Nokia and Guangdong Mobile Communications Corporation Ltd. (MCC)
Have Signed An Agreement to Trial Push to Talk Service in China
HELSINKI, Finland, May 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Guangdong MCC
demonstrated Nokia's Push to talk over Cellular technology to the public at
World Telecom Day on May 17. Following the initial service trials, Guangdong
MCC will undertake market trials, where its lead customers will trial push to
talk with Nokia terminals over Nokia Push to talk over Cellular
infrastructure. Guangdong MCC intends to launch push to talk commercially in
the second half of this year.
With push to talk, mobile phone users can use their mobiles like walkie-
talkies, communicating with a selected group or an individual with the push of
a single button. The service is a new direct method for instant one-on-one or
one-to-group communications.
"Nokia's world-leading PoC technology has confirmed the strong market
potential of this service. We believe push to talk will enrich the way people
communicate, and will be attractive both to the enterprise and the mass
market," says Li Gang, General Manager of Guangdong MCC.
"We are pleased to partner with Guangdong MCC, and their confidence in our
service has given us the momentum to introduce standards-compatible push to
talk technology in China. We trust that with our advanced end to end solution
offering, we can offer Guangdong MCC a unique and attractive solution for push
to talk," says Brian Ng, Vice President of Networks, Nokia China.
Guangdong MCC serves over 30 million mobile subscribers in southern
China's Guangdong province.
Nokia's carrier grade Push to talk over Cellular solution provides
competitive performance, a full feature set, and a smooth network software
upgrade path to the upcoming Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) standard. With more
than 30 operator trials ongoing, and five public commercial contracts, Nokia
is leading the market for Push to talk over Cellular.
Nokia launched the world's first push to talk capable GSM phone, the Nokia
5140, in November 2003. During 2004, Nokia will introduce a full range of push
to talk capable GSM phones, including Symbian OS based smart phones. From 2005
onwards, push to talk will become available for virtually all Nokia GPRS/WCDMA
phones.
Nokia is the world leader in mobile communications, driving the growth and
sustainability of the broader mobility industry. Nokia is dedicated to
enhancing people's lives and productivity by providing easy-to-use and secure
products like mobile phones, and solutions for imaging, games, media, mobile
network operators and businesses. Nokia is a broadly held company with
listings on five major exchanges.
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