Nokia has developed a new business-to-business Internet solution for Austrian operator Mobilkom, allowing E-business ordering of Nokia products. Mobilkom Austria is the first Nokia customer to implement this fully integrated solution.
With the Nokia service Mobilkom Austria employees will have access to Nokia Online Services, over the Extranet, based on a fully integrated business-to-business (B2B) solution. In the first stage Base Station Subsystem (BSS) equipment can be ordered via this new service. Both companies plan to extend this project to the entire Nokia product portfolio.
"With this innovative Nokia e-commerce solution we are able to provide a new tool to our employees which will make their work much easier," said Boris Nemsic, Chief Executive Officer Mobilkom Austria, "A lot of administrative work can be prevented, the data quality is improved by the high level of automation and the whole order process is reduced to a few hours."
"We are pleased to be providing this cutting-edge service to Mobilkom Austria, " said Urs Pennanen, Managing Director of Nokia Austria, "This is the first step for B2B solutions, which will increase the accuracy and speed while decreasing dramatically the amount of possible errors in the information process flow."
The B2B solution is not only designed for commercial data transfer, it includes also the configuration of network elements and automatic payment. This solution allows Mobilkom Austria employees to access the Nokia product catalogue for product information and to choose the right product configuration. By using the configuration tool, an order can be easily placed.
Mobilkom Austria is Austria's leading mobile operator in the world of digital communication with more than 2,5 m customers and a market share of more than 52%. Mobilkom Austria has taken over technological leadership with the worldwide first GPRS net and other numerous innovative products and services.
Nokia is paving the way to the mobile information society with its innovative products and solutions. Nokia is the leading mobile phone supplier and a leading supplier of mobile, broadband and IP networks, related services as well as multimedia terminals. In 1999, 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 60,000 people.
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