SWINDON, U.K.-France Telecom said Motorola Inc.’s Network Solutions Sector this summer will set up a General Packet Radio Service field trial on France Telecom’s Itineris Global System for Mobile communications network in the Lille area of northern France.
“The future of mobile communications lies in the convergence of the wireless networks we see today with the power of the Internet,” said Benoit Eymard, director, operations and development, France Telecom.
Motorola’s NSS also will deliver GPRS capability to Cellnet, the United Kingdom-based GSM mobile phone operator, in a $50 million deal that includes development and implementation of a core wireless data network, which enables Internet browsing and Internet protocol-based services from subscribers’ mobile phones.
