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Nokia to Participate in Japanese 3rd Generation Digital Cellular Development
April 03, 1997
Japan’s leading cellular operator, NTT Mobile Communications Network, Inc. (NTT DoCoMo), announced today that Nokia has been chosen to participate with other vendors in the development of third-generation prototype mobile terminals for their test network. NTT DoCoMo has stated their intention to offer mobile services commencing in 2000 based upon W-CDMA (Wide-band Code Division Multiple Access) technology. W-CDMA is among the technologies under consideration for third-generation cellular networks.
Nokia, the world’s largest digital cellular terminal manufacturer and one of the two global leaders in GSM/DCS digital cellular infrastructure, was the first non Japanese company to develop a digital mobile phone for the Japanese PDC (Personal Digital Cellular System) standard. Nokia today manufactures mobile phones for all major cellular standards.
Commenting on the announcement, Nokia Group Executive Board Member Professor Yrjö Neuvo stated, “We are pleased to have been among those selected to cooperate with NTT DoCoMo in third-generation cellular activities for the Japanese market. Nokia is committed to exploring a broad range of technologies appropriate for third-generation mobile systems and is actively participating in standardization activities in several international fora. The announcement by NTT DoCoMo of the inclusion of Nokia among the initial group of vendors to develop prototype mobile terminals for their wide-band CDMA test network is a good example of these activities.”
NTT DoCoMo Group is Japan’s largest mobile network operator with over 10 million subscribers nationwide. The group employs over 7,000 personnel and had sales in the fiscal year 1996 of ¥ 2 trillion.
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