Kannel certified as the first WAP 1.1 gateway in the world

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

7 March 2001
 
 
Kannel certified as the first WAP 1.1 gateway in the world

Kannel 1.0.2 WAP gateway has received the official WAP 1.1 certification
by WAP Forum, the international organisation overseeing the development
and interoperability of the WAP specification suite. This certification
makes Kannel the world's first Open Source WAP gateway, which is
recognised as fully compatible with the WAP 1.1 protocol, providing
maximum interoperability with existing WAP 1.1 clients.

The WAP Forum certification means that a WAP product meets or exceeds
the requirements of the WAP specification suite. It also means that the
certified product can use the WAP Certified logo, assuring users of the
integrity and interoperability of the gateway.
 
"After putting a lot of effort into developing Kannel we here at Wapit are
proud to see it among the first five WAP gateways in the world to receive
WAP 1.1 certification. As Kannel is the only non-proprietary gateway
to get this certification this proves the strength within open source
development", says Terho Laakso, Vice President of Products at Wapit
Ltd. "Kannel's performance figures demonstrate the evident quality of
open source projects. Based on the results from Wapit's test environment,
we claim Kannel to be the fastest SMS and WAP gateway on the market,
capable of handling several hundreds of requests per second".

"This certification solidifies Kannel's status among open source projects,
as it is the only open source project that has an WAP 1.1 certification",
says Lars Wirzenius, the head architect of Kannel. "Now we can say
with certainty that Kannel is at the very least on the same line with
commercial gateways".

Kannel supports the most commonly used SMS center protocols and works on
both Unix and Windows platforms. Kannel is in production use at Wapit
Ltd. in Finland and in many other parts of the world, both as an SMS
and WAP gateway. Kannel is a necessary part of the wireless networking
infrastructure as it connects mobile devices to WAP servers. WAP (Wireless
Application Protocol) is used to provide services on mobile phones by
enabling mobile devices to function as simple web browsers. In addition,
Kannel works as an SMS gateway, allowing service implementation to a
larger segment of mobile customers.

About the Kannel project. The Kannel project was launched in July
1999 by Wapit Ltd. to produce an Open Source gateway for SMS and WAP
use. For further information about Kannel, contact [email protected] or
visit http://www.kannel.org, where the program is downloadable for free
for everyone.

About Wapit Ltd.  Wapit Ltd. is a global leader in building a
comprehensive suite of advanced mobile middleware technology and
applications. With our modularised, easy-to- use Wapit Product Portfolio,
we offer our customers a complete toolbox to build revenue generating
mobile solutions tailored to their specific market needs. Our customers
are mobile operators, media companies and corporations, and their Wapit
mobile solutions range from a set of mobile applications to a stand-alone
mobile portal. Wapit is more than WAP. Wapit mobile solutions are designed
to be compatible with all leading technology standards, such as SMS, WAP,
GSM, i-mode, GPRS and UMTS, and all mark up languages, such as C-HTML,
HTML, WML and XML. Wapit's mission is to shape the global mobile future
by enabling provision of instant, mobile access to the information,
communication, entertainment and transaction services that people really
use. From our headquarters in Helsinki, Finland, we are expanding with
offices in Asia, Europe and the Americas. Visit http://www.wapit.com
for further information.
 
For further information please contact:
The Kannel project
[email protected] 

Wapit Ltd.
Thomas Lindström
Manager, Marketing and Communications
tel: +358-50-383 8620 
fax: +358-9-685 53041 
e-mail: [email protected]


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