BARCELONA, Spain-Nokia Corp. introduced several new third-generation network solutions and mobile Internet application platforms designed for wireless operators and service providers at the UMTS 2000 Congress in Barcelona, Spain.
Nokia said it also will introduce live 3G applications like music video downloads and interactive shopping.
The company’s mPlatform Solution is an enabling layer solution for operators to build mobile Internet portals and tailor new services. In addition, Nokia’s mPosition is an end-to-end location-based solution for mobile networks, while mCatch is a network-based, location-based service system designed for GSM networks with an upgrade path to GPRS, EDGE and 3G networks.
Further, Nokia introduced its IP-RAN radio resource management system for multistandard 3G networks, which places the radio resource control for various radio network access standards into a single server.
The company said the solution can increase radio network capacity by up to 50 percent.
The Nokia UltraSite W-CDMA Optima base station series consists of three new base stations, to be available in the second half of 2001. The new Nokia NetAct Configurator management solution was introduced as well, designed to support a smooth transition to next-generation networks.