|
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
Nokia and Flashnet bring Internet via Satellite to Italy
November 03, 1997
Nokia Multimedia Network Terminals and Italian telecommunications operator Flashnet Telecommunicazioni S.p.a have signed a letter of intent announcing a cooperation which will give Italian TV-viewers access to Internet services via satellite. For the first time, Internet services can now be received up to thirty times faster than via traditional telephone lines, using a Nokia satellite dish.
All customers purchasing a Nokia Mediamaster in Italy are offered a three month free Internet subscription via telephone lines. At the end of this period, customers will also benefit from a 35% price reduction on a Flashnet DirecPC Reception Kit to receive Internet services via satellite. This offer is valid in Italy until mid January ’98.
Flashnet SpA is one of the market leaders in telecommunications, specialising in Internet, Intranet, international telephony as well as satellite services. Today Flashnet has technical offices and representatives in 18 Italian cities. The company has 350 nodes in Italy, 760 in Europe and thus, being a Eunet partner, in the rest of the world. This guarantees a total coverage of the USA for dial-up access.
Nokia Multimedia Network Terminals is part of the Nokia Group. With sales in approximately 130 countries, Nokia´s net sales totaled $8.5 billion in 1996. Nokia employs more than 36,000 people in 45 countries. Nokia’s shares are listed in Helsinki, New York, London, Stockholm, Frankfurt and Paris.
For further information:
Claus Rønning
Product Marketing Manager
Nokia Multimedia Network Terminals, Italy
tel +39 35 31 77 86
Giovanni Prignano
President
Flashnet Telecommunicazioni S.p.a
tel +39 6 6605 41
| |
