPRS is a significant development towards the true mobile Internet. Two of the applications on show are Microsoft Chat and a Lotto System.
Chat allows participants using a GPRS mobile phone to converse using text, or
cartoon characters representing themselves. Lotto enables users to select
lottery numbers using a graphical interface on the Ericsson GPRS prototype
phone, and submit them to a Lotto server. Other applications being demonstrated
over the live Ericsson GPRS network include Web browsing, e-mail and FTP file
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