Nokia Tests First UMA Network In Finland

July 28, 2006 – 7:14 am

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In the first of our series of 6 question interviews we had the chance to talk with Mr. Nowak, a representative of Nokia.com and he told us about UMA technology and the upcoming release of the first UMA cell phone, the 6136.

On July 27th, 2006 Nokia announced that they’ve started their first pilot WAN in Oulu, Finland.
50 families are participating and testing the Nokia 6136 and the UMA network and is expected to be trialed for 2 months to test the functionality and reliablity using real life conditions and surroundings.

The pilot project is a joint cooperation between Nokia, the DNA/Finnet group and the City of Oulu. The City of Oulu announced the Pan Oulu project last year which enables its citizens to receive free WLAN internet via hotspots around the city. These hotspot areas around the downtown area of Oulu will be a great way to assess the way UMA works in a constantly
changing environment like WLAN.

Nokia’s UMA enabled 6136 phone is expected to hit US markets later this year.

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