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Nokia Launches the Nokia 9000i Communicator in Canada
November 20, 1997
Nokia today announced the availability of the GSM 1900 version of the award-winning Nokia 9000i Communicator, the world's first all-in-one communications device. The revolutionary Nokia 9000i Communicator combines digital voice and data services and personal organizer functions into a single, small-sized and easy-to-use unit and will be available from Microcell Solutions Inc.'s Fido main stores and selected distributors.
Far more than a full-featured digital phone, the Nokia 9000i Communicator enables users to make fax transmissions, e-mails and short messages as well as access Internet services and corporate and public databases. Other applications include an electronic calendar, address book, notepad and calculator. Users can also compose their own ring tunes.
"We believe that with the launch of the Nokia 9000i Communicator, Fido will have a great opportunity to serve a very wide customer segment," said Ken Bond, Director, Business Development, Nokia Products Limited. "Typical customers for the Nokia 9000i Communicator are managers and sales personnel, large corporate organizations or vertical market groups. In addition, there has been considerable interest from companies to optimize the Nokia 9000i Communicator to serve their specific needs."
"We are very pleased to team up with Nokia to provide wireless users with this outstanding communications tool," said Jacques Paquin, Chief Operating Officer, Microcell Solutions Inc. "With the 9000i Communicator, Nokia has once again proven its ingenuity in developing wireless solutions adapted to the needs of today's users," he added.
The operating system platform provides an open development environment so customers will be able to add new innovative functionality as it becomes available from service providers, software developers and Nokia. The operating system platform, called GEOS, was developed by Geoworks. Nokia has worked with third-party companies to provide connectivity and value-added solutions that will provide customized business tools for vertical market applications.
FidoŽ Service is marketed by Microcell Solutions Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Microcell Telecommunications Inc. (TSE. ME: MTI.B; Nasdaq: MICTF). The Company launched the first Personal Communications Services (PCS) at 1.9 GHz in Canada, in November 1996.
Nokia was the first manufacturer to supply digital wireless data cards to connect laptop computers and wireless phones for wireless data transmission. The introduction of the Nokia 9000i Communicator is a major step for Nokia in Canada and the industry in the area of mobile data products and demonstrates Nokia's continued leadership in wireless data solutions.
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 $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.
For more information, please contact:
Lillian Tepera
Nokia Products Limited
(905) 427-6654
Sheila Wisniewski/Mary Subrizi
NATIONAL Public Relations
(416) 586-0180
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