Numerous wireless companies are making product and partnership announcements at SuperComm in Atlanta this week. Here is a roundup of the news and announcements:
- SandCherry Inc. and BEA Systems Inc. introduced a joint solution based on the SandCherry SoftServer platform and the new BEA WebLogic Service Delivery to speed, simplify and extend service deployments in the telecommunications industry.
“With this solution, telecom operators can economically extend customer service, work force management, interactive messaging, information services and enhanced network service applications to every phone, wired or wireless, without investing in costly and cumbersome standalone systems just for speech solutions,” explained Charles Corfield, chief executive officer of SandCherry.
- Navini Networks said it has launched a new base station, known as the Navini Ripwave “towertop” base station, for its non-line-of-sight wide area wireless broadband solution.
“The new base station is lighter, smaller and more powerful, and will allow service providers to install systems more quickly,” said the company.
- Ubiquity announced its SIP Application Partner Program focused on bringing mobile and wireline SIP-based communications applications to service providers worldwide through joint development, marketing and sales activities.
- Vivato said it successfully completed trials of its 2.4 GHz Indoor Wi-Fi switch at the Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC) in Atlanta, and the product is now being evaluated by the Georgia World Congress Center Authority, which operates the GWCC, the Georgia Dome and Centennial Olympic Park.
“We’re very enthusiastic about expanding Wi-Fi access throughout the GWCCA’s properties and helping customers and in-house facilities staff to provide value-added services to attendees and visitors,” said Jake Rakestraw, network operations manager for CCLD, which provides communications for the GWCC.
- ZyXEL released the ZyAIR B-4000 wireless service gateway, which it calls a “hot spot in a box,” to be used for wireless billing and receipt printing by commercial businesses and retail outlets. With the product, small businesses can easily and cost effectively install hot spot access points for wireless connectivity.
- U.S. Robotics released its 802.11g Wireless Turbo line, which includes a router, multi-function access point, PCI adapter and PC card, and features U.S. Robotics’ Accelerator Technology.
“U.S. Robotics’ exclusive Accelerator Technology provides our Wireless Turbo users with 54 Mbps accelerated to 100 Mbps performance,” explained Kevin Goulet, director of product management for U.S. Robotics. “The new portfolio is actually capable of delivering data with the fastest throughputs available-nearly double over other 802.11g products.”
The company also released its Secure Storage Router Pro, a secure, expandable broadband router with network attached storage and virtual private network capabilities that enable it to act as a dedicated file server.
- VeriSign Inc. teamed with Steleus to launch a set of network analysis services, including revenue assurance and network optimization tools to protect revenue streams and improve service quality. VeriSign also announced Alltel renewed its multi-year contract for VeriSign’s Smartpay prepaid wireless service to support Alltel’s prepaid wireless calling plans in its markets, which cover 26 states.
- Telcordia Technologies partnered with Granite Systems to integrate Telcordia’s next-generation operational support systems portfolio with Granite’s X System inventory solution.
“By working with Granite, Telcordia provides exceptional activation and assurance capabilities complementing Granite’s inventory system thus permitting their customers to reduce time to market for new services by rapidly activating these services and improving service reliability,” said Ragui Kamel, group president of new-generation systems at Telcordia.
