Nokia today launches its Media Terminal, a powerful infotainment center for the home combining the Internet and digital broadcasting. Based on open Internet technologies such as Linux, Mozilla, HTML and Intel's x86 computer architecture, the product makes it possible to have access to the rich entertainment offerings of the Internet via any display device in the home, e.g. the TV or a computer screen.
Nokia has taken the lead and based its new product on open Internet technologies for which there is already a wide range of services and applications available, thus adding value to the interactivity development in the broadcasting environment. The Internet technology of the Media Terminal has been developed in cooperation with Intel.
"The combination of Internet and digital TV brings consumers a new Internet-based media experience in the living room. Based on open Internet technologies, including Linux, the Media Terminal will bring consumers true interactivity from the very start. The Nokia Media Terminal enables new digital services which will bring clear benefits to all players in the value chain," says Hanno Narjus, Head of Sales & Market Creation, Nokia Home Communications. "Our unique background in IP technologies, mobile telephony and digital broadcasting allows us to offer our customers the most innovative home communications products available."
The Media Terminal is the first in a range of products that Nokia is introducing for the Connected Home. It will be available for broadcasting networks as well as for ADSL enabling media over IP. Features of the Nokia Media Terminal include full, fast Internet access in the living room which provides for interactive digital services including home shopping and banking, as well as the possibility to pause and replay live broadcasts or split the screen between TV and the Internet. Consumers can also watch digital TV and record to the integrated hard disc, play 3D network games, order video on demand, send and receive email with attachments, listen to and store MP3 files and connect a printer, digital camera or other device.
The Media Terminal features Nokia Navi(TM)bars, a user interface that has been especially developed to provide an easy and user-friendly interface in the home environment. Consumers can easily manage and navigate the multitude of offerings available via digital TV and the Internet.
The Media Terminal will support standards such as MHP and ATVEF and will evolve together with the Internet components Linux and Mozilla. It will be available in the market in the 2nd quarter 2001.
Nokia Home Communications, part of Nokia Ventures Organization, develops home products for communication, entertainment and wireless networking through combining Nokia's expertise in IP technologies, digital broadcasting and mobile telephony.
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, fixed 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 60 000 people
Further information:
Katarina Hägg
Nokia Home Communications
+46 709 93 83 57 or +46 8 793 83 57
katarina.hagg@nokia.com
www.nokia.com