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THE NET EFFECT AND THE


WIRELESS REVOLUTION
SUN’S END-TO-END PLATFORM, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES,
AND ALLIANCES FOR WIRELESS INTERNET SERVICES

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Contents

Introduction 2
Part A
Section 1 Smart Devices 5
Section 2 Smart Networks 9
Section 3 Smart Portals 13
Section 4 Smart Services 17
Section 5 Smart Operations 21

Part B
Section 1 Products 25
Section 2 Programs and Alliances 29
Section 3 Service 40
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Sun for Wireless Services: A Natural Selection


INTRODUCTION
The wireless revolution is on, and it comes as As the wireless market evolves, Sun is a But there is a critical difference between a
no surprise that Sun is a major force behind natural selection as a strategic business ally, growth opportunity and a profit opportunity. Sun: The Vendor of Choice for Wireless
the rapid growth of the market. As the a trusted advisor, and a critical source of Exploiting the full potential of the Net Effect
• All major wireless operators use Sun™ systems
thought leader of the Net Economy, a leader technology for creating complete and cus- requires more than the right strategy, more
in their network
in network computing, a leading supplier of tomized wireless solutions. For everyone in than the right infrastructure. It requires an
carrier-grade telecommunications network the wireless value chain—operators, service all-encompassing, end-to-end approach to • Sun is a leading provider to the top five
infrastructure, and a respected ally to tech- providers, network equipment providers, creating and delivering high-quality, differen- network equipment providers
nology vendors of all types and sizes, Sun device manufacturers, content providers, and tiated, personalized services that can be
• The leading handset manufacturers are
belongs at the epicenter of the booming software vendors—Sun is the source for accessed anytime, anywhere, by anyone,
delivering products based on Java™ technology
wireless market. hardware, software, services and programs using any device.
that will help ensure market success. • 80 percent of all Internet applications run
In other words, it requires the expertise, on Sun
products, programs, and alliances from Sun
Microsystems. With a major presence in the
networks of virtually all top global carriers,
in the products of leading network equipment
providers, and in the devices of major wireless
manufacturers, Sun is the vendor of choice
for complete wireless solutions.

Wherever you are on your road to success in


the wireless arena, Sun can help you build
your service-driven wireless network archi-
tecture, increase your revenue, deliver higher
quality services, protect your investments,
and partner with trusted advisors--all leading
to higher profitability and reduced risk.

2 The Net Effect and the Wireless Revolution Sun for Wireless Services: A Natural Selection
INTRODUCTION: SUN FOR WIRELESS SERVICES: A NATURAL SELECTION

It’s All About Services platform or another. And you can deploy new
services rapidly and reliably, giving your
SECTION 1
In the wireless age, technology and infra- business a huge competitive advantage.
structure alone don’t deliver competitive
advantages. Services do. Sun’s focus, there- Equally important, you can begin to integrate
fore, is on helping its customers maximize services rather than simply provide connections
the quality and speed of service development to services. You can harness the convergence
and delivery. of video, data, and multimedia networks to
offer customers innovative combinations of
Our vision is called the Wireless Service- services, such as location-based m-commerce
Driven Network, and every product and and assistance or traffic and calendar advi-
service we offer is aimed at facilitating the sories. You can integrate services based on
design, development, deployment, and standard protocols. And you can deliver any
management of services that maximize combination of mobile wireless and fixed
service-level quality at minimal cost and wireless services.
complexity. While each implementation of a
Wireless Service-Driven Network will vary This guide describes the specific opportunities
with business and technical objectives, the major networking trends are creating for
attributes of Wireless Service-Driven Networks everyone in the wireless value chain, and
are tangible and consistent: shows where and how Sun solutions apply
within four key areas of the wireless market:
• They are modular, dynamic networks based at the device level, within the access and
on Internet standards. core network, at the wireless portal, and in
• They make network services available to applications and content services.
any user, any time, from anywhere, using
virtually any device. The Net Effect is Revolutionizing
• They adapt on demand to meet new user Wireless Opportunities
requirements and they evolve to accept
new technologies.
Everything that touches the network today is
growing at an explosive rate: the number of
By building a Wireless Service-Driven Net-
users, the diversity of devices, the volume of
work, you can help ensure that your wireless
data, the bandwidth being utilized, and the
services deliver on end-user expectations for
demand for wireless services. As a result, the
performance, availability, reliability, and
value of network services is on an upward
security. You can scale your infrastructure on
spiral. This trend, which Sun calls the Net
the fly to meet unpredictable spikes in
Effect, creates unprecedented opportunities
demand. You can leverage your existing
for all players in the wireless market.
resources without locking yourself in to one

