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Sun Microsystems Works With Sprint to Power Enhanced Third Generation Network And PCS Vision(SM) Services
SANTA CLARA, Calif. and OVERLAND PARK, Kansas -- August 26, 2002 -- Sun
Microsystems, Inc. today announced that Sun products and technologies
provide valuable infrastructure and service delivery technology for Sprint's
PCS Vision(sm) - the company's revolutionary Third Generation (3G) wireless
products and services - and the upgraded 3G 1X wireless network - that
recently debuted nationwide.
Sprint, a pioneer in communications network technologies, and Sun
Microsystems, an innovator of Internet systems and software, are delivering
the first nationwide convergence of Internet services, wireless data and
voice to consumers and business people. Both companies share the common
vision that next generation services must be based on open standards that
support rapid innovation and faster time to market. This initiative builds
on the existing alliance between Sprint and Sun to deliver integrated
customer solutions.
Working end-to-end from the backend server system to the mobile handset,
Sun's technologies, including Sun(tm)ONE software, Java (tm) technology and
Sun servers, give Sprint a scalable, secure standards-based platform for the
delivery of interactive wireless data services to Sprint's more than 15
million wireless customers.
"Sun Microsystems has played a pivotal role in our migration to next
generation Network services," said William T. Esrey, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Sprint. "As the convergence of the Internet and
wireless technology gains momentum in the market, we will continue to rely
on Sun's technologies -- both hardware and software -- to provide the
scalability and reliability we need to successfully change the way Sprint
wireless customers work, learn, play and communicate."
Initially, PCS Vision from Sprint will include services that allow consumer
and business customers to use their Vision-enabled PCS Devices to take and
receive pictures, check personal and corporate e-mail, play games with
full-color graphics and polyphonic sounds and browse the Internet wirelessly
with speeds comparable to a home computer's dial-up connection. Sprint plans
to continue enriching the customer experience throughout the remainder of
this year and into 2003 with an evolving set of applications, content and
new capabilities such as streaming audio and video, and even faster data
speeds.
"The shift to providing clarity you can see and hear has revolutionized
virtually every aspect of wireless service from Sprint," said Esrey. "And
Sun technology touches many areas."
Because Sprint required a high degree of service availability and uptime,
the company chose Sun Netra (tm) and Sun Fire (tm) servers running Sun ONE
software to build the foundation of their 3G network. Sprint's commitment to
open standards has been further emphasized by the choice of the Java 2
Platform, Micro Edition(tm) (J2ME(tm)) as the content platform for the
delivery of a vast array of applications and content to Sprint customers.
Sun Professional Services and Java Engineering were also tapped by Sprint to
provide consulting services for Sprint Vision Wireless Services.
"Sprint's 3G launch is a significant event both for the wireless industry
and Sun," said Scott McNealy, Chairman, President and CEO, Sun Microsystems.
"Sprint's approach is an example of end-to-end design in action. By choosing
Sun's open-standards based architecture, Sprint is now able to rapidly
expand their 3G Network in order to add services that will meet customer
needs as they arise."
About Sprint
Sprint is a global communications company serving more than 26 million
business and residential customers in over 70 countries. With approximately
75,000 employees worldwide and more than $26 billion in annual revenues,
Sprint is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying
state-of-the-art network technologies, including the United States' first
nationwide all-digital, fiber-optic network. Sprint's award-winning Tier 1
Internet backbone is being extended to key global markets to provide
customers with a broad portfolio of scalable IP products. Sprint's
high-capacity, high-speed network gives customers fast, dependable, nonstop
access to the vast majority of the world's Internet content. Sprint also
operates the largest 100-percent digital, nationwide PCS wireless network in
the United States, including more than 4,000 cities and communities.
About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- "The Network Is The
Computer[tm]" -- has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) to its
position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and
services that make the Net work. Sun can be found in more than 170 countries
and on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com.
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