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Nokia Defines New Wireless Service Category with Development of Smart Messaging
April 25, 1997
Direct access from GSM phone to Internet services
Nokia today announced Smart Messaging, a new direct Internet access service technology specially designed for mobile phone users. Smart Messaging, which Nokia developed, is available as an open specification providing direct access to the Internet from standard GSM cellular phones. In addition, as the first manufacturer, Nokia is able to provide the complete Smart Messaging solution to network operators and service providers. Nokia initially presented the concept last month at CeBIT ‘97 in Hannover, Germany, and will preview the concept at the Handheld Systems Conference in San Francisco tomorrow.
“The main idea behind Smart Messaging is to combine Internet access with wireless telephony in a seamless manner,” said Mikko Terho, vice president, Wireless Data, Nokia Mobile Phones. “The Nokia-developed Smart Messaging specification does not require any additional software in a terminal. Any GSM phone with the SMS (Short Message Service) capability, such as the Nokia 2190, can access the services. The specification is designed to be scaleable and it supports not only standard GSM phones, but takes full advantage of enhanced communications devices such as the Nokia 9000 Communicator.”
Nokia’s Smart Messaging enables GSM subscribers access to a wide range of new applications, such as information and “infotainment” services and the Internet. Services could include flight schedules, weather reports, stock news, currency rates and tele-banking information. To access the services, the subscriber simply enters a key word and sends it as a short message to the network server. The information is then formulated into a short message and sent back to the subscriber.
Communication between the phone and World Wide Web pages is conducted via an intelligent network server. Based on the specifications, Nokia has also developed the Nokia TTML (Tagged Text Mark-up Language) Gateway that enables network operators and third-party providers to offer information from the Internet to subscribers. The communication between the phone and the server is based on open TTML technology that is optimized for narrowband connections, such as Short Messaging.
The Nokia TTML Gateway filters out extra information from Web pages, such as logos and graphics, leaving only the information necessary to the subscriber. Because TTML does not use any special characters or binary data, the same services can be accessed from standard wireless phones and phones with more enhanced browsers, such as the Nokia 9000 Communicator, without any modifications to the service definitions on the server.
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