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Smart Devices: Sun Answers the Call


with Java Technology SECTION 1
As mobile devices grow in popularity, bringing Sun provides an answer to these issues The J2ME platform contains key APIs that In addition, the combination of the J2ME
e-mail, wireless Web access, and m-commerce through the Java™ 2 platform, Micro Edition help you accelerate time to market for new platform and MIDP graphical development
to millions of people, wireless companies (J2ME™) software platform. services. For example, it includes the Java- tools makes it easier to create multimedia,
must solve several daunting challenges: Phone™ API that was developed by Sun and interactive applications. You can now include
• Get creative, highly differentiated, personalized The J2ME platform is a small-footprint version leaders of the telecommunications industry; images, radio boxes, check boxes, and
services to market quickly of Java technology that is optimized to run a Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP) animations, and upgrade quickly and easily
• Help enable customers to access the billion on mobile devices. It brings the full benefit of for smart phones and pagers; as well as Java to deliver new capabilities.
or so available Web pages from their industry-standard, open, Java technology to Card™ technology, which helps enable smart
mobile devices any wireless device, regardless of form factor. cards and other devices to run Java technology
• Identify and embrace standards with long- based applets. And we are working to create
term viability more Java technology based APIs to further Motorola and Sega to Deploy
simplify development under the JAIN™, OSS Entertainment Software For J2ME
through Java, and MIDP initiatives. Enabled Technology on Motorola
J2ME technology offers many benefits to the Wireless Devices
wireless community:
Motorola, Inc. and Sega Enterprises Ltd. are
• Deliver the same content to devices from
working together to bring a wide assortment
multiple manufacturers over evolving
of entertainment software to Java technology-
technologies
enabled wireless phones, pagers and personal
• Easily brand and enhance services with
digital assistants (PDAs). The companies plan
online updates
to collaborate to develop innovative wireless
• Help ensure safe and secure service delivery
game solutions, including Application
• Help enable a rich, graphical, interactive
Programming Interfaces (APIs) compatible
device operating environment
with J2ME technology.
• Give customers the ability to use services in
off-line mode
“By demonstrating compelling entertainment
• Leverage a pool of more than two million
content on the J2ME platform, Sega and
Java technology-based programmers
Motorola are making a significant statement
about the direction they are taking as leaders
in the exploding wireless entertainment
market,” said Hideki Sato, corporate senior
vice president of Sega Japan.

6 The Net Effect and the Wireless Revolution 7 SMART DEVICES: SUN ANSWERS THE CALL WITH JAVA TECHNOLOGY
SECTION 1: SMAR T DEVICES: SUN ANSWERS THE CALL WITH JAVA TECHNOLOGY

For device manufacturers, adding support for


Java technology makes your offerings capable
The J2ME architecture is open to innovation
from all sources, and accommodates various
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of running a whole new generation of types of devices through “profiles,” which are
applications and network services—attracting defined for each device type by industry
customers and selling product lines. For experts through the Java Community
operators, Java technology makes it easy to Process program.
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extend traditional Internet functions such as


e-commerce, stock trading, and banking into Simply put, Java technology is the force that
the wireless space—while at the same time will fuel the growth of wireless services, and
opening up opportunities to add entirely new the J2ME platform is the implementation of
types of services, such as games, maps, Java technology that will help you maximize
financial reports, weather, interactive books, your opportunities in this fast-growing
and more. With Java technology, you can marketplace.
update features, graphics, applications, and
logos on the fly. And for application developers
and content providers, the cross-platform
nature of Java technology can deliver greatly
reduced time to market and new opportunities
among a whole new set of customers.

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Smart Networks: Carrier-Grade,
Future-Ready Infrastructure SECTION 2
Telecommunications service providers today No other company comes close to Sun in
urgently need a combination of products, providing a future-ready arsenal of massively
services, and technologies to help them scalable, continuously available hardware
capitalize on the fast-growing wireless and software products that work together to Lucent, Sun, and iPlanet Team Up to
market. Specifically, they need: increase uptime while also reducing the cost Deliver Audio E-mail, Calendar, and More
• Off-the-shelf, carrier-grade infrastructure and complexity of deploying and maintaining
For the growing army of road warriors and • Sun’s carrier-grade Netra and Sun Enterprise
products that can help them quickly and network infrastructure.
nomadic workers, the ability to read e-mail and servers run the whole thing
cost-effectively implement new value-
check the calendar with the cell phone is good. • Lucent’s Internet Message Management and
added services tailored to their customers’ Sun’s integrated hardware and software
But the ability to listen to e-mail and calendar Voice Browser applications, combined with
demands stack is based on industry standards, and
information—that would be great. No more the iPlanet software, makes it possible to
• Efficient deployment of wireless services to thus is open to interoperating with multiple
stopping to focus on the small screen, no more listen to messages via text-to-speech technology
retain and expand their customer base products from multiple vendors. That means
straining to read tiny text. • iPlanet™ Wireless Server software converts
• The ability to deliver high levels of availability, you can tailor your service-driven wireless
Internet content into a suitable format for
performance, and accessibility to virtually network, leveraging best-of-breed products
Thanks to a collaborative effort between small wireless devices
any number of users simultaneously made by third-party companies and focusing
Lucent, Sun, and iPlanet™ e-Commerce Solutions, • iPlanet™ Messaging and iPlanet™ Calendar
your development effort where it counts:
a Sun-Netscape Alliance, text-to-speech conver- Server software allow e-mail and other
Network equipment providers that can developing applications and services that
sion for wireless services is now a reality. information to be retrieved on the fly in the
supply network infrastructure equipment will help your capture more share and earn
Drawing on technology from Bell Labs, Lucent most convenient medium
that facilitates continuous provisioning of more revenue. See Part B, Section 1 for
has developed a “voice browser” that lets users
such services will enjoy a tremendous com- product details.
access their e-mail and calendar using spoken The IAA solution offers carriers a cost-effective
petitive advantage in the months and years
commands, and have that information read out way to deliver Internet-based services over
ahead. Infrastructure that is scalable, flexi-
to them over the phone. wireless networks, and will also help them
ble, and modular—as well as highly reli-
compete for corporate business by offering
able—will capture the market.
The browser is just one element of the Intuitive differentiated services.
Applications Access (IAA) suite, an end-to-end
solution for wireless service providers. A variety
of technologies from the allies come into play:

