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Avaya Korea Provides Wireless LAN Solution to Chuncheon City
Chuncheon city launches pilot wireless LAN service at Myungdong
Store
Chuncheon citizens able to access Internet with laptops and
PDAs
For Immediate Release:29 Dec 2001
SEOUL KOREA -
The Korean operations of Avaya, a global leader in corporatenetworking solutions and services as well as an official partner of2002 FIFA World Cup¢ Korea Japan, announced on December 29 that itlaunched a pilot wireless LAN service in downtown Chuncheon byintroducing Avaya's wireless solution.
Chuncheon city plans to launch a wireless LAN service in an areawithin a 400m radius of Myungdong Store and 100m radius of CentralUnderground Store using Avaya Korea's wireless LAN solution.Chuncheon city held an opening ceremony for the pilot service atMyungdong, the downtown area of Chuncheon, and started full-fledgedwireless LAN service around the Myungdong shopping area.
The pilot wireless LAN service will be provided until afull-scale wireless Internet service is available to the wholecity. The shopkeepers and citizens around the pilot service areacan rent PDAs or wireless LAN cards to access the Internet withinthe service area. Chuncheon city also plans to provide variousservices based on wireless LAN system, such as VoIP service.
Avaya Korea provided Avaya Wireless AP-2 and wireless bridge forthe pilot wireless LAN service area, connecting three buildingswithin the service area. FNET, Avaya Korea's wireless LAN businesspartner, installed the wireless LAN equipment.
"Chuncheon city decided to provide wireless LAN service at thecenter of the city as more and more people have become aware of theconvenience of wireless LAN. We will expand the wireless LANservice to the whole city of Chuncheon depending on the outcome ofthe pilot service," said one city official.
Sang Chul Lee, director of EIS, Avaya Korea, said: "Such activeintroduction of wireless LAN service by a municipal government isunprecedented. I hope this pilot wireless LAN service will be anopportunity for the increased use of wireless LAN in our everydaylives."
About Avaya
Avaya, headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., is a leading globalprovider of communications solutions and services that helpbusinesses, government agencies and other institutions excel in thecustomer economy. Avaya offers Customer Relationship ManagementSolutions, Unified Communication Solutions, Hosted Solutions,MultiService Networking Infrastructure, and Converged Voice andData Networks ⬝ including the company's no-compromise AvayaEnterprise-Class IP Solutions (ECLIPS) ⬝ all supported by AvayaServices and Avaya Labs. Avaya is the worldwide leader in unifiedmessaging, messaging systems, call centers and structured cablingsystems. It is the U.S. leader in voice communications systems andservices. Avaya is an official sponsor for the 2002 FIFA WorldCup¢, the FIFA Women's World Cup 2003 and the 2006 FIFA World Cuptournaments. For more information about Avaya, visit its Web siteat http://www.avaya.com.
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