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Nokia Technology Brings the Internet to Europolitan's GSM Customers
July 03, 1997
Europolitan, a Swedish cellular operator, is now providing Internet access to its GSM mobile phone customers, with the use of the NetGate functionality of the Nokia Artus Messaging Platform. This revolutionary technology was introduced earlier this year, and Europolitan is among one of the first operators to implement this system in a GSM network.
Due to the unique functionality of NetGate, Europolitan's customers can today, in a test version of the service, retrieve sports results directly to their GSM phones. A great deal of up-to-date information such as news, sports and tips about information technology, will be available later this year to Europolitan's customers.
Information that can be used is already available on the Internet pages; either created for GSM phone use or on standard web pages. The Nokia Artus Messaging Platform fetches the information requested by the user, formats it into readable text and then sends it back to the phone as a standard GSM short message.
"We have received a large number of suggestions from our customers regarding the kind of information they wish to receive through short message services (SMS). Due to Nokia's solution, much of this information can be retrieved directly from the gigantic flow of information that is the Internet, says Klas Wallström, Customer Relations Manager, Europolitan. "Our goal is to provide people with customer-adjusted mobile solutions regarding speech, text and data. This service is an excellent new addition to our already broad and advanced line of services."
The Nokia Artus Messaging Platform makes use of the Nokia-developed Smart Messaging technology. This technology is a key element of the Wireless Application Protocol, a joint effort of Nokia and other major vendors in the industry. The new protocol will be backward compatible, making the existing Nokia products in this area future-proof.
"The two growing trends in the industry, GSM and Internet, evolved separately at first. Nokia has brought these two together with the Nokia Artus product family and Smart Messaging. The focus is on ease-of-use for the end user, and easy and quick service creation for the operator", says Pekka Pohjakallio, Product Manager, Nokia Telecommunications. "Innovative operators like Europolitan will lead the way in the growth of wireless data. Another driving force is open protocols, such as the Wireless Application Protocol."
Europolitan AB is an operator in the digital mobile-telecommunications field with permission to operate a network within the 900 and 1800 MHz frequency. Europolitan's GSM-network was launched during 1992. As of March 31st 1997, Europolitan had some 293 000 customers. Europolitan puts a lot of effort in having a high level of quality and service and the company is also certified according to ISO 9001. The parent company of Europolitan, Europolitan Holdings AB is represented on the Stockholm stock exchange.
Nokia is the world's largest manufacturer of digital mobile phones and one of the two largest suppliers of GSM networks with sales in approximately 130 countries. Nokia is also the global leader in wireless data. With net sales totalling more $8.5 billion in 1996, Nokia employs over 33,000 people in 45 countries.
For further information, please contact:
Klas Wallström, Customer Relations Manager, Europolitan
Tel. (Int.) + 46 708 331 333
Nokia Telecommunications, Communications Department
Tel.(Int.) + 358 9 5113 8198
Fax. (Int.) + 358 9 5113 8199
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