Flextronics en Microsoft kondigen op Windows Mobile gebaseerd platform aan voor OEM's
Flextronics en Microsoft kondigen de Peabody aan, een GSM/GPRS mobiele telefoonplatform dat ontwikkeld en geïntegreerd is door Flextronics en gebaseerd is Microsoft Windows Mobile software. De Peabody is een laaggeprijsd Original Design & Manufacture (ODM) platform met veel functionaliteit en alleen beschikbaar voor Original Equipment Manufacturers die het apparaat snel en tegen lage kosten in hoge volumes op de markt kunnen brengen.
Microsoft lanceert Connected Services Framework om het creëren en implementeren van telecommunicatiediensten te versnellen
Het Microsoft Connected Services Framework is vanaf vandaag algemeen beschikbaar. Het is een geïntegreerde software-oplossing waarmee telecommunicatie-operators en service providers geconvergeerde communicatie services kunnen aanbieden voor meerder netwerken en verschillende typen apparatuur. Met het Connected Services Framework kunnen operators van vaste en draadloze netwerken de kosten en tijd die met de implementatie van services zijn gemoeid reduceren, door de bestaande infrastructuur efficiënter te gebruiken. Ook kunnen zij extra omzet genereren met nieuwe services.
Flextronics and Microsoft Announce Windows Mobile-Based ODM Phone Platform for OEMs
CANNES, France - Feb. 14, 2005 - At the 16th annual 3GSM World Congress today, Flextronics (NASDAQ: FLEX) and Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq "MSFT") announced Peabody, a GSM/GPRS mobile phone platform designed and integrated by Flextronics based on Microsoft® Windows Mobile(tm) software. Available only to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), Peabody is a low-cost, feature-rich Original Design & Manufacture (ODM) platform developed by both companies. Peabody can be brought to market quickly, cost-effectively and at high volumes.
Flextronics is one of the largest mobile phone manufacturers worldwide and is the leading Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider. The company's extensive ODM mobile phone development experience makes Flextronics a strategic partner for the creation of a complete ODM mobile phone platform, such as Peabody.
"As mobile phones become increasingly customized consumer products, OEMs are under pressure to produce low-cost, feature-rich phones that address the demands of this growing market," said Tom Deitrich, vice president of ODM Products, Flextronics. "Through ODM mobile phone platforms such as Peabody, Flextronics is providing OEMs with a cost-effective way to quickly expand their product lines and respond to market demands." He added: "Flextronics designed the Peabody platform based on Windows Mobile software, which delivers the substantial functionality required by OEMs while providing the flexibility for quick customization."
As a Window Mobile-based device, The Peabody mobile phone platform offers OEMs access to more than 18,000 applications for product line customization. These applications enable OEMs to meet the needs of their varied customers, ranging from businesses looking for vertical integration applications and messaging solutions to consumers seeking the latest in music, video, pictures and gaming possibilities.
"Flextronics' record of delivering highly integrated mobile phone platforms to markets around the world gives our joint OEM partners a strong go-to-market ally for smart devices," said Suzan DelBene, corporate vice president of the Mobile and Embedded Devices Division at Microsoft. "Our joint strengths allow us to deliver innovative and customizable device solutions based on the Windows Mobile platform that can be deployed quickly at competitive price points."
This collaboration is further evidence of growing traction for Microsoft's mobile offering, with Flextronics now delivering Peabody Windows Mobile-based devices globally. Flextronics also announced that it is developing a product family of devices based on next- generation Windows Mobile software for deployment on GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks.
About Flextronics
Headquartered in Singapore (Singapore Reg. No. 199002645H), Flextronics is the leading Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider focused on delivering innovative design and manufacturing services to technology companies. With fiscal year 2004 revenues of USD$14.5 billion, Flextronics is a major global operating company that helps customers design, build, ship, and service electronics products through a network of facilities in 32 countries on five continents. This global presence provides customers with complete design, engineering, and manufacturing resources that are vertically integrated with component capabilities to optimize their operations by lowering their costs and reducing their time to market. For more information, please visit www.flextronics.com. For more information on the Peabody please contact handheld@flextronics.com.
Microsoft Launches Connected Services Framework to Accelerate Creation and Deployment of Telecommunications Services
Solution Allows Service Providers to Reduce Time to Market, Improve Competitiveness; Leading Operators BT, Bell Canada and Celcom Malaysia Implementing Connected Services Framework
CANNES, France - Feb. 14, 2005 - Today at 3GSM World Congress 2005, Microsoft Corp. announced the general availability of the Microsoft® Connected Services Framework, an integrated software solution that allows telecommunications operators and service providers to deliver converged communications services across multiple networks and a range of device types. With the Connected Services Framework in place, wireless and wireline operators can reduce the cost and time of service deployment, more efficiently utilise existing infrastructure, and generate additional revenue through new services.
"Today, everyone talks about convergence, but telecommunications providers are still struggling to make this a reality," said Maria Martinez, corporate vice president of the Communications Sector at Microsoft. "They are faced with disparate networks, services that reside in silos and complex legacy back-office systems, factors that make it nearly impossible to quickly and cost-effectively deliver key services to their customers. The Microsoft Connected Services Framework addresses this problem by delivering the critical service creation, deployment and management capabilities that allow operators to unite systems through a common service-oriented architecture. In a rapidly evolving market, the Microsoft Connected Services Framework enables operators to prosper from change."
The Microsoft Connected Services Framework is a server-based solution that works in conjunction with a suite of proven products from Microsoft, including Microsoft BizTalk® Server, Microsoft SQL Server(tm), Microsoft Windows Server(tm) and Microsoft Visual Studio® .NET, and provides a unified platform for creating, aggregating and managing converged services. By deploying the Connected Services Framework, operators can bring together not only Microsoft services such as Microsoft Solution for Hosted Exchange 2003, the Microsoft TV platform and Microsoft Office Live Communications Server, but also operator-developed services and a broad array of third-party services and content to create new combinations of services targeting specific customer segments. Importantly, the Connected Services Framework provides for smooth integration with a variety of operations support systems (OSS), business support systems (BSS) and network service products based on industry standards.
"In today's competitive environment, the ability to create and deliver the most sought-after services will separate the winners from the losers," said Lee Doyle, group vice president for Network Infrastructure at IDC. "Telecommunications operators need to continually create and deliver the latest services in order to attract new subscribers and increase the revenue generated per subscriber. With the Connected Services Framework, Microsoft takes a pragmatic approach to simplifying service delivery for operators. The Connected Services Framework hopes to unite networks, services and devices, enabling operators to rapidly offer new services with less complexity and less cost."
In related news, Microsoft announced that leading telecommunications operators BT, Bell Canada and Celcom Malaysia are deploying the Microsoft Connected Services Framework to facilitate the delivery of services to their customers.
"Microsoft's Connected Services Framework can remove the complexity involved in delivering a variety of services," said Norman Street, program director for Internet Application and Technology at BT Retail Internet Operations. "The Connected Services Framework provides a plug-and-play facility through which we can rapidly and cost-effectively launch new Internet-hosted services to businesses throughout the United Kingdom. Because the Connected Services Framework can dramatically reduce the six- to nine-month time it used to take to add new services, we can be much more agile and creative in what we offer to the market. In conjunction with third parties, we can quickly and easily offer new services and find the ones that will have the most success."
Availability
The Microsoft Connected Services Framework is generally available today.
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