Nokia and Cap Gemini to co-operate in delivering end-to-end Mobile Internet solutions
19 April 2000
Nokia Networks and Cap Gemini, one of the world’s largest consulting and systems integration companies, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to have a strategic co-operation in the development and delivery of end-to-end Mobile Internet solutions for customers.Cap Gemini
will integrate Nokia products, service delivery platforms and service
management solutions, as well as third-party customer-care-and billing
systems. Nokia Mobile Internet solutions include, for example, a platform
for WAP services and Nokia GPRS Service Management Solutions.
Nokia and Cap Gemini will also co-operate in developing Mobile Internet
applications that will be built on top of Nokia’s service delivery platforms,
such as Nokia WAP Gateway and Nokia Artus MAX, and sold to Nokia customers
as part of the application offering. These applications will include
selected Mobile Internet applications over GPRS (General Packet Radio
Service) and 3rd Generation Networks. In addition the two companies
will develop mobile commerce solutions to enable operators and service
providers to move into this growing business.
“Systems integration will have a crucial role in building future multiservice
networks. We are focusing on developing innovative solutions and delivering
them together with our world-class partners. We chose Cap Gemini as
a partner because of its strong expertise as a telecom and Internet
systems integrator,” said Ari Lehtoranta, Vice President and General
Manager, Systems Integration, Nokia Networks, “In the new communications
environment operators have more complex needs for services and applications
and so benefit from pre-integrated end-to-end solutions. Nokia’s plug-and-play
approach to Mobile Internet shortens time-to-market and increases cost-efficiency.”
“Industry analysts are predicting that 30-50% of business-to-business
use of the Internet will be carried out on a mobile device by 2004,”
said Alexandre Haeffner, president of Cap Gemini Telecom, Media &
Networks. “By matching Cap Gemini’s strong integration and consulting
skills with Nokia’s strengths in mobile Internet, The companies will
help service providers realize their ambitions to put mobile Internet
into every pocket.”
Nokia Professional Services offers a full range of solutions, tools
and value-adding services to help network
and service providers differentiate in today’s fast-changing business
environment. From end to end, Nokia Professional Services’ solutions
cover service delivery platforms, enabling and end-user applications,
and systems integration for implementing advanced end-user services.
This support also includes the entire process of planning, building
and operating a network and developing, managing and optimising network
operations.
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, broadband 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 55 000 people.
About Cap Gemini Group
For more information about Cap Gemini Group: www.capgemini.com
For more information about Cap Gemini Telecom & Media, please visit the telecommunications pages on the Cap Gemini Group website, at http://www.capgemini.com/tme/ or send an email to telecominfo@capgemini.fr
Note to editorsCAPP.PA is Cap Gemini Group’s trading symbol for shares quoted on the Paris Bourse.