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Smart Portals:iPlanet Wireless Solutions


SECTION 3
For wireless service providers, the portal or Services. This suite of applications includes
gateway can be a distinct competitive advan- core services such as certificate management,
tage—or it can be a bottleneck to service meta directories, and policy management,
delivery and competitiveness. Your customer and can be used to consolidate and manage
loyalty may hinge on how well you deliver on everything you know about your subscriber
four aspects of portal and gateway services: into a single view—saving you and your
• The baseline services subscribers signed on customer time and personalizing the experience.
for initially, such as e-mail, calendar, and • To improve the time to market and scalability
short messaging of your wireless services, the iPlanet™ Web,
• Enhancements to baseline services through Application, and Integration Services
consolidation and integration of content Platform gives developers a high-performance,
and services (portals) highly scalable, standards-based environment
• The ability to scale wireless services over time for building innovative applications and
• The ability to deliver personalized, accessing legacy data. It also provides rich
high-QoS services base services, saving developers significant
time and effort creating services. And when
Through wireless-ready e-commerce solu- you deploy those services on the iPlanet
tions from iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions, platform, you get instant scalability, load
you can deploy outstanding baseline ser- balancing, and failover of service compo-
vices, grow and enhance them as your nents, increasing uptime and reliability.
customer base grows, aggregate them for • The iPlanet™ Communication Services
even higher value through portals, personal- Platform offers core communication services
ize them, scale them to meet unpredictable such as e-mail and calendar, with an open
spikes in demand, and infuse them with platform for integration of voicemail, fax,
bullet-proof reliability to any device. and video for unified communication.
• Through the iPlanet™ Portal Services Platform,
iPlanet solutions for wireless are based on you can create portals that deliver more
the iPlanet™ Internet Service Deployment and better services to more devices. The
Platform. This foundation technology offers iPlanet Portal Services Platform lets you
the essential software environment needed aggregate content, communication, and
to develop, deploy, and deliver future-ready commerce and deliver and personalize it
wireless services. The platform includes the for a wide variety of devices. It’s a conver-
following products and capabilities: gence of information made easier for you
• To simplify user management for operators, and more valuable to your customers.
Sun offers iPlanet™ User Management

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• iPlanet™ Commerce Services can help you


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manage the services that you and your Sun and Airflash Collaborate to Deliver
allies deliver to your customers, giving you Complete Mobile Portal Solution
a jump start on the quickly emerging
iPlanet™ e-Commerce Solutions, a Sun-Netscape
m-commerce market and helping you
Alliance, and AirFlash, Inc., the premier ASP of
attract more customers along the way.
wireless location and mobile-Commerce
infrastructure, are working together to architect
In addition to the iPlanet products, Sun gives
mobile Internet solutions for content, commerce,
you access to portal and gateway solutions
and communication services. By linking
from other vendors. For example:
together the communication strengths of the
• Wireless portal infrastructure solutions
iPlanet Messaging Server and iPlanet Calendar
from Oracle help enable you to transform,
Server products with the location-based
manage, and publish Web content into
content and commerce services offered by
wireless format.
AirFlash, the two companies will make it easy
• Wireless gateways solutions from
for mobile operators and portals to offer
Phone.com, Nokia, and Peramon help you
powerful, profitable mobile Internet services
bridge wireless networks and the Web for
to their customers and users.
content delivery.

“By synthesizing messaging and wireless


services from iPlanet into an integrated solution,
we can increase the reach and frequency of
these services while improving the appeal to
the user. It’s a win-win for both mobile carriers
and their customers,” said Rama Aysola,
founder and CEO of AirFlash.

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Smart Services: A Complete Portfolio of Solutions


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For service providers, the wireless revolution The key issues that must be addressed in Sun and its allies fully deliver on the To handle the requirements of the business
represents a unique opportunity for generating exploiting this opportunity are: demands of the wireless age with a broad office, Sun and its allies offer a wealth of
incremental revenue and creating additional • Security and privacy for network services spectrum of solutions. wireless service infrastructure solutions,
customer “touchpoints” by making their and content including:
proprietary commercial content available to • Development tools for “wireless enabling” In the security arena, the Java technology • Wireless personalization solutions from
mobile users. Examples include anything from existing applications and content “sandbox” restricts access to services and Broadvision, ATG, and Vignette: Provide
online trading services through mobile phones • Business office resources such as billing content, helping to enable users and operators content and services personalization for
to electronic auction participation on a PDA. and customer management software to keep personal and system information wireless
separate—preventing transparent system • Wireless billing and customer care solutions
access to a local address book for example— from Portal and Siebel help enable customers
and insulating the device and the system to develop and deliver flexible billing and
from a malicious download that could crash e-care support capabilities
the system and inconvenience the user. • Wireless location services from SignalSoft,
CPS, and Airflash: Provide the location
On the development side, using Java technol- information for wireless devices
ogy lessens the burden of re-writing existing • Wireless content distribution solutions
services and content to WAP. By developing from Inktomi and AlterEgo: Help enable
in Java technology, services and content are quick and on-time access to wireless content
made accessible to any device, regardless of and applications
platform, without recompiles or porting. • Wireless security solutions from iPlanet
and Entrust: Provide for end-to-end security
in wireless services
• Wireless ASP/CSP solutions from 724
Solutions, Everypath, Aether, 2Roam, and
OracleMobile: Provide application and
content hosting services

See Part B, Section 2 for information on


more than 50 solution vendors.

