Nokia places W-CDMA 3GPP call

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. said it has placed its first wideband-CDMA voice call on the 3rd Generation Partnership Program standard.
“The 3G voice call demonstrates the compliancy of the commercial Nokia 3G network elements and the first version of a Nokia dual-mode GSM/W-CDMA terminal with the December 2000 version of the 3GPP release 99,” said Nokia in a press statement. “It also validates the network elements necessary for volume deliveries and enables further development of functionality.”