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6650 passes type approval testsNokia 6650 3G
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October 2002 Nokia has today announced that it has
passed all regulatory WCDMA and GSM type approval tests for the Nokia
6650 WCDMA/GSM dual mode mobile phone conforming to the requirements
of European Union CE mark under the R&TTE directive. The Nokia
6650 has also received the type approval certificate from Japan concerning
regulatory requirements tested by local official test authority TELEC.
Passed type approval tests mean that the shipments can now begin to
operators. The Nokia 6650, introduced on 26 September
in Helsinki, is the world’s first 3GPP compliant WCDMA/GSM dual
mode phone. Operators across the world will now start receiving the
Nokia 6650 terminals for their network optimization and interoperability
testing, preceeding the estimated commercial availability of the terminal
in the first half of 2003. "Commencing operator
deliveries of the Nokia 6650 is yet another significant proof of the
product’s maturity and of the steady progress that we and the
mobile industry are making towards commercial WCDMA networks and services.
The Nokia 6650 features not only equal but even exceed the current
GSM or GPRS devices in terms of functionality and performance,"
says Yrjö Neuvo, Chief Technology Officer, Nokia Mobile Phones. "WCDMA
provides the most cost efficient wireless technology for high data
throughput. It complements the ongoing efficiency increase in the existing
GSM bands through an evolutionary path". WCDMA
technology has been adopted by 112 operators in 34 countries, including
the existing GSM/GPRS/EDGE footprint, as well as in Korea and Japan.
In the long run, this means that the variety of terminals and the number
of available services will be best within the WCDMA/GSM standard, as
manufacturers and operators will enjoy excellent economies of scale. In
the first phase, most WCDMA networks will be dimensioned for 128 kbps
data rate, which is also the data rate of the Nokia 6650. This makes
the Nokia 6650 already faster than any traditional landline telephone
data connection available for a business traveller. However, Nokia
has already successfully tested 384 kbps data speed with the Nokia
6650 phone.
Deliveries of the Nokia 6650 are estimated to start
during first half of 2003, depending on the WCDMA networks' opening
schedules and the maturity of the interoperability between networks,
services and terminals.
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