Telenor Mobile Sweden has selected the Nokia MSC Server System (MSS) to optimize its 2G and 3G network. The MSS solution will help Telenor Mobile Sweden significantly reduce costs related to network operations, while providing a solid technology base for future fixed-mobile convergence. The Nokia MSS, a 3GPP standardized mobile softswitch solution, plays a key role in the Nokia Unified Core Network for converged networks.

Nokia is also providing implementation and basic integration services. Deliveries will begin immediately, and the system will be operational during the fourth quarter 2006.

“The Nokia MSS solution brings important benefits to our network, especially as it evolves toward converged services,” said Johan Lindgren, CEO at Telenor Mobile Sweden. “We expect considerable cost savings in our network operations, as well as a streamlined path forward toward offering services that are independent of access.”

“We are very pleased to be supplying our mobile softswitch to Telenor Mobile Sweden,” said Martin RГ¶nnlund, Senior Account Manager, Networks, Nokia. “This deal is a further endorsement of our MSC Server System’s capabilities for optimizing operators’ networks as they move into fixed-mobile convergence. It shows again that we have an excellent solution that has helped us gain a leadership position in this market.”

Nokia is creating seamless user experiences in converging networks thanks to mobile softswitching and IMS for fixed and mobile. With close to 100 customers for its mobile softswitching, Nokia has delivered the majority of the world’s commercial 3GPP-compliant mobile softswitching. Nokia is also the front-runner in IMS for fixed and mobile networks, with over 85 references for IMS solutions, such as Push to talk over Cellular, while paving the way for network renewal with IMS-based voice and applications in fixed networks.

Today Nokia announced a new commercial DVB-H pilot in Stockholm with Teracom in Sweden. Nokia is supplying the Nokia Mobile Broadcast System 3.0 and Nokia N92 mobile TV devices to the pilot which will last from October to December 2006 and includes 400 consumers. The project is a co-operation between ATG, Boxer, Nokia, Sveriges Radio, Sveriges Television/UR, Telenor and Teracom.

The pilot participants will be able to watch fourteen TV channels and listen to four radio channels in the Stockholm city region, where a network has been built for high quality indoor and outdoor coverage. The objective is to evaluate what Swedish consumers think about commercial broadcast mobile TV.

ATG, Boxer, Sveriges Radio and Sveriges Television will provide content for the pilot. The test will be delivered using Nokia Mobile Broadcast Solution 3.0, and the pilot participants will use mobile devices from Nokia, the Nokia N92. Teracom will be responsible for the network, the broadcast and operating of the platform.

“We strongly believe in the capability of the DVB-H technology as well as in the mobile TV service, and we are looking forward to presenting the full potential and interest of broadcast mobile TV in Sweden,” says Sigurd Leth, Multimedia Director for Nokia Nordic.

This is the second mobile TV pilot in Sweden where Nokia is one of the main suppliers of DVB-H technology. Last week, Nokia announced a new contract with TeliaSonera Sweden for a complete DVB-H pilot system, including Nokia Mobile Broadcast System 3.0 and Nokia N92 mobile TV devices, underpinned by Nokia’s hosting and systems integration know-how.

DVB-H technology complements existing operator networks, optimizing capacity and quality. It offers consumers the chance to enjoy high quality terrestrial digital broadcasts along with voice telephony and internet access all in a single device. Broadcast mobile TV will offer new business opportunities for mobile service providers, content and broadcast companies, infrastructure and handset manufacturers as well as technology providers.

The feedback from different mobile TV pilots has been promising. Results from pilots on broadcast (DVB-H) mobile TV services amongst consumers in Finland, the UK, Spain and France have revealed clear consumer demand for such services as well as important indications over future business models for commercial mobile TV services.

TeliaSonera marks a new customer for Nokia Mobility Hosting

Today, during the annual Nokia Connection event in Singapore, Nokia announces a new contract with TeliaSonera Sweden for a complete DVB-H trial system, including Nokia Mobile Broadcast System 3.0 and Nokia N92 mobile TV devices, underpinned by Nokia’s hosting and systems integration know-how.

The contract highlights Nokia’s strong end-to-end capability as the system comprises of products and solutions from Nokia’s Multimedia and Networks business groups.

The system is currently being installed at the Nokia facility in Kista, Stockholm, supported by Nokia’s consulting and integration services. The system will be hosted and managed by the Nokia team, to allow TeliaSonera Sweden to offer the full benefits of mobile television. The system will be in extensive use in Gothenburg and Stockholm from early August until year-end. TeliaSonera marks a new customer for Nokia Mobility Hosting.

“Nokia is very pleased to be working so closely with TeliaSonera Sweden in this new area of DVB-H based mobile TV. We believe strongly in the capability of this technology as well as in the mobile TV service, and we are looking forward to verify the full potential of mobile TV together with TeliaSonera Sweden,” says Jan Lindgren, Vice President, Networks, Nokia.

Nokia delivers a complete DVB-H system including Nokia Mobile Broadcast System 3.0 and Nokia N92 devices.

“Broadcast mobile TV is an interesting new service for TeliaSonera Sweden to consider. It fits well with our ambition to offer our customers a wide range of innovative services while at home as well as on the move. By trialing the DVB-H technology together with Nokia we can further explore the possibilities in this area and gain an even better understanding of our customers’ expectations,” says Anders Bruse, Senior Vice President, Products and Services, TeliaSonera Sweden.

DVB-H technology complements existing operator networks, optimizing capacity and quality. It offers consumers the chance to enjoy high quality terrestrial digital broadcasts along with voice telephony and internet access all in a single device. Broadcast mobile TV will offer new business opportunities for mobile service providers, content and broadcast companies, infrastructure and handset manufacturers as well as technology providers.

The feedback from different mobile TV pilots has been promising. The recent interim results from the Oxford mobile TV trial showed that there is clear consumer demand for the service and that 83% of the pilot participants are satisfied with the end-to-end service provided.