Nokia Wins Hosted Push To Talk Contract With Mobitel Slovenia

(Business News & Technology News, 20 Nov 2006)

Nokia and Mobitel Slovenia have signed a contract for Nokia's hosted Push to talk over Cellular (PoC) and Presence services. Nokia will integrate and host commercial, OMA (Open Mobile Alliance) compliant services for Mobitel Slovenia, thus enabling the operator to roll out the solution more quickly and with a reduced investment.

Push to talk service will enable Mobitel Slovenia's customers to communicate with groups or individuals at a simple push of a button, with no need to dial numbers. Nokia Presence solution adds a whole new dimension to push to talk by letting users check before making a PoC call whether the person they are calling is available and willing to communicate. Services' compliance with the OMA standard enables full interoperability with OMA-compliant terminals and networks from other vendors as well.

The hosted PoC and Presence service trial with Mobitel Slovenia and the following deal mark Nokia's Networks business group an entry to the Slovenian market. The hosting and integration services will be provided from Nokia's recently launched hosting center in Austria.

Nokia's end-to-end push to talk solution offers a full feature set, and is compliant with the OMA standard. Nokia Push to talk over Cellular is part of Nokia's IMS for fixed and mobile offering and compliant with 3GPP IMS standards. In addition to voice, the solution will be capable of supporting various push-to-media, such as video. With commercial contracts for 59 PoC service offerings, and several operator trials ongoing, Nokia is leading the market for Push to talk over Cellular in GSM.

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