ATLANTA, United States—Cingular Wireless reported it has begun field testing GAIT technology, which would allow customers to roam seamlessly between its TDMA and GSM networks as part of its network transition from TDMA to GSM.
Cingular said the testing includes the world’s first GAIT-compliant phone allowing users to access GSM, TDMA and analog networks and is occurring throughout its markets with most of the focus in the Southeast.
Testing is scheduled to continue through next month, with the first market launch planned for March and rollouts continuing throughout the year.
Lucent Technologies said it is providing its Interworking Interoperability Function Gateway software to Cingular to help facilitate the testing and eventual deployment of GAIT technology on its network.
