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Nokia Developed Smart Messaging Defines New Wireless Service Category
August 29, 1997
New technology offers a platform for a wide range of value-added services in wireless networks
Nokia today demonstrated at IFA ‘97 (Berlin, Germany) its Smart Messaging concept, an open specification which provides access to value-added services, such as Internet, directly from any standard GSM phone.
The principle behind the Smart Messaging concept is to combine the information services, such as the Internet with wireless telephony in a seamless manner. The recent expansion of Internet-based applications and services is reflected in the cellular products as well. Communication products, especially cellular phones, have developed immensely with regard of value-added services. The focus in cellular is shifting from voice-only combination of voice, data and messaging.
“The GSM and Internet technologies are complementary, GSM offers global wireless connectivity and the Internet offers access to a global information resource. The success of GSM has shown the value that is placed on personal portable telephony. By adding the access to the Internet this concept can be enhanced to offer personal Internet access while on the move. Through the global GSM footprint, users will be able to access Internet, corporate Intranets or other information services anytime quickly and cost-effectively. By combining two powerful streams of the Internet and GSM into a single megastream, operators and service providers can develop a wireless Internet capability with the potential to substantially grow their network traffic and service revenues”, says Mikko Terho, Vice President, Wireless Data Unit, Nokia Mobile Phones.
The Nokia-developed Smart Messaging does not require any additional software in a terminal. Any GSM phone with SMS (Short Message Service) capability 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 communication devices, such as the Nokia 9000 Communicator or sophisticated mobile phones, such as Nokia 8110i.
The Smart Messaging technology allows GSM subscribers to access to a wide range of new applications, such as local information and “infotainment” services and the Internet. Services could include flight schedules, weather reports, stock news, currency rates and tele-banking information, sport news and movie listings. To access the services, the subscribers 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 the World Wide Web us conducted via an intelligent network server. Based on the specification, Nokia has also developed the Nokia Artus Messaging Platform 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 Tagged Text Mark-Up Language (TTML) technology that is optimized for narrowband connections, such as Short Messages.
The Nokia Artus Messaging Platform filters out extra information from Web pages, such as logos and graphics, leaving only the information necessary to the subscriber. Since TTML does not use any special characters or binary data, the same services can be accessed from standard wireless phone and from phones with more enhanced browsers, such as the Nokia 9000 Communicator, without any modifications to the service definitions on the server. In the Nokia 9000 Communicator, Netgate access is carried out using the WWW user interface and short messages.
Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is a leader in digital technologies including mobile phones, cellular and fixed telecommunications networks, wireless data solutions and multimedia terminals. With sales in approximately 130 countries, net sales totaled FIM 39.3 billion ($8.5 billion) in 1996. Nokia employs more than 34,000 people in 45 countries. Nokia's shares are listed in Helsinki, New York, London, Stockholm, Frankfurt and Paris.
Further information:
Mr. Ilkka Raiskinen
General Manager, Wireless Data, Europe
Nokia Mobile Phones
tel. +358 50 5588 913
Nokia Mobile Phones
Communications Department
Tel. +358 10 5051
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