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3Com and Sprint PCS Recognized for Networking Excellence with SUPERQuest Award

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Sprint PCS Wireless Web, developed in partnership with 3Com, has been named winner of the 2000 SUPERQuest Award for excellence in networking. The award recognizes the best new wireless or mobile network or service introduced in 1999. 3Com's technology plays a critical role in the Sprint PCS Wireless Web service, providing the underlying wireless data access technology that enables users to access the internet and private networks.

Key Takeaways:

  • 3Com's technology provides the interworking and protocol conversions required to deliver circuit-switched data capabilities to mobile data users.
  • The CDMA IWF platform enables Sprint PCS users to access the internet through a WAP-capable CDMA mobile phone, establish dial-up connections through the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), and gain authenticated access to a home or private network using layer 2 tunneling technology.
  • The Quick Net Connect software feature from 3Com enables users to bypass the circuit-switched PSTN and rapidly establish direct digital connections to the internet and Intranets in as little as three seconds.
  • 3Com provides the network infrastructure platform that enables the easy-to-use, breakthrough service of the Sprint PCS Wireless Web, said LaMont Evans, vice president and general manager of Network Services, Sprint PCS.
  • Sprint PCS has set itself apart from other wireless service providers and added a new revenue source via its Wireless Web service, making it a wireless internet service provider, said Irfan Ali, senior vice president and general manager, 3Com Carrier Networks Business.
  • 3Com's innovations in wireless internet access technology in the mobile network are allowing service providers like Sprint PCS to launch exciting new services and applications for mobile users.
  • The CommWorks architecture, 3Com Carrier Networks Business' solution for multiservice packet-based networking, streamlines the migration from today's analog networks to next-generation, packet-based converged networks.
  • 3Com's wireless data equipment connects directly to wireless switches or radio access networks to provide interworking and protocol conversions required to deliver both circuit-switched and packet-switched data capabilities to mobile data users.

Statistics:

  • The Sprint PCS Wireless Web service has introduced four million subscribers nationwide.
  • The Quick Net Connect software feature from 3Com enables users to establish direct digital connections to the internet and Intranets in as little as three seconds.
  • Modem dial-up connections can take 20-40 seconds to establish.
  • Sprint PCS has licensed PCS coverage of nearly 270 million people in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Sources:

  • BUSINESS WIRE, "Sprint PCS Wireless Web Named Winner of 2000 SUPERQuest Award for Excellence in Networking"
  • 3Com Corporation press release, "3Com Carrier Networks Business Cited for its Critical Role in Sprint PCS Wireless Web Service"
  • Sprint PCS website, "About Sprint PCS"
  • 3Com Corporation website, "About 3Com Corporation"

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