PARIS-Alcatel, Schlumberger and Sendit introduced a wireless application, based on the Global System for Mobile communications smart card, for adding Internet e-mail capability to mobile phones, said the companies. The application was launched last week at the GSM World Congress in Cannes, France.
The companies said the application is designed to deliver Internet-based e-mail and other services to mobile users at low cost by using the independent computing capability of the subscriber identity modules incorporated into digital cellular phones. A number of bundled packages will be released soon, said the companies.
The mobile terminal is Alcatel’s One Touch PRO, a GSM phone that includes a large graphical display to accommodate the menu-based functions.
