| Deal Reinforces Nokia's Leading Position in 3GPP Core Networks |
| 18th
April, 2005 ( see
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Europe : Nokia has signed an agreement with leading Indonesian operator Telkomsel to expand its packet core network in Indonesia. With this deal Telkomsel will be able to address the strong demand for mobile voice and data services from its rapidly increasing subscriber base, which currently stands at more than 17.5 million. Under the contract Nokia is supplying 3GPP packet core network solution and related services including implementation, project management, planning and optimization, Nokia NetAct( TM ) Traffica and Nokia NetAct( TM ) network and service management system. Deliveries have already begun and implementation is ongoing. "Telkomsel subscribers appreciate the value of innovative services and demand the best experience with mobile data. This important packet core expansion with proven Nokia technologies, solutions and services will enable us to cater for this demand and continue to offer the most advanced mobile services in Indonesia," says Kwon Kee Ng, Director of Operations, PT Telekommunikasi Cellular, Indonesia. "We are pleased to further strengthen our strong business relationship with Telkomsel with continuing expansion of its high quality mobile network. This agreement underlines Telkomsel's trust in Nokia's proven track record to deliver end-to-end solutions for mobile infrastructure and in Nokia as the leading supplier of 3GPP packet core network solutions," says Arjun Trivedi, Account Director, Networks, Nokia Indonesia. Nokia has been working with Telkomsel since 1996, providing GSM, GPRS and EDGE infrastructure and turnkey services for the operator's network. Nokia has approximately 100 packet core references globally. Nokia can draw on its over 15-year track record of implementing and operating networks and its extensive practical experience of implementing mobile services for operators. Nokia has contracted operating services for over 20 operators globally, in addition to providing full turnkey implementations for a total of 27 customers in 22 countries. Nokia NetAct has been delivered to over 300 customers worldwide. |
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| Tatara Systems Demonstrates Fixed Mobile Convergence |
| One of the first fixed mobile convergence solutions being offered by Tatara is SMS over IP, which allows communications service providers to seamlessly handoff SMS traffic from their legacy circuit network to an IP network (e.g. over WLAN). |
| Deal Reinforces Nokia's Leading Position in 3GPP Core Networks |
| Nokia has signed an agreement with leading Indonesian operator Telkomsel to expand its packet core network in Indonesia. |
| Rogers First In Canada To Provide Live TV On Cell Phones |
| Rogers Mobile Television service is powered by MobiTV, the world's first network and platform providing live television on wireless phones. |
| 3G Mobile Video Content for Telecom New Zealand |
| Gamer.tv has signed an agreement with Telecom New Zealand to supply video game reviews, previews and features for access by Telecom's T3G customers. |
| Woosh Order with IPWireless Triples its 3G UMTS TDD Network |
| Woosh Wireless and IPWireless announced today that the New Zealand broadband service provider has placed an order for an additional 180 UMTS TDD base stations to expand its New Zealand network. |
| SK Telecom Releases "GXG", Mobile Phone 3D Games |
| SK Telecom has launched a variety of great 3D games that let users enjoy a sense of incredible speed and powerful graphics by upgrading the existing mobile games offered via mobile phone. |
| 3G HSDPA Tipped as a Low-Cost Path to Fast Mobile Broadband |
| Mobile communications infrastructure vendors and carriers, impatiently waiting to offer their customers mobile broadband services, would do well to consider HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) as an economical alternative. |
| Qualcomm Samples First CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Revision A Chipset |
| QUALCOMM Incorporated announced the on-time sampling of the industry's first chipset for CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Revision A, the Mobile Station Modem (MSM) MSM6800 chipset, optimized to drive demand for data-intensive wireless multimedia. |
| Vision Face Recognition Sensor' for Mobile Phones |
| OMRON Corporation, a global leader in automation, sensing and control technology, demonstrated the 'OKAO Vision Face Recognition Sensor' at the 'Security Show Japan 2005', held March 2nd to 4th at the Tokyo Big Sight. |
| Enhance ISP Service for 3G FOMA Users |
| NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and its eight regional subsidiaries announced today the forthcoming launch of mopera U™, an advanced mobile ISP service for FOMA subscribers who connect to the Web via a PC, PDA or DoCoMo's new business-oriented M1000 handset. NTT DoCoMo aims to start the service this June. |
| Vodafone Spain - Country's First Quad Band UMTS 3G PC Card Modems |
| Novatel Wireless announced it will supply its Merlin U630(TM) PC Data Cards to Vodafone Spain, one of Southern Europe's largest wireless carriers. |
| Mobile Video's Spectacular Payoff |
| Tiny TVs have been around for decades without having much impact. That's about to change, according to a new study from ABI Research. |
| Cellular3G Debuts Low-Power, High Data Rate, W-CDMA Baseband Chip |
| Cellular3G Inc., the wireless chip-set company with a R&D site in the UK, stepped up its UMTS offering with a full rate HSDPA solution, a natural migration from its, already commercial UMTS Rel.4 UE baseband processor implementation, TopHat(TM). |
| Haiti Prepare for 3G Wireless |
| Haiti Telecommunications International S.A. (HaiTel), a wireless voice and Internet service provider in Haiti, is expanding and enhancing its wireless network with Nortel CDMA wireless infrastructure solutions. |
