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13th May 2005 - NEC today
announced that it has received orders of Mobile
Internet Platform and mobile handsets for Mobile
TeleSystems (MTS)'s i-mode(TM) service. MTS Russia's
largest mobile phone operator in Russia and CIS
which is currently holding over 40 million subscribers
and over 35% market share. i-mode operation in
Russia is scheduled to start in September 2005,
and further operation is scheduled in Ukraine,
Uzbekistan and Belarus in the future.
Expansion of high-level
functionality for the mobile Internet services
in Russia is moving forward, and advanced and
rich services are becoming a reality in near future.
"Russia is one of the important markets for
NEC." said Noboru Wakita, Senior General
Manager of NEC's Mobile Solutions Operations Unit.
"NEC is forging strategic relationships with
mobile operators and is reinforcing its mobile
business to provide improved revenue and create
new business opportunities for operators in Russia
and other region of the world. In order to contribute
to the development of mobile services, NEC will
contribute to the quick roll out of attractive
i-mode services with both application service
platform and i-mode handsets."
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Image Source: NEC
343i i-mode mobile phone |
NEC's i-mode platform
NEC's highly reliable Mobile Internet Platform is an
enabler for the provision of i-mode service, one of
the world's leading and most advanced Mobile Internet
Services, will be available in Russia. This platform
is an integrated solution that realizes unified operations
and service management, composed of well integrated
subsystems. One of these is a gateway that enables MTS's
customers to gain easy, quick and secure access to the
large variety of rich content offered by i-mode service
on GPRS mobile packet networks. A mail subsystem enables
customers to enjoy functional i-mode mail services with
video and picture attachments. A portal subsystem shows
service menus and membership content menus on each mobile
terminal. The platform offers complete management of
user information, content and services information,
agent charging and billing (including real-time for
pre-paid) in addition to flexible support of new features
to be released in future.
NEC's i-mode mobile terminals.
For the initial stage, NEC will provide two i-mode models.
"N411i" is compact and striking with a full-scale
1.3M Pixel integrated camera which enables users to
take rich pictures. N411i also features the 1.9 inch
65K colors main LCD to display not only high-resolution
pictures but also MPEG4 movies. Developed based on expertise
gained from the Mobile Internet markets in Japan and
Europe, "N411i" is very suitable for accessing
mobile Internet applications and rich contents, comprising
64 tone polyphonic ring tones, DoJa(TM) JAVA Applications
and wide variety of connectivity such as Bluetooth,
IrDA, USB and PictBridge. NEC also provides the "N343i",
the Ultra Slim Design Phone, with 300K Pixel integrated
camera and with DoJa(TM) JAVA Applications.
To provide attractive Mobile
Internet services for both 2.5 and 3G, NEC is to expand
their Mobile Multimedia Platform business, targeting
operators worldwide who wish to enhance customer satisfaction
and increase revenue. NEC plans to add to their Mobile
Applications line-up and aspires to gaining the leading
position in the Mobile Internet market. As a total solution
provider for Mobile Internet solutions, NEC has strong
competence in mobile infrastructure systems, mobile
application platforms, and an impressive portfolio of
content and competitive i-mode mobile handsets. Worldwide,
NEC's Mobile Internet Platform is currently operated
by Wind in Italy, Telefonica Moviles Espana, Bouygues
Telecom in France, Cosmote in Greek, Telstra in Australia
and Taiwan Far EasTone Telecommunications.
About MTS
Mobile TeleSystems OJSC ("MTS") is the largest
mobile phone operator in Russia and the CIS. Together
with its subsidiaries, the Company services over 40.6
million subscribers. The regions of Russia, as well
as Belarus, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, in which MTS and
its subsidiaries are licensed to provide GSM services,
have a total population of approximately 225.8 million.
Since June 2000, MTS' Level 3 ADRs have been listed
on the New York Stock Exchange with the ticker symbol
MBT. Additional information about MTS can be found on
MTS' website at www.mtsgsm.com.
About NEC's Business Development
in Russia
NEC has been involved in businesses in Russia for more
than 30 years, contributing to the deployment of most
telecommunications infrastructures such as public switching
systems, over 30,000 km of optical transmission systems,
over 9,000 km of microwave systems including Trans-Siberian-Line
networks, Satellite communication systems and enterprise
communication systems. Especially as for microwave system,
we have supplied over 12,000 sets as a part of Mobile
Infrastructure System to Russian Mobile Operators and
contributing to the enhancement of Mobile Services.
It has also pursued technology transfer to local joint
venture partners. NEC Neva Communications System, a
manufacturing facility of public switching system, is
the first joint venture company of Russia and Japan
in high-tech area. NEC has also transferred optical
transmission technology to EZAN, Experimental Factory
of Russian Science Academy.
About NEC's mobile application
business
NEC is a total mobile solutions provider capable of
providing solutions from mobile handsets to infrastructure
and mobile applications. NEC has been actively expanding
its sales in mobile applications, infrastructure and
handsets globally. The firm has a proven track record
of delivering platforms for implementing mobile internet
services such as i-mode/WAP2.0, along with location
information systems, contents conversion software and
mail servers. When introduction of 3G infrastructure
and IMS gets going, the changeover to all-IP and broadband
multimedia data communications will move into high gear.
The predictions are, as a result, that packet-based
voice services -- such as VoIP service and PoC (Push
to Talk Over Cellular) -- will expand and the integration
of voice and data services will accelerate along with
the introduction of image distribution services such
as cartoons or movies. On the foundation of its Mobile
Internet Platform, NEC will aggressively expand sales
efforts in its primary products of (i) "Ring back
melodies", in which phone call recipients let call
senders hear their favorite music or messages, (ii)
"Location information system", a platform
for providing various services based on participant's
location and (iii) "3G/2.5G Mobile Visual Solution"
to provide multimedia data such as cartoons, together
with its other application software offerings.
About NEC's Global Mobile
Business
NEC is a total solution provider for 3G and mobile Internet.
It has been involved in every first-stage rollout of
3G systems worldwide. It is also responsible for developing
the first 3G handsets for the world's first 3G networks.
NEC has competence in the mobile Internet field with
its mobile infrastructure system, mobile application
platform and its impressive portfolio of contents. NEC's
mobile handsets are known for their prominent technologies
including large color screens, built-in cameras and
other functions that make them ideal for use in the
mobile Internet. In the 3G/mobile multimedia global,
NEC aims to take strong initiative to create the market
and to obtain leading position.
About NEC Corporation
NEC Corporation is one of the world's leading providers
of Internet, broadband network and enterprise business
solutions dedicated to meeting the specialized needs
of its diverse and global base of customers. Ranked
as one of the world's top patent-producing companies,
NEC delivers tailored solutions in the key fields of
computer, networking and electron devices, by integrating
its technical strengths in IT and Networks, and by providing
advanced semiconductor solutions through NEC Electronics
Corporation.
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