NEW ORLEANS-While Florida State was the main story at the Nokia-sponsored Sugar Bowl, wireless communications was making its own news with the first successful completion of a two-way transmission of short messaging service using an Internet application on a Time Division Multiple Access network.
The trial included composing and sending a short text message from a mobile phone to another person’s phone and receiving a message delivery acknowledgement; composing and sending an original manual reply or acknowledgement to a received message; originating a mobile text command to enter the Florida State and Virginia Tech Web pages to receive team trivia and statistics; and composing and sending an e-mail message from the mobile phone to any e-mail address on the Internet.
TeleCorp PCS Inc., Lucent Technologies Inc., Nokia and TeleCommunication Systems Inc. all played a part in the event.
“This successful trial is a significant step for all the players involved,” said Gerald T. Vento, chairman and chief executive officer of TeleCorp PCS. “It demonstrates the flexibility and stability of our SunCom network here in New Orleans to deliver short messaging services and Internet applications; the sophistication of Lucent’s infrastructure; the compatibility and advanced capabilities of the Nokia handset; and the software and integration savvy of TeleCommunication Systems. We all worked together as a team, and the results are exciting.”
The service will not be commercially available until later this year, according to TeleCorp PCS.