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Smart Operations: Management Tools


SECTION 5
Cutting across the four key categories of the development environment that makes it Take the Next Step. Get the Details
wireless market are a series of Sun and third- easy to unite thousands of system compo- Sun and NTT DoCoMo: The move is on to the new world of media-
party solutions that address operation and nents under a single management console. The Sky’s the Limit rich, interactive wireless services. For net-
management of wireless services, including: work operators, service providers, innovative
Last year, NTT DoCoMo, Inc., the largest
• Sun™ Enterprise Manager platform: Helping •Forte™ for Java™ development tools: The enterprises, network equipment providers,
cellular phone carrier in Japan, launched the
to ensure consistent quality of service Forte for Java integrated development device manufacturers, ISVs, content
i-mode service, which offers a continuous
requires constant management of all environment is the first IDE that fully lives providers, and integrators, Sun has emerged
connection to the Internet via mobile phones.
network assets. The Sun Enterprise Manager up to the scalability, extensibility, and as the strategic advisor and platform technol-
Today, over 10 million subscribers use the
platform is already the choice of many ease-of-use of the Java platform itself. Now, ogy vendor of choice to help you fully exploit
pocket-sized phones to check e-mail and surf
leading wireless operators and equipment with Forte for Java Community Edition the potential of this dynamic, growing
the Internet. The company is now looking to
vendors for monitoring, diagnosing, and software, Sun offers (for free downloading) market. As the thought leader of the Net
Java technology to help drive the i-mode
configuring their radio access networks an IDE that truly embodies the object- Economy, an experienced player in wireless
service into the next phase of its development.
and core networks. The Sun Enterprise oriented paradigm of the Java platform. and telecommunications markets, and a
Manager product brings wireless operations Forte for Java software offers unparalleled respected and trusted vendor worldwide,
NTT DoCoMo currently plans to release a new
management centers (OMCs) into the next ease of development—including integrated Sun is uniquely qualified to help you trans-
handset called the 503i that will use J2ME
generation, allowing them to capitalize on visual design, editing, compiling, and form the potential of this market into profits.
technology. J2ME is expected to make the i-mode
the benefits of Java™ and CORBA technologies debugging. And because Forte for Java
service even more compelling by providing
for a truly scalable, reliable management software is also based upon an open API So get the full details on our products,
enhanced security for online banking and
framework foundation. The Sun Enterprise technology, it presents an infinitely extensible services, partnerships, and programs for the
stock trading and better capabilities for video
Manager product’s high-capacity infrastruc- platform, helping enable you to extend the wireless market. Call your local Sun represen-
game downloading. Ultimately, J2ME technology
ture, support for TMN, Java technology, environment through plug-in modules tative today or visit our Web site at
will deliver far more entertaining and engaging
and CORBA standards—along with rich, provided by Sun and other third-party vendors. http://www.sun.com/wireless.
capabilities to cellular phone users. Services
easy-to-use developer APIs—have made it
are expected to be introduced starting in 2001.
the management platform of choice for
many radio and core network wireless
infrastructure providers.
• Sun™ Management Center software: Next-
generation networks also require robust
management platforms for the IP
infrastructure, including the management
of servers and storage. Sun Management
Center software brings together the best
technology for managing Sun systems,
instant integration with industry-leading
management platforms, and a powerful

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Part B
SECTION 1

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Products
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Core solutions from Sun include: • Sun StorEdge™ storage devices: Sun has • Sun Cluster software: Sun’s clustering
• Java Technology for Wireless Devices: transformed storage from a passive software brings a new dimension of avail-
Java™ technology is perfectly suited for resource into a strategic weapon. Our Sun ability to Sun systems through advanced
wireless devices, providing such benefits as StorEdge arrays and tape libraries enable failover techniques. Now customers can
built-in security, rich user interface, and you to implement Managed Storage Net- achieve extremely high levels of availability
the ability to dynamically deploy interac- works that are highly scalable, available, in clustered systems with a proven, cost-
tive wireless services. and manageable; that easily incorporate effective software solution.
third-party products; and that remain open
• Sun Enterprise™ servers: From the single- to innovation from multiple sources. • cPCI products: Sun’s CompactPCI (cPCI)
processor Enterprise™ Ultra 5S workgroup product line, the SPARCengine CP family,
server to the world’s most powerful UNIX • Solaris 8 Operating Environment: In Solaris merges the benefits of the CompactPCI
server, the 64-way Enterprise™ 10000 server, 8 software, Sun delivers a trustworthy, specification, UltraSPARC processor technology,
Sun Enterprise servers deliver the scalable universal operating platform to meet the and the Solaris operating environment.
horsepower you need for virtually any needs of the wireless community and their Now wireless OEMs can take advantage of
wireless application. customers. The Solaris operating environment volume silicon, a high-performance pro-
brings 64-bit computing and mainframe-class cessing platform, and a robust, proven
• Sun Netra™ systems: Sun’s carrier-grade reliability, availability, and serviceability to software environment.
Netra servers are the ONLY NEBS-certified mission-critical environments.
product family for the radio access net-
work, and deliver unprecedented levels of • ChorusOS Operating Environment: The
availability and space-efficiency, enabling ChorusOS Operating Environment provides
you to deploy cost-effective, standards- one of the most reliable, feature-rich,
compliant power in any increment with full real-time operating systems and develop-
binary compatibility across the product family. ment environments in the industry. Its
unique componentized OS architecture
allows ChorusOS configurations to scale
seamlessly from very small, embedded
instances (10KB) to high functionality,
transparently distributed platforms.

