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Nokia Delivers World’s Largest GSM/DCS 1800 Wireless Payphone Deals
February 20, 1997
Nokia, a leading supplier of cellular phones and networks and the largest manufacturer of wireless smart card payphones, has delivered several thousands of wireless payphones to Thailand and South Africa. These contracts mark the largest GSM/DCS payphone deliveries and indicate the fast growing importance of wireless technologies in meeting basic telecommunications needs.
The Nokia wireless payphone is the first integrated cellular payphone in the market. The product is available in GSM, DCS 1800/1900, NMT 450 and AMPS networks, and is also being developed for other major cellular standards. The Nokia wireless payphones can be operated either stand-alone or by utilizing Nokia wireless payphone management system, a software system that supports the maintenance and operation of Nokia wireless payphones.
Total Access Communication Public Company Limited (TAC) in Thailand has chosen Nokia wireless payphones for its DCS 1800 network because of their small size and ease of installation. TAC has mounted Nokia wireless payphones to taxis, buses, hotels, and airport limousines in order to offer passengers greater accessibility, convenience and efficient use of time. In Thailand, Nokia wireless payphones utilize state-of-the-art payment methods, such as electronic purse concept.
Mobile Telephone Networks (MTN), a GSM operator in South Africa, has utilized Nokia’s high tech expertise in wireless payphones to offer telephony services to masses of people in both urban and rural areas without existing access to telephones. Thanks to Nokia wireless payphone’s reliability, it has also been possible to install the payphones in places of extreme climatic conditions ranging from very hot, arid and dusty areas to coastal areas with high humidity. As one specific application in South Africa, Nokia wireless payphones are mounted in trailers that can be moved to a temporary location for social gatherings or emergency situations, to offer telephony service to people.
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