Nokia Launches Home Product Based On Open Source Platforms.Business & Technology Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 2000 Nokia Home Communications today launched the Media Terminal, a new product for the home that combines Internet media technologies and digital broadcasting technologies. The software platform is based on open standards and technologies: Linux operating system, Xfree86-windowing system, the Mozilla web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. and compliant protocols and standards. The hardware is based on embedded Intel X86 computer architecture combined with a Nokia DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting) An international digital television (DTV) standard that is the European and Far Eastern counterpart of the North American ATSC standard. receiver module, hard disc and additional network interfaces based on PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). modules. The Media Terminal enables full Internet access and push-type Internet services over TV broadcast networks. It will initially be available for DVB broadcast networks. It will also be available in an ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line version enabling full Internet media decoding capabilities for TV viewers. The main features of the Media Terminal include full Internet access, split screen TV/Internet, pause/replay of live broadcasts, digital TV recording to hard disc, video on demand, file audio player, e-mail, 3D games, digital TV/radio, and access to connected devices such as printer and digital camera. Nokia's commitment to the open source community is strong and Nokia therefore intends to make source code available in order to maximize freedom to create applications for the Media Terminal. This way Nokia also gives developers in the open source community a toolkit to reach a substantially wider audience and application space than before. "To be successful in the fast-moving Internet environment we need to aim for an open Internet community with a multitude of players. Nokia takes a strong part in this community by adopting an active open source strategy. We want as many players as possible to join us and bring the industry forward: consumers, application developers and hardware manufacturers alike. Nokia's first step is the cooperation with Convergence Integrated Media GmbH to develop a standard low-level DVB API for our Linux-based Media Terminal", says Rickard Nelger, Head of Media Terminal Product Management, Nokia Home Communications. The API will be released on www.linuxtv.org. The Nokia Media Terminal will be available for consumers in the end of the 2nd quarter 2001. Linux refers to the complete operating system consisting of the Linux kernel, originally developed by Linus Thorvalds, and tools and libraries developed under the GNU project (see http://www.gnu gnu (n  ) or wildebeest (wĭl`dəbēst'), large African antelope, genus Connochaetes. .org). Linux(TM) is a trademark of Linus Thorvalds. Intel(TM) is a trademark of Intel Corporation. XFree86(TM) is pending trademark registration by The XFree86 Project, Inc. http://www.xfree86.org. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Nokia Home Communications, part of Nokia Ventures Organization, develops home products for communication, entertainment and wireless networking through combining Nokia's expertise in IP technologies, digital broadcasting and mobile telephony. Nokia is paving the way to the Mobile Information Society with its innovative products and solutions. The company is the leading mobile phone supplier and a leading supplier of mobile, fixed and IP networks, related services as well as multimedia terminals. In 1999, Nokia's 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. 19.8 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. 19.9 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 60 000 people |
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