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20th June 2006 - Nokia and MobileOne (M1) will demonstrate
live mobile data connection supporting 3.6 Mbps at Nokia Connection
in Singapore. The first 3.6 Mbps demonstration in Asia reinforces
Nokia's technology leadership and showcases developments in
High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), an upgrade to WCDMA
3G networks.
With 3.6 Mbps, more and faster data services can be delivered
over-the-air as it roughly doubles the speed of what can be
achieved with today's maximum HSDPA data rate. In practice,
the download time of a typical music file will be less than
10 seconds. The 3.6.Mbps capability will be commercially available
from Nokia at the end of June.
Mobile broadband services such as video streaming of, for
example, movie trailers will be demonstrated at 3.6 Mbps.
The quality of the service will be DVD-like. M1's commercial
network equipment, supplied by Nokia, will be used for the
demonstration, which will be made from a laptop using a data
card.
"Today's demonstration shows that 3G and HSDPA development
is moving forward in an accelerated pace. At Nokia, we create
solutions that can help operators cost-effectively support
consumers' increasing interest in and use of high speed and
quality data services," says Alex Tan, Account Director,
Networks, Nokia.
"This is an exciting demonstration for M1 as it clearly
shows the benefit of HSDPA to our customers, who will be able
to access the Internet and their emails and download content
much faster over HSDPA than over WCDMA or GSM/GPRS network,"
says Patrick Scodeller, Chief Technical Officer, M1.
The demonstrations will take place in the Suntec City Convention
Centre, Level II Ballroom, M1/Nokia demo stand during the
event.
In WCDMA 3G, Nokia has 59 customers to date. Nokia's high-performing
HSDPA is a simple software upgrade to Nokia WCDMA networks,
thus enabling cost-effective and fast rollout. In the first
phase, Nokia HSDPA offers up to four times faster data services
than current 3G, and consequently enhanced quality of service
experience. Nokia is a leader in the HSDPA market, with over
20 contracts globally, many of which are in commercial use.
Nokia HSPA is made up of two key technologies, HSDPA (High
Speed Downlink Packet Access) and HSUPA (High Speed Uplink
Packet Access), offering breakthrough data speeds theoretically
up to 14.4 Mbps in the downlink and up to 5.8 Mbps in the
uplink.
Nokia has been one of M1's network equipment suppliers since
1997.
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