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Programs and Alliances


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have met the stringent requirements For Integrator Services interest in solutions developed to Internet
SunTone detailed in the SunTone specifications and and wireless standards and an important
guidelines developed to ensure best practices This program certifies an Integrator’s prac- part of Sun’s strategy in the wireless market,
The Symbol of Quality for Outsourced are followed. Using the SunTone Certified tice or professional service offering that Sun’s iForce Wireless Initiative enables
Service Delivery and Web Applications seal as a guide, customers can quickly and specializes in architecture, implemenation customers to quickly and reliably develop
confidently choose service providers that and management design and activation of and deploy new and differentiated wireless
Sun instituted the SunTone Certification
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have met quality standards aimed at making dot-com and Service Provider solutions Internet services. Many of these services will
and Branding Program to provide customers Web tone as reliable as dial tone. consistent with the SunTone Service Delivery be simulated in Sun’s iForce Ready Center in
of Web-based services, applications and Specification. For more information, please Menlo Park, Paris and Tokyo, which were
integrator services with a means for identifying For Applications see www.sun.com/suntone designed to help customers build
suppliers who meet defined high standards their online businesses and conduct proof-of-
for providing quality service over the Internet. The SunTone Certified program for applica- iForce Initiative concept demonstrations of Sun and its
tions is a certification and branding program industry partner solutions. An important part
The market for the delivery of business that identifies quality applications that are of Sun’s iForce Wireless initiative is its web
For carriers launching attention-grabbing
applications over the Internet is growing designed to run effectively on a SunTone site (http://www.sun.com/iforce/wireless/),
data services, content service providers
rapidly, with new services being delivered at Certified service platform. The program which includes a wireless partner support
defining the mobile Internet’s information
an ever-increasing pace. With such growth specifies how to architect, develop, imple- center and a wireless solutions guide for
base, and enterprises mobilizing their work
comes the need to differentiate among the ment and deploy software for quality delivery customers.
force and their business processes, the iForce
offerings. That’s why Sun created the SunTone over the Web in order to achieve increased
initiative is a roadmap to getting the job done.
Certification & Branding Program, a first-of-a- availability, reliability, and performance. These segments below and the vendors
A complete set of end-to-end solutions for
kind collaborative industry effort to define represented in each are part of the current
the next iteration of wireless data services,
and audit service provider infrastructure, For Services iForce Wireless Essentials solutions portfolio:
the iForce initiative consists of a community
operational practices, hardware, software,
of partners supplying best-of-breed platforms,
and ultimately, overall service delivery. Sun created the SunTone Certified service
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Applications and Portal Infrastructure
technologies, and solutions for key segments
certification and logo program to recognize
of the wireless Internet market.
As customers outsource an increased variety and promote service providers’ investments Art Technology Group (ATG)
of business applications to service providers, in process, methodology, and infrastructure— ATG is a leading provider of online customer
At the center of this new community are more
especially those that are mission-critical, elements that enable the delivery of secure, management and electronic commerce
than 50 infrastructure solutions vendors,
they are demanding guaranteed security, reliable, and predictable Internet services. software and services. ATG offers an inte-
application service providers (ASPs), content
reliability, and predictability. Wherever the Using the SunTone Certified logo as a guide, grated suite of Java technology-based prod-
service providers and wireless e-Integrators that
SunTone Certified seal is displayed, customers customers can quickly and confidently ucts, as well as related application
together comprise the complete, end-to-end
can feel confident that the service or application choose service providers that have met high development, integration, and support
capabilities required for delivering mobile
has met the highest standards of service standards—quality standards aimed at services. www.atg.com
commerce, communications, content and
quality. Why? Because SunTone Certified making Web tone as reliable as dial tone.
enterprise services. Based on a common
services, applications, and integrator services

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blue-silicon Interwoven Phone.com Vignette Corporation


