Nokia Siemens Networks backs IP everywhere
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Rhythm method 3GSM Technology roadmaps for the future Nokia and Siemens Networks were laid out to delegates attending the 3GSM Conference on Monday.â¦
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Nokia Siemens Networks  said on Monday it had won an order worth $935 million from Kuwait telecom operator Zain  to build second- and third-generation mobile networks in Saudi Arabia.
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(InfoWorld) - At the same time that NokiaÂ is enabling multimedia mobile applications like VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol), it's helping operators limit such services. On one hand Nokia is rolling out services that let phone users make free calls. Separately, however, it has been offering technology that can let operators decide to make the services low priority. For example on Wednesday, Nokia introduced a new offering that allows Nokia N80 phone users to make VOIP over Wi-Fi calls viaÂ SIPphone's Gizmo service. Nokia is offering a feature on the phone that lets users download a file that configures the VOIP settings to easily enable the use of Gizmo. Gizmo customers can call each other for free although N80 Gizmo users could incur costs for accessing Wi-Fi networks. SIPphone also offers free calling to landline phones in some countries. Nokia also recently introduced support for Skype VOIP calls on its N73 phones for customers who subscribe to anÂ upcoming offering from 3 Group, the operator owned by Hutchison Whampoa. That offering uses the 3G (third-generation) network, rather than Wi-Fi. While end users might be pleased with such offerings, which can allow them to save on their mobile phone bills because they enable free or low-cost calling, operators have typically been reluctant to enable the services. VOIP on cell phones competes with the voice services that operators offer and also uses up network bandwidth that the operators might prefer to dedicate to more revenue-intensive offerings. So while Nokia is introducing applications that help end users take advantage of VOIP and other multimedia services, it is also trying to help operators ensure that customers don't use them extensively. Last week, Nokia introduced Peer-to-peer Traffic Control, software that allows mobile operators to identify data traffic on their networks according to the type of service and then prioritize that traffic based on preferred services. That means operators can decide to make certain services, like VOIP, low priority so that if the network is full of traffic from more important services, the VOIP users won't get network access. The traffic control product likely won't help operators hoping to control use of the Gizmo VOIP offering because that operates over Wi-Fi networks, which are typically owned by third parties or end users. The seemingly opposing offerings from Nokia indicate a general hedging of bets in the mobile world, said Darren Siddall, an analyst at Gartner. On one hand, operators don't want their networks to be used mainly by services they aren't making money on. But they also want to discover which applications are popular with users and figure out how to earn revenue from such services, Siddall said. "There's a lot of uncertainty about which applications users will find valuable," he said.
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To work with operators, this time Nokia has started trials of its latest N-Gage platform with Finnish operator Elsia.â¦
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Nokia Siemens Networks claims it has completed a successful test in an urban environment of LTE technology, which is considered the next step after 3G for many cellular operators.
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HELSINKI/LONDON  - Nokia  on Friday  welcomed what it said was an extremely favorable court decision  in a battle with wireless firm InterDigital  on patents  relating to the UMTS mobile standard.
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An adapter made by Siemens to extend Internet access to cordless phones is now loaded with Skype Internet telephone software, allowing the same phone to make calls using the Internet or the traditional phone network.
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(InfoWorld) - Ahead of its planned launch next month,Â the new venture between Nokia and SiemensÂ presented a product roadmap on the opening day of theÂ 3GSM World Congress in BarcelonaÂ that shows a strong focus on networking technologies based on IP. Admitting that the mobile phone industry may have overhyped its 3GÂ technology and missed the opportunity to connect with the world of IP, Simon Beresford-Wylie, designated chief executive of Nokia Siemens Networks, said at a news conference that "there is only one Internet, and I think we misunderstood this as a sector." Before joining Nokia, Beresford-Wylie was CEO of the Indian mobile operator Modi Telstra. The joint venture between the former German and Finnish rivals will have a combined customer base of around 600 companies with half of them mobile operators and the other half fixed-line operators, according to Beresford-Wylie. The launch of the new company has been pushed back a couple of times as the result of a corruption probe against executives at Siemens' networking division over accusations of bribes offered to secure business. Beresford-Wylie expects the venture to launch next month. "We were ready, and we still are ready to roll on day one," he said. The decision to merge networking operations was prompted by consolidation in the sector, in particular the launch ofÂ Alcatel-Lucent. Opportunity abounds, according to Beresford-Wylie. The number of people connected to the Internet with broadband connections -- both wireless and wireline -- will increase from 2.5 billion in 2006 to 5 billion in 2015, he said. The CEO designate also predicted that the rise of HDTVÂ and IPTV (Internet Protocol television) would lead to a hundred-fold increase in data traffic by 2015, ballooning at a rate of between 60 percent every year. These services will create demand for gigabyte-per-second connections for individual users. Nokia Siemens Networks will provide a range of products including mobile WCDMA (wideband code division multiplex access) and wireless WiMAX infrastructure systems, broadband access and, in particular, IP technology. But Beresford-Wylie was quick to point out that Nokia Siemens Networks intends to move away from being a "box provider" to a supplier of "managed solutions." The company's service portfolio will include applications and content management as well as consulting and systems integration.
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The world&#39;s top mobile phone maker Nokia said on Tuesday its phones would be used in a project to test wireless public transport fares in Hanau, near Frankfurt in Germany, beginning early next year.
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Nokia Siemens Networks said Monday it will transfer some research and development operations, including 230 workers, to Finnish IT service provider Tietoenator in a further move to cut costs. via PR-inside.com
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Finnish mobile device giant Nokia said this week that it will support most widely used methods of pushing email and other information to its smartphones.
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Nokia has demonstrated the first mobile IPv6 call, using its CDMA dual stack handset. The demonstration was made at the 3G World Congress Convention and Exhibition, which took place this week in Hong Kong.
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Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG said Monday they will combine their network equipment units in a reported &#36;30 billion joint venture to more effectively take on market leader LM Ericsson.
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Nokia Siemens Networks will buy Apertio, which specializes in network management applications for telecommunications operators, for &#8364;140 million ($205 million), the companies said Wednesday.
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In another sign that Nokia and SiemensÂ are confident that theÂ merger of their network equipment divisionsÂ will go through, the companies announced they will start sharing their proposed product portfolio in early February.
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Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, has signed an agreement to acquire Germany's mobile mapping and navigation equipment producer, gate5, for an undislosed sum.
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With security concerns still the number one issue swirling around wireless systems, Nokia's announcement this week of Nokia IP VPN, a family of IPSec virtual private network products, should be welcome news to the enterprise.ADVERTISEMENTReducing the Total Cost of OwnershipLearn how to reduce the total coast of ownership in enterprise data management in this case study.