Nokia Telecommunications

Contact:
Nokia Telecommunications
PO.BOX 45
Helsinki
FINLAND
www.nokia.com

Tools used :
IONA's Orbix®, CORBA®

Description:
Nokia Telecommunications is using IONA's Orbix as the primary ORB for the organization. Nokia is using Orbix to develop and produce telecommunication products enabling service providers to rapidly create, deploy, and manage value added services based on a common Intelligent Network (IN) architecture.

"We are now seeing the delivery of second and third generation CORBA projects as the technology continues to mature and be deployed in mainstream applications," said Colin Newman, VP Marketing at IONA. "Nokia's decision to use Orbix in the IN Solution application development process, highlights the continuing adoption of CORBA and is recognition of the fast, effective, scaleable and open approach to the development of powerful, intelligent, mission critical network services that CORBA offers."

Nokia Telecommunications develops and manufactures infrastructure equipment and systems for cellular and fixed networks. Nokia is the second largest in the world for supplying GSM/DCS networks and they are a market leader in mobile data infrastructure. In addition, Nokia is a significant supplier of advanced transmission and switching solutions to the fast growing segment of access networks. Nokia also provides its customers with comprehensive support in building, operating and developing both cellular and fixed networks.