blue-silicon and Sun Microsystems are Interwoven’s wireless products provide a Phone.com, Inc. is a leading provider of Vignette’s V/5 eBusiness Platform provides a
positioned as strong leaders of Extended flexible framework that allows enterprises to software, applications, and services that enable seamlessly integrated suite of mobile
Enterprise Messaging, integrating voice, fax, leverage industry-leading, "intelligent" the delivery of Internet-based information e-business applications that enables businesses
video, and email messages with existing content management and delivery for wireless and voice services to mass-market wireless to efficiently manage relationships with
corporate communication infrastructure-all communications. Going forward, Interwoven telephones. Using its software, wireless customers, partners, and employees via
delivered to wireless devices in a seamless will extend its existing partnerships with subscribers have access to Internet- and multiple touchpoints-including closed loop
fashion. www.blue-silicon.com leading run-time delivery partners like corporate intranet-based services, including interactions via email, pages, mobile phones,
iPlanet™ e-Commerce Solutions, a Sun-Netscape™ email, news, stocks, weather, travel, and PDAs, and fax machines. www.vignette.com
BroadVision alliance, BEA, and ATG to empower customers sports. In addition, subscribers have access
BroadVision develops and delivers an integrated to reap the benefits of the open, Java™2 via their wireless telephones to network WebMethods
e-business application suite focused on Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE™) technol- operators’ intranet-based telephony services, webMethods, Inc. is a leading provider of
creating and extending customer relationships. ogy-compliant solutions for multi-device which may include over-the-air activation, software solutions for business-to-business
Global enterprises and government entities personalization needs. www.interwoven.com call management, billing history informa- integration (B2Bi). webMethods provides
use these applications to sell, buy, and tion, pricing plan subscription, and voice Global 2000 companies and B2B marketplaces
exchange information over the Web and on Mediasurface Limited message management. www.phone.com with a complete, end-to-end solution for
wireless devices. www.broadvision.com Mediasurface Limited is a leading provider of integrating customers, suppliers, and partners
integrated e-business content management Tantau Software, Inc. into real-time B2B trading networks, while
Chrystal Software software for Web sites, intranets, extranets, TANTAU Software is a leading provider of also increasing internal operational efficiencies.
Chrystal Software provides high-performance and emerging digital networks. software and services that enable enterprises www.webmethods.com
content management solutions and software www.mediasurface.com to conduct high-volume, secure, mobile
for Web and wireless-based applications. e-commerce transactions, while maintaining Yospace
Chrystal Software’s key focus is data transfor- NetPost, Inc. direct access to their customers. Yospace is a wireless Internet engineering
mation for device-independent data delivery. NetPost, Inc. is pioneering e-content solutions www.tantau.com company that employs a twenty-person
www.chrystal.com that rapidly integrate and publish valuable engineering staff in Staines, UK and a four-
content across multiple media types, such as ThinAirApps person business development staff in Boston,
Entrust Technologies, Inc. the Web, television, Internet appliances, ThinAirApps develops a Java technology-based Stockholm, and Staines. They have successfully
Entrust is a global leader in solutions that mobile phones, and print. Using NetPost’s wireless Internet software platform and launched several products and are known
bring trust to e-business relationships by patent-pending TrueView solutions, e-businesses toolkit to enable secure, real-time access to worldwide to the wireless Internet development
securing and managing the transactions that can painlessly leverage a wide range of data from wireless devices (Palm, Pocket PC, community. www.yospace.com
constitute e-business. Through the industry’s corporate information assets, extend their Symbian, and RIM handhelds; and mobile
most comprehensive portfolio of trusted customer reach, and assure high-quality phones). ThinAirApps also provides full-featured
e-business infrastructure solutions, Entrust company exposure. www.net-post.com email and groupware access products for
enables customers to secure their B2B, B2C enterprises, consumers, ISPs, ASPs, and
and internal enterprise transactions and PeopleSoft carriers to use. www.thinairapps.com
communications, as well as to manage the Together, PeopleSoft and Sun Microsystems
e-business portals through which these are providing the perfect platform to transition
transactions take place. your business into the networked dot-com age.
www.entrust.com/products/wireless/index.htm www.peoplesoft.com

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Content and Application Services services. Designed for carriers and portals, voice devices-from PDAs to smart phones to network applications, security, messaging,
AirFlash provides a robust platform called interactive TV to plain old telephones. Every- and transactions to handheld devices for
2Roam SmartZone for delivering location-based path’s patent-pending technology enables mobile and wireless users. answerthink’s
2Roam is a wireless Web platform provider services with an integrated set of easy-to- businesses to maintain a single infrastruc- marketing and strategy focus can extend a
that helps companies extend their existing use, "Find it, Buy it, Share it" applications ture, regardless of what device their cus- company’s brand experience and marketing
content and e-commerce to all wireless tuned for the mobile medium. AirFlash tomers choose to access information from, messages to the wireless channel for customers,
devices quickly and profitably. The scalable Wireless Services drive adoption and usage now-or in the future. www.everypath.com suppliers, and employees who demand access
2Roam platform is designed to address the of mobile services, while providing a strategic to information anytime and anywhere.
revenue and business goals of its customers platform for future, value-added, revenue- MapInfo www.answerthink.com
by easily integrating wireless e-commerce, generating services. www.airflash.com MapInfo offers a robust combination of
advertising, and e-marketing programs and location-based software and content to Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Telecom, Media
services, while providing them with complete AlterEgo Networks wireless equipment manufacturers, carriers, & Networks
control of their brand.2 www.2roam.com AlterEgo Networks is one of the leading and business-to-business application vendors Cap Gemini Ernst & Young (CGEY) and Sun
wireless adaptive Internet service companies, seeking to provide location-based services to Microsystems, together with CGEY’s key
724 Solutions offering customers for both Sun and AlterEgo their customers. www.mapinfo.com industry business alliances, are delivering
724 Solutions provides an Internet infrastruc- the industry’s most reliable, available, and technology, service, and programs that are
ture solution to financial institutions that allows highest quality of user experience in mobile OracleMobile empowering companies working with Java™
them to offer personalized and secure mobile access to intranet/Internet content and OracleMobile is a leading wireless application technology to develop solutions in the
banking, investment, and e-commerce services applications. AlterEgo offers a worldwide, service provider that creates and hosts wireless wireless space. The relationship is built, and
across a wide range of Internet-enabled multi-node wireless content adaptation and Web sites, making them accessible from any will continue to combine resources to match
wireless and consumer electronic devices. delivery network, based on XML and XSL device, including Web-enabled phones, PDAs, the needs of a diverse portfolio of customers.
www.724.com standard technologies. www.aego.com paging devices, digital cell phones, or voice- www.capgemini.com/telco
activated phones. www.oraclemobile.com
Aether Systems Brience Idea Integration
For Fortune 2000 businesses that demand The Brience 2.0 Framework is a scalable iForce Wireless e-Integrators Idea Integration is a leading Internet solutions
access to vital information anywhere and software platform that allows companies to provider, and has the industry and technical
anytime, Aether Systems provides end-to-end leverage current e-business infrastructure for Agency.com expertise to develop e-business solutions that
mobile and wireless solutions. Aether provides mobile computing and broadband access. AGENCY.COM builds core applications allow its clients to maintain their competitive
comprehensive hosting services, vertical www.brience.com accessed by Java™ 2 Platform, Micro Edition edge in today’s connected economy. Idea
market solutions, and infrastructure software (J2ME™) technology-compliant devices using Integration specializes in solution areas,
product offerings-enabling businesses to achieve Everypath iPlanet™ software, supported by the Solaris™ including e-business strategy, creative design,
the freedom to grow in a dynamic and Everypath enables companies to do business Operating Environment, and running on Sun™ e-application development, B2B solutions,
mobile environment. www.aethersystems.com with customers, partners, and employees hardware. www.agency.com enterprise application integration (EAI),
anytime, anywhere, by mobilizing real-time, business intelligence, customer relationship
AirFlash complex, transactional Web content, database Answerthink management (CRM), and enterprise solutions
AirFlash is one of the leading application information, and traditional business appli- As an eIntegrator, answerthink provides to deliver innovative, end-to-end, e-business
service providers (ASP) of location-relevant cations for customized interaction with the customized "enterprise to anywhere" mobile solutions to Fortune 1000 companies and
wireless content, community, and commerce widest array of wireless, broadband, and and wireless solutions that deploy content, global businesses. www.idea.com

