ORLANDO, Fla.-Unwired Planet Inc. released its UP.Link Platform Version 3.1 with Wireless Markup Language support at PCS ’98.
The platform, which includes the UP.Link Server and UP.Browser, now can deliver WML content from industry-standard Web servers to wireless handsets and is Wireless Application Protocol compliant.
The company will be releasing a software developers kit this month, allowing content developers to create WML applications as soon as possible. “We are introducing WML support today to allow application and content developers to create WAP-compatible applications as soon as possible,” said Alain Rossmann, chairman and chief executive officer of Unwired Planet.
The platform is expected to bring several types of functionality to wireless handsets, such as access to customer-care information and other Internet content. One example was demonstrated at the Qualcomm booth at the show, where Unwired Planet for the first time publicly accessed Internet information from a Qualcomm QCP-2700 Code Division Multiple Access handset using the UP.Browser function. The demonstration used CDMA infrastructure from Lucent Technologies Inc. and 3Com Corp.’s Quick Net Connect for CDMA IS-99 services.
The Electronic Customer Care application was developed to lower call center costs. Unwired Planet said half of the phone calls to customer service lines are for frequently asked questions. Electric Customer Care makes such commonly requested material available on the Internet, and by using the UP.Browser application users can find the answer to their questions without needing to talk to a paid operator.
In other Unwired Planet news, Sony Electronics’ Personal Mobile Communications-America announced it licensed the company’s microbrowser to integrate with its CDMA technology. Sony is designing products with the UP.Browser software for consumer handsets.
