Cisco and T-Mobile to Drive Mobility through the Acceleration in Adoption of WLAN in EMEA

Cisco Systems have agreed to a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with T-Mobile, Europes leading wireless local area network (LAN) provider, to accelerate the development, introduction and use of wireless LAN (WLAN) hotspots for business use across Europe, the Middle East and Africa(EMEA).The MoU has already resulted in a number of joint initiatives, including the creation of wireless LANs in 100 Starwood Hotels across the five European countries where T-Mobile has a presence: Germany, the UK, Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Austria. The two companies are also collaborating on the delivery of wireless networking services to university students - both on and off-campus - across Europe. The coming year will see sales, marketing, product development and infrastructure projects focused on driving wireless LAN adoption in the healthcare, public sector and corporate sectors. Forming the bedrock of wireless LAN developments created as a result of the MoU will be the Cisco Aironet Series of wireless LAN technologies, along with Cisco routers, switches and other platforms such as Cisco Mobile Exchange and Cisco Service Selection Gateways.