Nokia to demonstrate HSDPA with MobileOne

June 21, 2006

Nokia and MobileOne (M1) will demonstrate live mobile data connection supporting 3.6 Mbps at Nokia Connection in Singapore.

With 3.6 Mbps, more and faster data services can be delivered over-the-air as it roughly doubles the speed of what can be achieved with today's maximum HSDPA data rate. In practice, the download time of a typical music file will be less than 10 seconds. The 3.6.Mbps capability will be commercially available from Nokia at the end of June.

Mobile broadband services such as video streaming of, for example, movie trailers will be demonstrated at 3.6 Mbps. The quality of the service will be DVD-like. M1's commercial network equipment, supplied by Nokia, will be used for the demonstration, which will be made from a laptop using a data card.

"Today's demonstration shows that 3G and HSDPA development is moving forward in an accelerated pace. At Nokia, we create solutions that can help operators cost-effectively support consumers' increasing interest in and use of high speed and quality data services," says Alex Tan, Account Director, Networks, Nokia.

"This is an exciting demonstration for M1 as it clearly shows the benefit of HSDPA to our customers, who will be able to access the Internet and their emails and download content much faster over HSDPA than over WCDMA or GSM/GPRS network," says Patrick Scodeller, Chief Technical Officer, M1.

The demonstrations will take place in the Suntec City Convention Centre, Level II Ballroom, M1/Nokia demo stand during the event.

Nokia has been one of M1's network equipment suppliers since 1997.