Nokia 6650 phone passes tests in Europe and Japan
October 18, 2002
Shipments for operators to commence immediately
Nokia has 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.
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