Nokia today announced a new feature for the Nokia WAP Server 1.1: 'Nokia Activ', a one-button solution that enables websites to send WAP service settings, over-the-air, to Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)-enabled mobile phones.
The feature makes offering and using WAP services very easy for both companies and consumers. With Nokia Activ, companies and organisations can immediately offer their services and information to large numbers of mobile phone users in an easy manner. Consumers would simply click the Nokia Activ button on a web site and type in their mobile phone number. The settings of the service are sent over-the-air to the customer’s WAP-enabled phone as a text message. Nokia Activ is exclusively available to Nokia WAP Server customers, and is included in the Nokia WAP Server product package.
According to Pertti Lounamaa, vice president at Nokia Internet Communications: "While wireless Internet is extending into everyday life, ease-of-use of the services is obviously a key driver to encourage both customer take-up and customer loyalty. With Nokia Activ, we aim to provide a simple, cost-effective offering that is bound to boost the use of WAP applications and WAP-enabled devices."
Nokia Activ is another step in Nokia's global vision of a mobile information society where the combination of mobility and the Internet is anticipated to create an explosion of new services. By the end of 2003, Nokia has estimated that more people will access the Internet via a mobile handset versus a PC.
Comments Bo Harald, executive vice president at MeritaNordbanken, the first bank in the world to launch WAP-banking services: "MeritaNordbanken is committed to providing its customers with secure and easy-to-use Online and Mobile Banking Services. Therefore we welcome techniques and features like Nokia Activ." MeritaNordbanken's services include basic banking services, equity trading and shopping at MeritaNordbanken's virtual marketplace, the Solo Mall.
About WAP
WAP is an open global standard for communication between a mobile handset and the Internet or other computer application. WAP-based technology enables the design of advanced, interactive and real-time mobile services, such as mobile banking or Internet-based news services, which can be used in digital mobile phones or other mobile devices. The WAP specification allows solutions from multiple suppliers to perform consistently and reliably for the end-user across digital networks. For more WAP information visit: www.wapforum.org.
About the Nokia WAP Server
The Nokia WAP Server is the world's most recognized WAP-server targeted for the corporate market, transforming a static website into a real-time mobile business and impactful marketing tool independent of time and place. It connects WAP-enabled mobile handsets to content and services hosted by Web servers or any other Internet or Intranet server securely and cost-effectively, including e-mail, schedules, directories and contacts as well as business specific applications.
The newest version of the Nokia WAP Server, 1.1, complies with the WAP 1.1 specification and sets the industry milestone with its security option, Nokia's security pack with a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) together with the implementation of the Wireless Transport Layer Security (WTLS) functionality. In addition, the Nokia WAP Server 1.1 includes the following key enhancements: increased performance and scalability using UNIX platforms; Nokia Activ over-the-air provisioning tool; a generic WAP e-mail connector; SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol); Terminal Bearer functionality; and Cookie Proxy.
About Nokia
Nokia is paving the way to the Mobile Information Society with its innovative products and solutions. The company is the leading mobile phone supplier and a leading supplier of mobile, fixed and IP networks, related services as well as multimedia terminals. In 1999, Nokia's net sales totaled EUR 19.8 billion (USD 19.9 billion). Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is listed on the New York (NOK), Helsinki, Stockholm, London, Frankfurt and Paris stock exchanges and employs more than 56 000 people.
Contact Information:
Nokia Communications, Americas
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Nokia Internet Communications North America
tel. (Int.) +1 650 625 2424
Nokia Internet Communications Europe
tel. (Int.) +44 7788 145460 and +358 40 521 7844
www.nokia.com
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