It's a very weak bluff. QCOM can't touch Nokia. While QCOM is busy touting its relationships with 8 Chinese manufacturers and threatening all their potential customers with lawsuits, NOK and the RITT continue to work on WCDMA.
Nokia Demonstrates the World's First WAP Applications Over WCDMA
HELSINKI, Finland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 9, 2000--Nokia has successfully carried out the world's first WAP service over a trial WCDMA system. The tests were completed in Beijing China, where Chinese language WAP services were transmitted via the WCDMA system and radio network.
Nokia has WCDMA experimental system in Beijing, including network elements and terminals. The experimental system is operated and tested in co-operation with the RITT (Research Institute of Telecommunication Transmission), a division of the Ministry of Information Industry in China.
The experimental system was opened at the beginning of the year. RITT and Nokia have been in co-operation to develop the technical features of the next generation mobile technology, focusing on the special requirements in China.
``The demonstration of seamless interoperability of WAP over WCDMA proves that these technologies offer a future proof path towards Mobile Internet Services,'' says James Lin, President Nokia (China) Investment Co. Ltd.
Nokia has experimental WCDMA field systems installed at facilities around the world, including Beijing, Hong Kong, Espoo Finland, and Yokosuka Japan. In addition, Nokia has built Mobile 3G Demonstration Centres for use by partner operators in Europe to undertake full evaluation and demonstration of 3rd generation applications in a completely live working environment. The Nokia WCDMA experimental systems provide sufficient network equipment, software and terminal prototypes to allow thorough testing of WCDMA technology. With this system, Nokia customers can experience samples of potential future applications and mobile Internet access at speeds up to 384 kbit/s.
Nokia can offer operators what few others in the industry can; a complete end-to-end WAP solution, including WAP gateways, WAP portal, mobile terminals, browsers, tools for WAP -based content creation and delivery, and systems integration services. In addition to infrastructure, Nokia Professional Services provides comprehensive service solutions for planning, deploying, managing, and enhancing WAP solutions.
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, and broadband IP networks, related services as well as multimedia terminals. In 1999, Nokia's net sales totaled EUR 19.8 billion (USD 19.9 billion). Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is listed on the New York (NOK), Helsinki, Stockholm, London, Frankfurt and Paris stock exchanges and employs more than 56,000 people. Visit the Nokia website at www.nokia.com
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