Nokia and Indonesia's largest GSM operator Telkomsel have today jointly demonstrated live mobile multimedia services over an EDGE (Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution) network in the Indonesian city of Jakarta. In the first public EDGE trial in Indonesia, Telkomsel and Nokia piloted EDGE data services that are, on average, three times faster than services delivered over GPRS. The Telkomsel EDGE service was officially launched by Indonesia's Minister of Communications, Mr. Agum Gumelar, together with Telkomsel's President Director Mr. Bajoe Narbito.

 

"Telkomsel has always endeavored to be the first to introduce leading technology and communications solutions to our subscribers. We have taken another step towards bringing the future to our customers and providing a richer and more value-added mobile experience," says Mr. Bambang Riadhy Oemar, Telkomsel's Director of Planning & Development.

 

"Indonesia's capital Jakarta is our most important market for this kind of services and we have chosen Nokia to support us in this market to try out our EDGE services. EDGE will help Telkomsel remain ahead of the competition and further strengthen our position as Indonesia's undisputed market-leader in the cellular industry," he adds.

 

At the event, Telkomsel and its content and application partners successfully demonstrated various end-user applications and services over the Nokia EDGE network like Video Streaming, Interactive Gaming and high-speed data transmission for business-to-business applications.

 

"Nokia is delighted to again work closely with Telkomsel as the preferred supplier for the EDGE pilot launch. We believe that Telkomsel's vision to provide high-quality mobile data services will position it well to ride the next wave of mobile services - mobile data," says Gatot Prawiro, Account Director for Telkomsel, PT. Nokia Networks.

 

Nokia has delivered GSM/EDGE hardware to more than 60 customers in 35 countries with 23 public EDGE references. In addition Nokia has delivered networks to 9 out of 11 commercial EDGE launches 

 

Nokia has been working with Telkomsel since 1996, providing GSM and GPRS infrastructure and turnkey services for the operator's network.

 

About Telkomsel

PT Telekomunikasi Selular ("Telkomsel") is the market leader in Cellular Telecommunications Services (mobile operator) in Indonesia, having a share of more than 50% of the total Indonesian cellular market which consists of over 18 million active users. The company served 9.6 million customers by the end of 2003, 90% of which are prepaid users, on a nationwide network covering about 80% of the population of this fourth most populous country in the world.  Telkomsel operates a Dual Band GSM 900/1800 network in Indonesia, completed with GPRS services, WiFi hotspots and now EDGE technology in selected locations.  The company is jointly owned by PT. Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk ("Telkom" - JSX: TLKM; NYSE: TLK; LSE: TKID) 65% and Singapore Telecom ("SingTel" - SGX: TELE.SI) 35%.  Website: http://www.telkomsel.com.

 

About Nokia

A market leader in the cellular industry in Asia Pacific, Nokia provides innovative, industry leading and market-relevant technology and products to around 20 diverse markets in the region.

 

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Notes to editors

 

On average EDGE bring three-fold faster bitrates than with GPRS. EDGE brings seamless coverage and capacity extension for 3G services, like streaming, high-quality video/audio clips, browsing and corporate data access. GSM/EDGE networks naturally operate in GSM bands and there is no need for operators to acquire new licences.

 

Nokia has a strong track record in implementing EDGE and has reached the global number one position in this technology. Nokia has delivered GSM/EDGE hardware to more than 60 customers in 35 countries with 23 public EDGE references. Nokia has delivered network to 9 out of 11 commercial EDGE launches

 

Nokia has launched 10 EDGE terminal models and one eM2M model (i.e. Nokia 12 machine-to-machine model) by today and estimates to sell more than 100 M EDGE capable terminals by 2005.

 

EDGE is a smooth upgrade to GSM network, providing data services on average three times as fast and at lower costs compared to today's GPRS technology.  All mobile services benefit from EDGE.

 

EDGE brings seamless coverage and capacity extension for 3G services, like streaming, high-quality video/audio clips, and true mobility to web browsing and corporate data access. EDGE is a truly global technology, part of the GSM family. GSM/EDGE networks naturally operate in GSM bands and there is no need to acquire new licences.

 

Nokia considers EDGE to be complementary to WCDMA.