And the spin continues....
Nokia President and CEO Jorma Ollila Makes Statement On ETSI Decision On 3rd Generation Technology - Positive for Entire Wireless Industry
HELSINKI, Finland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 29, 1998--At a 3rd generation work-group meeting held in Paris, ETSI (European Telecommunication Standards Institute) today announced its decision for the future Universal Mobile Telecommunication Service (UMTS) technology to be based on Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) radio access technology with certain key features of Time Division/Code Division Multiple Access (TD/CDMA) incorporated. Nokia is satisfied with ETSI's unanimous conclusion to support this single technology solution.
Commenting on the ETSI 3rd generation solution, Nokia President and CEO Jorma Ollila stated, ''We are pleased with ETSI's decision to back this optimal UMTS technology solution facilitating an open global system, which is also backed by key Japanese players. It will be beneficial to equipment manufacturers, operators and end-users globally,'' Ollila added. ''Nokia strongly believes that harmonizing standards is a cost efficient solution that will be advantageous for the entire wireless industry. Therefore, we welcome this UMTS decision, which will be based on WCDMA technology and some key features of TD/CDMA technology. WCDMA provides wide area, cellular-type services and TD/CDMA provides low mobility, indoor-type applications.''
''Nokia believes this is a major step towards the wireless information society that we envision. UMTS ensures a secure migratory path for existing GSM operators as it is the most widely used and proven core network technology,'' said Ollila. The new UMTS technology will provide wideband wireless multimedia capabilities over mobile telephone networks, allowing for the introduction of personalized, innovative video, Internet/Intranet and high-speed data services. The future networks utilizing WCDMA radio access technology will accelerate capacity improvements, make high-speed mass communications fully possible and enable the introduction of this extensive range of new services, leading to even higher global volumes, economies of scale and rapid further development towards a wireless world.
Nokia is actively developing 3rd generation technologies to be standardised in Europe, Japan and the USA. The company has studied WCDMA radio technology since the early 1990s, demonstrating the viability of WCDMA for data intensive applications in its fully operational test bed. In addition, Nokia is participating in NTT DoCoMo's extensive and ambitious test network project.
Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is a leader in digital technologies including mobile phones, cellular and fixed telecommunications networks, wireless data solutions and multimedia terminals. With sales in approximately 130 countries, net sales totaled $8.5 billion
(FIM 39.3 billion) in 1996. Nokia employs more than 36,000 people in 45 countries. Nokia's shares are listed in Helsinki, New York, London, Stockholm, Frankfurt and Paris. Find us at www.nokia.com.
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