E-Plus in Germany to deploy 3G UMTS high speed data cards developed by Lucent and Novatel Wireless

Mobile Internet, The, April, 2004

Lucent and Novatel Wireless announced that E-Plus in Germany has been supplied with Merlin U530 UMTS Wireless PC card modems--jointly developed by Lucent and Novatel Wireless--for the roll-out of its 3G UMTS network. The cards will enable E-Plus to offer business customers secure enhanced services such as mobile access to e-mail with large attachments and other information stored behind corporate firewalls at speeds of up to 384Kbit/s. Consumer customers will profit from fast services such as high-quality streaming video and audio.

The two companies are supplying E-Plus with Merlin U530 cards, system software and services to support the commercial launch of its 3G service in June 2004. By plugging the PC cards into a laptop and installing the necessary client software, network users will be able to access the UMTS network. The solution also will support customers as they roam between UMTS, GPRS and in future Wireless Local Area (WLAN) or "Wi-Fi" networks. The commercial roll-out, maintenance, and installation will be carried out by Lucent Worldwide Services, the services arm of Lucent Technologies.