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iXL’s Mobile & Wireless Solutions Group operational, they help their clients harness and launch support to Global 1000 and and applications optimized for video manage-
As a Sun iForce eIntegrator, iXL is a global
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Disruptive Technologies to create a competitive startup companies. As architects for the new ment, distribution, delivery, and commerce.
consulting firm providing the professional advantage. Noblestar experts adeptly link economy, Sapient helps clients define their www.kasenna.com
services necessary to implement a wide range business and brand strategy to user experience Internet strategies and design, architect,
of Sun solutions. iXL’s Mobile & Wireless and, ultimately, to enterprise-wide and wireless develop, and implement solutions to execute Natural MicroSystems
Solutions group helps clients use wireless solutions. At the same time, they help clients those strategies. www.sapient.com Natural MicroSystems (NMS) provides core
technology to transform the way business realign processes and mine business data for data and telephony technologies (line interfaces,
gets done. www.ixl.com intelligence to support strategic decisions. Zefer DSP voice processing resources, integrated
The results? Performance breakthroughs in ZEFER provides strategy-led Internet consulting software API sets, and protocol stacks) to
Lante Corporation top-line growth, cost containment, brand and implementation services to Global 2000 OEM telecom network equipment providers
Lante Corporation, a leading e-market builder, dominance, and employee satisfaction. companies and new ventures to help them worldwide. Combined with Sun’s computing
is developing new applications on the Internet www.noblestar.com achieve a sustainable competitive advantage and server products, NMS creates carrier-grade
Services Deployment Platform of iPlanet™ in the new economy. ZEFER services include communications infrastructure or service
e-Commerce Solutions, a Sun-Netscape™ Proxicom, Inc. business strategy, user experience design, delivery platforms that span today’s TDM-
Alliance, with a special emphasis on new Proxicom, Inc. is a leading e-business consulting technical architecture, program management, based public switched telephone network
applications using the iPlanet Wireless and development company that delivers and development of wireless solutions-multi- and tomorrow’s IP packet/cell-based wireless
Server. The initiative is focused on improving innovative multi-channel solutions, including channeled, network-enabled solutions designed or wireline telecommunications and data
information presentation and retrieval, two Internet and wireless applications for Fortune to meet clients’ business requirements. communications networks. www.nmss.com
of the critical building blocks for effective 500 companies and other global, forward- www.zefer.com
wireless services. www.lante.com thinking businesses. Proxicom’s more than Performance Technologies, Inc
1,000 strategy, creative, and technology IP Based Network Solutions Performance Technologies, Inc. (PTI) is a
Marchfirst professionals provide specialized e-business leading supplier of innovative telecommuni-
marchFIRST is a leading global professional development expertise for their multiple Hughes Software Systems cations and networking products that enable
services firm that creates winners in the new global practices. www.proxicom.com Hughes Software Systems (HSS) provides one the convergence of wireline, wireless, and
digital economy by helping companies build of the most extensive, scalable, and portable next-generation Internet Protocol networks.
visionary brands, business models, systems, Rare Medium software solution to OEMs to reduce their time The company provides enabling carrier-grade
and processes. This multidisciplinary Rare Medium Pervasive Solutions Group delivers to market in the high-speed wireless domain technology solutions, including telecom
approach empowers companies to transform end-to-end mobile and wireless solutions to (GPRS/EDGE/UMTS). www.hssworld.com network access adapters, Ethernet switching
their businesses, drive innovation, and its clients. Leveraging Java technology, Rare products, and Signaling System 7 (SS7)
become market leaders. Headquartered in Medium provides strategic services, custom Incomit solutions to network operators, equipment
Chicago, the Company has approximately application development, integration, and Incomit’s mission is to provide "The Secure manufacturers, and systems integrators
10,000 employees in 14 countries worldwide. content delivery to any device, any time, Sluice" for opening up the telecom network worldwide. www.pt.com
www.marchfirst.com anywhere. www.raremedium.com and for making it programmable in an Inter-
net environment. www.incomit.com
Noblestar Sapient
Noblestar accomplishes the most difficult, Sapient is a leading creator of "New Economy" Kasenna, Inc.
highly valued dimensions of e-business businesses, providing Internet strategy Kasenna develops software that enables
transformation. By taking e-business strategies consulting, sophisticated end-to-end solutions, streaming media ventures to build networks

