3 Italy signs deal with IONA

IONA Technologies has announced that 3 Italy, the mobile video company of Hutchinson Whampoa Group Ltd (HWL), has selected IONA’s Artix to help achieve interoperability between the wireless providers’ multiple-packaged and home-grown middleware systems.

3 Italy was the first provider to launch UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) services in Europe and its goal is to become the leading provider of UMTS services in the Italian market.