|  BlueStack™
chosen for NEC 3G handset
Cambridge, UK -10 March, 2003
- Mezoe,
the Bluetooth software business developed by Cambridge
Consultants Ltd (CCL), today announced that NEC's e606
3G videophone handsets, delivered to the mobile multimedia
and communications service "3" developed by
Hutchison 3G, are to be Bluetooth-enabled by its protocol
software BlueStack‘. This latest announcement
adds further strength to the Mezoe brand, whose software
is the basis of that already used in more than 60% of
all Bluetooth-qualified devices worldwide.
The launch of 3G networks around
the world, and the services offered via such networks,
increases the requirement for Bluetooth-enabled handsets
and provides further impetus to the adoption of Bluetooth.
The dual-mode NEC e606 3G handsets, which are currently
being delivered to network operators, allows the user
access to both advanced 3G services and the existing
well known 2G networks. The handset incorporates many
new customer-focused features and technologies, including
Bluetooth wireless connectivity.
Paul Williams, operations manager
for Mezoe at CCL, commented, "The use of Mezoe
software in NEC’s 3G handset is a further endorsement
of our world class products." He added, "We
are pleased to be associated with NEC's leading role
in this 3G initiative."
The
long awaited 3G network will deliver ‘media-rich’content
directly to users’ phones, including sound and
video. 3G phone users will also benefit from being able
to receive information many times quicker than currently
possible and makes watching highlights from your favourite
sport or news channel, via subscription, viable. In
the future, 3G phone users are also expected to be able
to benefit from ‘online’ features such as
being able to shop and pay via their phone almost as
if it were an ‘electronic wallet’.
About Mezoe
Mezoe provides the development tools that let companies
bring the benefits of wireless technologies to their
products and subsequently to their customers in a cost-effective
way. Mezoe's product range includes protocol stacks,
reference designs, development tools and the knowledge
transfer necessary to make it as easy as possible to
use today’s and tomorrow’s wireless technologies.
Initial products are clustered around Bluetooth, the
short-range wireless communications technology that
supports both voice and data connections.
Mezoe’s approach allows
companies to develop better product, quicker, cheaper
and with reduced risk. Mezoe is a division of Cambridge
Consultants Limited (CCL), who are an associate member
of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG).
More information about NEC can be found at www.nec.com
More information about Bluetooth
can be found on the SIG web site at www.bluetooth.com
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