SOUTH KOREA
The W Seoul Walkerhill Hotel has implemented a voice-over-wireless local area network solution from Nortel Networks Ltd. and its channel partner ECS Telecom to enable mobile communications for its hotel management and staff. “This is the first introduction of our VoWLAN technology in Korea,” said Soo-jin Chung, managing director of Nortel Networks Korea. “We were selected to supply this WLAN Internet Protocol telephony solution because of its high voice quality, convenience of use and ability to support text messaging, as well as the future-proof scalability of our WLAN product portfolio.” Nortel’s WLAN Handsets 2211, which Nortel said provide robust coverage and clear voice quality as well as walkie-talkie capabilities, are being used on the network.
FINLAND
Finnair airline customers can check in for flights by sending text messages beginning next month, the carrier said. Finnair Plus cardholders who don’t need to check their bags can receive text messages from the airline with flight details including seat numbers. Passengers reply via their handsets, confirming the seat assignments. The service will be used on all international flights departing from Helsinki and Stockholm, Sweden. Finnair said it won’t charge passengers for the service, which can be used on all handsets and networks.
BRAZIL
Brazil’s largest wireless carrier VIVO launched a trial of Motorola Inc.’s CDMA2000 1xEV-DO high-speed mobile broadband network solution on the carrier’s network in Curitiba, Paran
