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Nokia expects to see a surge in WCDMA services in 2005

Max Wang, Monaco; Jessie Shen, DigiTimes.com [Friday 5 November 2004]
http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20041105A2002.html

Olli Oittinen, vice president of the radio access systems division for Nokia, indicated that more mobile operators worldwide would begin launching wideband code-division multiple access (WCDMA) third-generation (3G) mobile wireless networks in 2005. Oittinen was speaking at the Nokia Mobility Conference 2004 in Monaco yesterday.

Nokia received new contracts for 3G-network deployments in the third quarter from five countries, including India, Pakistan and Ukraine, said Oittinen. There are currently 50 operators launching commercial WCDMA 3G networks worldwide, and Nokia will be implementing 24 of them, Oittinen noted.

Hutchison 3G UK now has 1.2 million WCDMA subscribers and is projecting two million by the end of this year, Oittinen stated.

Nokia was the first to provide core networks for GSM/EDGE and WCDMA 3G networks, with its 3GPP Release 4-compliant MSC Server System, according to a September 8 press release. The MSC Server System has been implemented by 20 operators, of which the Taiwan-based Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) was Nokia’s first customer using the voice core solutions, Oittinen added.

The vendor has also received four contracts for its IP-based multimedia subsystem (IMS) offerings and 19 for its Push-To-Talk over Cellular (PoC) installations, Oittinen stated.

Background:
Press release via Yahoo – Nokia reports 3Q sales of €6.9 billion, EPS of €0.14 (Oct 14)