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SBE, Inc. expand service delivery models and may Espial services, RIM provides solutions for seamless
SBE, Inc., offers the HighWire family of make possible the joining of wireless service Espial is an emerging leader in infrastructure access to time-sensitive information, including
carrier-class PCI and CompactPCI (cPCI) providers and application service providers to software for the Pervasive Internet. The email, messaging, Internet, and intranet-based
communications controllers for network achieve a Programmable Network. company offers a universal service-manage- applications. RIM technology also enables a
servers. The HighWire products deliver www.Ulticom.com ment solution for service providers and broad array of third-party developers and
flexible, high-density solutions that can play device manufacturers based on Sun’s Java™ 2 manufacturers around the world to enhance
a key role in signaling gateways, media Xybridge Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME™) and Java 2 their products and services with wireless
gateway controllers, and Softswitch systems Xybridge is the leader in creating the Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE™) technologies. connectivity. www.rim.net
that are critical network elements in wireline, wireless industry’s first carrier-class mobility www.espial.com
wireless, and converging PSTN/IP network management and applications solutions for Wireless OSS/BSS
platforms. www.sbei.com next-generation networks. Xybridge offers Eliad Technologies, Inc.
mobility management, call control, and Eliad Technologies focuses on extending Web Nuance
TimesTen Performance Software features over a distributed, open IP-core applications to wireless devices supporting Nuance develops, markets, and supports a
TimesTen Performance Software delivers the infrastructure. Xybridge and its offerings the Java™ 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME™ ) voice interface software platform that makes
real-time data infrastructure that powers empower service providers to rapidly develop technology. Eliad provides table, grid, and information and services of enterprises,
next-generation networks and e-business and deploy differentiated, revenue-generating spreadsheet components, fully compatible telecommunications networks, and the
innovation. TimesTen Performance Software’s services in today’s converging environment. with Sun specifications and open architecture Internet accessible from any telephone.
data caching and in-memory database products www.xybridge.com requirements. www.eliad.com www.nuance.com
speed time-to-market, shrink response times,
and maximize the throughput and uptime of Java™ Enabled Handset Technologies Motorola Portal Software
the most time-critical applications, such as Motorola is a global leader providing inte- Portal Software builds the business infrastructure
wireless infrastructures, VoIP, e-CRM, and Bonita grated communications and embedded for the Internet by providing customer
e-commerce. www.timestem.com Bonita Software’s ToGo Mobile Solutions solutions for business and consumer applica- management and billing software for Internet
mobilize information and applications across tions. Sun Microsystems has licensed and next-generation communication services.
Ulticom, Inc. all devices. The ToGo Provisioning Platform Motorola to use and distribute the full family www.portal.com
Ulticom Inc. provides service-enabling enables service providers to remotely of Java™ platform technologies. Motorola has
software for wireless, wireline, and Internet administer, manage, and track application incorporated various Java products into their Solect, A Division of Amdocs
communications in Intelligent and Converged usage, and allows end users to download a total solutions portfolio, and is collaborating Amdocs’ Solect Division provides carrier-grade
Networks. Ulticom’s Signalware software and personalized set of applications. Its ToGo with Sun Microsystems to develop Java customer care, billing, and service manage-
interface board product line is used worldwide Applications offer enterprise-grade security, technology standard platforms. ment to ASPs, broadband, mobile IP, and
on Sun™ platforms to manage thousands of operate in disconnected mode, and provide www.motorola.com/java next-generation service providers.
networks, connect millions of subscribers, real-time data-eliminating the need for www.amdocs.com or www.solect.com
and process billions of transactions. Signalware synchronization. www.bonitasoftware.com Research In Motion Limited
includes wireless libraries to enable a full Research In Motion Limited is a leading
range of mobility applications deployed in designer, manufacturer, and marketer of
TDMA, CDMA, GSM, and analog networks, innovative wireless solutions for the mobile
and in the 3G environment of the future. communications market. Through development
Prototypes of Ulticom’s new Nexworx products and integration of hardware, software, and

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Services
SECTION 3
Wireless Service Offering

Sun’s integrated service solutions and experi- your customers; reduce your time-to-market
enced professionals can assist you with every and business risks; improve your ability to
aspect of planning, designing, architecting, mange change; maximize new investments
deploying, and operating your wireless in technology while maximizing previous
infrastructure--24 hours a day, 7 days a week, investments; achieve and maintain SunTone
365 days a year. Sun works with you to help certification for your wireless infrastructure;
accelerate revenue through faster deployment and grow your customer base and your
of innovative, highly differentiated services; infrastructure simultaneously.
help ensure continuous service availability to

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