Java is making mobile data services happen

India, Bangalore -- February 24, 2004 -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. the creator and leading advocate for Java technology, today announced at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France, key new products, programs and partnerships for operators, handset manufacturers, application developers and content providers to monetize the growing demand for advanced mobile data services. The new mobile Java infrastructure enhancements announced today help all members of the wireless community take advantage of these opportunities.

"Java technology is making mobile data services happen, it's everywhere. From the data center to the device to the latest mobile Java Web services, it is clear that the Java platform is the platform of choice for open and secure mobile services," said Alan Brenner, vice president of consumer and mobile systems group, Sun Microsystems, Inc. "Sun is providing solutions for the entire mobile ecosystem - infrastructure products, handset implementations, development platform, and go-to-market solutions - enabling operators, device manufacturers and developers to securely connect everything and everyone on the planet to the network."






Sun's new products, programs and partnerships deliver new mobile data revenue generation opportunities to all members of the wireless industry:

Delivering faster and richer Java mobile client technologies, Sun's Java Technology for Smartphones HotSpot Implementation and Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition Web services unleashes a new wave of mobile data services capable of end-to-end integration with standard Web services. The release of Sun's HotSpot implementation is attuned to the increasing market adoption of the JTWI (Java Technology for the Wireless Industry) specification, which includes MIDP 2.0, Wireless Messaging API 1.1, Mobile Media API 1.1, and additional clarifications. The product is designed not only to deliver dramatic performance gains, but also lower the deployment costs for handset manufacturers and operators.

Mobile operators can cut costs, increase profits and simplify the mobile data services lifecycle with the new release of the Sun Java Enterprise System, the new Sun Java System Content Delivery Server and the expansion of Java.com to be a mobile content catalog for operators. To speed delivery of next-generation enterprise and consumer services, Sun is announcing a new global partnership with Ericsson, the leading telecom supplier, to provide an integrated multi-media content delivery solution.

Developers will benefit from Sun's updated Java Wireless Toolkit 2.1 which delivers the industry's most popular set of tools for developing innovative wireless applications.

CIOL Bureau