Mobilaris Wins in Hungary

STOCKHOLM -- Mobilaris today announced that the European wireless operator Westel in Hungary has selected them to deliver a Mobile Internet Service Platform for deployment of location-based services, along with Ericsson Hungary. Mobilaris' service management platform, Pacific OceanTM*, allows Westel to create an environment for fast and cost effective service rollout. Mobilaris Mobile Internet Service Platform complements the existing MPC (Mobile Positioning Center) delivered by Ericsson."The co-operation with Mobilaris made it possible to offer and deliver a full end-to-end solution to Westel for supporting the introduction of location based services." says Miklós Istvánffy, General Manager Ericsson Hungary Ltd."The operator will receive a complete toolkit for developing new location-based services with an innovative "plug and play" structure, which allows mobile services to be launched within weeks rather than months", says Björn Westerholm, CEO at Mobilaris."Operators investing in Pacific Ocean gain the advantage of lower internal costs for development and resource allocation, new services can be added effortlessly and integrated to all the support systems easily," he added.Mobilaris has during the offer cooperated with Ericsson Hungary and the project is now commercially deployed from October 1, 2002.Mobilaris ABWestel Mobil Telecommunications Co. Ltd.