Alcatel has been selected by Bouygues Telecom to configure and test the Alcatel 8607 Assisted GPS (Global Positioning System) Positioning Server in the Bouygues Telecom mobile communications network. As part of Bouygues Telecom`s A-GPS field trial campaign, Alcatel has supplied its A-GPS infrastructure for a period of two months, during which time the technology was evaluated with an aim to introduce A-GPS technology in i-mode services within the coming years.
With the increased accuracy of Assisted GPS, Bouygues Telecom can provide its customers with high accuracy positioning for location based applications such as detailed driving instructions and high resolution fleet management. The added accuracy can also be efficiently integrated with position sensitive wireless gaming and location based shopping promotional devices, such as coupons and time-sensitive specials.
Alcatel is providing the trial system to Bouygues Telecom as part of Alcatel`s standard Assisted GPS pre-launch assistance package, which includes a complete turn-key Assisted GPS trial system and extensive business support. Thus a complete, detailed Assisted GPS business case for the wireless operator is available. Alcatel, as a world leader in location services, is dedicated to Assisted GPS positioning and is offering the Assisted GPS pre-launch assistance package to carriers world wide as a way to accelerate the high-accuracy location services market.
Alcatel is the first communications network supplier to bring high accuracy Assisted GPS positioning to the GSM mobile networks market. Alcatel`s solution is the only commercially available solution that fully supports 3GPP location standards and works with any vendor`s 3GPP compatible Assisted GPS handsets, MSCs (Mobile Switching Center) or BSC (Base Station Controller).
"Alcatel`s pre-launch assistance package makes our trial of these advanced Assisted GPS service offerings very easy and convenient to take on the effort on our own," declared Georges Passet, Chief Technology Officer of Bouygues Telecom.
"Assisted GPS is one of the most promising methods in location based services," added Jean-Michel Cornille, President of Alcatel Mobile Solution Division. "We are very pleased to provide Bouygues Telecom with Alcatel`s state-of-the-art Assisted GPS solution, which contributes to reinforcing our partnership in the application field."
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Becoming the provider of choice for mobile communication services is Bouygues Telecom`s ambition as it seeks to give its customers the best. That is why it launched i-mode in November 2002. To date, 300,000 customers in France are using this pocket Internet service to access 184 handy sites for daily life and exchange e-mails via messaging services worldwide. In order to meet its customers` expectations, Bouygues Telecom is continuing to improve its network performance (it came first or joint first in 67 of the 92 tests carried out by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority in its 2002 quality survey), and offers a free 20-minute, no-strings test. The company is also one of the leading mobile phone operators worldwide with international coverage spanning 170 countries.
i-mode and the i-mode logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in Japan and other countries.
Alcatel
Alcatel provides end-to-end communications solutions, enabling carriers, service providers and enterprises to deliver content to any type of user, anywhere in the world. Leveraging its long-term leadership in telecommunications networks equipment as well as its expertise in applications and network services, Alcatel enables its customers to focus on optimizing their service offerings and revenue streams. With sales of EURO 16.5 billion in 2002, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries.
Alcatel is now the world`s fastest growing GSM/GPRS and EDGE supplier. Alcatel has established a dominant position in today`s expanding emerging markets, where it is now the leader, with a 25% share. Alcatel`s diversified portfolio of over 150 mobile operators includes a strong segment of greenfield operators - in Central & Eastern Europe, Asia-Pacific and Africa & the Middle-East - which are poised for the most rapid expansion. Alcatel`s highly efficient business model implemented through its Evolium radio & core solutions - GPRS and EDGE ready, has significantly contributed to this success. Alcatel offers mobile operators a GSM 800, 900, 1800 and 1900MHz end-to-end solution offering, including radio access and core network systems, services platform and mobile terminals. Moreover, the company is expanding its offering in advanced applications and services. Alcatel`s application portfolio leverages and extends the value of telecom networks. Alcatel`s Open Service Delivery Engine is the ideal applications environment based on next generation IN and J2EE technology. It enables the implementation of a wide range of applications such as network proxies, WAP or SMS gateways, messaging solutions such as UMS or MMS, 0800 and 0900 services, mobile or fixed VPN solutions, a complete and convergent real-time payment chain. Alcatel`s UMTS solutions are a reality today, with more than 20 UMTS pilot networks delivered in Europe and in Asia. Evolium SAS, the Alcatel-Fujitsu joint venture, delivers a mobile infrastructure that is 3GPP-compliant, field-proven and capitalizes on Japanese 3G technical and field experience.
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