Nokia Continues to Combine Mobility and the Internet; Unique Software Upgrade Enables GSM Operators to Smoothly Upgrade to GPRS Services.HELSINKI, Finland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 14, 1999-- Nokia continues to combine mobile communications and the Internet with a unique GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) The first high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers that used the GSM technology. GPRS added a packet-switched channel to GSM, which uses dedicated, circuit-switched channels for voice conversations. software solution for both new and existing Nokia GSM operator customers. To upgrade current GSM radio networks for commercial GPRS services, the Nokia solution includes unique new software that can be remotely downloaded to Nokia Base Stations, therefore no remote cell site visits are needed. These capabilities will be added to all Nokia Base Stations in the course of the regular release cycle, meaning that the GPRS-enabling software upgrade will be supplied to close to 90 GSM operators worldwide. Nokia has already launched a GPRS core network The GPRS system is used by GSM Mobile phones, the most common mobile phone system in the world (as of 2004), for transmitting IP packets. The GPRS Core Network is the centralised part of the GPRS system and also provides support for WCDMA based 3G networks. system that supports open standards and multi-vendor interoperability. The solution includes both Internet Protocol (IP) core, as well as integrated service management and billing solutions. The system will also enable operators to be first to market with GPRS packet data services. This, combined with the unique software solution for BSS See 802.11. BSS - Block Started by Symbol will enable GPRS services next year. "Nokia's complete GPRS solution enables new and existing GSM operators to take significant steps in providing secure mobile access to the Internet, intranet and other IP-based services, based on open, non proprietary standards. Nokia's GPRS upgrade solution for base stations is yet another example of our innovative designs and solution developments for operators to migrate cost effectively towards new service offerings," says Olli Oittinen, Vice President, Marketing and Sales, Radio Access Systems, Nokia Networks. "Nokia's GPRS system and other innovations, such as the triple mode Nokia UltraSite are the answer for meeting increasing demands that higher data traffic will place on GSM networks in the coming years." GPRS offers instant packet-switched connections to data networks via GSM technology. In addition to allowing faster and easier Internet access, this continuous connectivity enables a variety of new applications, such as multimedia messaging, wireless corporate intranet, remote control and maintenance of appliances, and any number of monitoring or surveillance applications. Nokia is paving the way to the mobile information society with its innovative products and solutions. Nokia is the leading mobile phone supplier and a leading supplier of mobile, fixed and IP networks including related services. It also supplies multimedia terminals and computer displays. In 1998, net sales Net Sales The amount a seller receives from the buyer after costs associated with the sale are deducted. Notes: This amount is calculated by subtracting the following items from gross sales: merchandise returned for credit, allowances for damaged or missing goods, freight totaled EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 13.3 billion (USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 15.7 billion). Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is listed on the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of (NOK NOK In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Norwegian Krone. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ), Helsinki, Stockholm, London, Frankfurt and Paris stock exchanges and employs more than 51 000 people. |
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