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Nokia Brings Internet Into The Wireless Age
September 19, 1996
Nokia 9000 Communicator combines wireless voice, data and e-mail applications with Internet access via PCS1900 network
San Francisco, Calif. (September 19, 1996)-- With the launch of the Nokia 9000 Communicator for digital PCS1900 networks, Nokia brings the Internet to the pocket of mobile subscribers using the fast expanding GSM-based networks.
The Nokia 9000 offers new range of communications features. It is based on the communications needs of the mobile user, not costly, complex and heavy computing power. Besides being a phone, it includes an Internet compatible mobile terminal for wireless access of an unlimited range of tailor-made services.
The Internet is growing rapidly: Estimates of the number users of the Internet range anywhere from 15 million to 40 million. According to published reports, more than 200,000 web sites were created in 1995. The Internet in the future will play even a much larger role in the workplace, communications and entertainment.
The structure of the Internet also provides a platform for mobile access and information services such as news, entertainment, weather and financial services which can be delivered on a mobile terminal in a personalized service. Additionally, the Nokia 9000, as an example of the convergence of wireless voice and data, can optimize text rich sites and display graphics for mobile users who want to benefit from on-time and in-time information provided by the Internet. Data is transferred at a speed of 9600 baud in GSM-based wireless networks.
According to Andrew Harsch, marketing manager for Nokia’s Wireless Data Group, more than 40% of the traffic in wireless networks will be data related (messaging, fax, e-mail and Internet) by the year 2000. “The Internet gives operators a new avenue of opportunity for expanding their value-added services to mobile subscribers.” Today in Europe and Asia, there are already several millions of mobile telephone subscribers who utilize GSM embedded data services. “The Nokia 9000 takes users from a location-centered lifestyle, independent of place, office hours and working days to mobile and personal solutions.”
The Nokia 9000, demonstrated today at PCS ‘96 in San Francisco, will be available in the US, Canada and Latin America for PCS1900 networks in 1997.
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