Nokia Will Host Commercial OMA PoC and Presence Services for 3 Scandinavia
Nokia to Open a New Hosting Center in Austria
ESPOO, Finland, July 6// -- Nokia will host commercial Push to talk over Cellular (PoC) and Presence services for 3 Scandinavia in Sweden and Denmark, thus allowing the operator to roll out the solution more quickly and efficiently. The service, enabling people to use their mobile phones like walkie-talkies, communicating with a selected group or with individuals at the push of a button, will be launched in September.
The agreement marks the launch of the world's first commercial Open
Mobile Alliance (OMA)-compliant Push to talk over Cellular service,
leveraging Nokia's leading position in GSM/WCDMA 3G-based PoC, unique
experience from terminals, knowledge of consumer behavior, and systems
integration. The PoC services are interoperable across all OMA-compliant
wireless networks and handsets. Nokia will operate the PoC platform from its
new Hosting Center to be opened in Vienna, Austria in September. Nokia will
also deliver 3 Scandinavia Nokia Eseries business devices with preset PoC
settings.
"After a successful push to talk trial with Nokia, we are confident in
Nokia's ability to host the service for 3 allowing us to concentrate on our
core business," said Jorgen Askeroth, Chief Technology Officer, 3
Scandinavia. "Arranging meetings, for example, will be cheaper and and faster
by push to talk than by a regular mobile phone call."
"Nokia Mobility Hosting tackles the major challenges operators face in
launching and managing as-yet unproven new services -cost, complexity, risk-
and gives them the confidence to explore and discover important new revenue
streams," said Patrik Sallner, Head of Hosting Service Line, Networks, Nokia.
"Hosting is a rising telecoms industry trend, and an area where Nokia intends
to grow."
Hosting is one of the many tools that Nokia can offer operators to help
grow their business in the face of ever-toughening competition and growing
technological complexity. Hosting sits alongside Managed Services to form one
of the main pillars of Nokia's growing Services business unit. Nokia is a
leader in the managed services market, with 40 agreements in 31 countries.
Nokia's end-to-end push to talk solution offers a full feature set, and
is compliant with the OMA standard. It also includes Nokia Presence solution
which adds a whole new dimension to push to talk by letting mobile
subscribers know how and when they can reach their family, friends, or
colleagues - before making a call. Nokia Push to talk over Cellular is part
of Nokia's IMS for fixed and mobile offering and compliant with 3GPP IMS
standards. In addition to voice, the solution will be capable of supporting
various push-to-media, such as video. With commercial contracts for 53 PoC
service offerings, and several operator trials ongoing, Nokia is leading the
market for Push to talk over Cellular in GSM.
About 3 Scandinavia
Hi3G Access AB offers third generation mobile video services to the
Scandinavian Market under the 3 brand. The company was first to launch
commercial 3G services in Sweden on May 5, 2003 and in Denmark on 14 October
2003. As of 30 March 2005 the company has 414,000 subscribers in Sweden and
Denmark. It also holds a 3G license for Norway. Hi3G Access AB is a joint
venture between Hutchison Whampoa Ltd (60%) and Investor AB (40%). For
further information, please visit our corporate website: www.tre.se.
About Nokia
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is a world leader in mobile communications, driving the
growth and sustainability of the broader mobility industry. Nokia connects
people to each other and the information that matters to them with
easy-to-use and innovative products like mobile phones, devices and solutions
for imaging, games, media and businesses. Nokia provides equipment, solutions
and services for network operators and corporations.
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Source: Nokia
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