Nokia has supplied the Nokia Artus Messaging Platform to Austrian operator ONE enabling the delivery of WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) services to its customers.
Nokia Artus Messaging Platform acts as gateway between information and applications on the Internet and a mobile phone. Information on the Internet such as news or stock quotes can be accessed in seconds.
Nokia Artus Messaging Platform also makes it possible to access Web applications such as games or e-commerce. WAP security enables encryption and authentication for traffic between a WAP-enabled device and Messaging Platform through support of Wireless Transport Layer Security (WTLS). Messaging Platform also provides a secure Internet connection through Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).
"ONE has now launched its WAP portal and will initially target business customers. In the first phase we will offer an online organizer which includes features like an address book, to-do-lists or a SMS-reminder-system for important appointments", said Jürgen Peetz, Chief Technical Officer (CTO) ONE. "The end-user can access data via a WAP phone or PC. Nokia Artus Messaging Platform is an optimal WAP gateway which brings information from the Internet to the WAP-phone quickly, securely, and reliably".
"We are pleased that ONE has chosen Nokia Artus Messaging Platform to enable it to launch its WAP services", said Urs Pennanen, Managing Director Nokia Austria,"WAP is a key enabler of the mobile Internet and ONE will now be able to offer secure, personalized services for its mobile customers."
Nokia can offer operators what few others in the industry can; a complete end to-end WAP solution, including a WAP portal, gateways, mobile terminals, browsers, tools for WAP-based content creation and delivery, end-user application platforms, and systems integration services. In addition to infrastructure, Nokia Professional Services provides comprehensive service solutions for planning, deploying, managing, and enhancing WAP solutions.
In October 1998, the communications company ONE launched Austria's only nation-wide GSM-1800 mobile telephony network. By the end of March 2000 ONE had 1,100 employees and 690,000 customers producing an annual turnover of ATS 2 billion. ONE has a population coverage of 95%. Besides mobile telephony, ONE also offers the Internet product i-ONE, the fixed-line solution ONE 1069, and - together with Priority Telecom - the convergence product Take Two. ONE has already invested ATS 15 billion in Austria, in the year 2000 another 3 billion will flow mainly into new technologies. Shareholders of ONE / Connect Austria are the German VIAG (36.34%), the Austrian RHI Telekom (24.35%), the Norwegian Telenor (21.14%), and Tele Danmark (18.17%).
Nokia is paving the way to the Mobile Information Society with its innovative products and solutions. The company is the leading mobile phone supplier and a leading supplier of mobile, broadband and IP networks, related services as well as multimedia terminals. In 1999, Nokia's net sales totaled EUR 19.8 billion (USD 19.9 billion). Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is listed on the New York (NOK), Helsinki, Stockholm, London, Frankfurt and Paris stock exchanges and employs more than 55 000 people.
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