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`Ira Kalb (irakalb@KalbAssociates.com)
`President, Kalb & Associates
`May 2001
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`Scandinavia is firmly established as the innovator of mobile telephones and networks, and has
`been for many years. We think it's time to explore this trend, so developerWorks staff asked Ira
`Kalb to talk with key decision-makers at a number of progressive companies in Finland and
`Sweden. Here's what they passed on to us.
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`One glance at a globe shows that, of the populated regions, Scandinavia is at the top of the world. More
`than that, this part of the world is at the top of the wireless strata as well. A 1999 Time magazine article
`(Time, August 23, 1999) said, "When it comes to wireless technology, the Finns rule." In some aspects of
`the technology, such as mobile phones, this is certainly true. However, the Swedes might argue when it
`comes to mobile networks, as they are believed to have the lead there.
`
`In any case, whether it is Finland, Sweden, or any other Scandinavian country leading the wireless pack,
`most wireless developers don't care. What they are likely to care about are:
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`Why Scandinavia has become a wireless Mecca
`Who the potentially important players are that could be customers, information sources, partners,
`and suppliers
`What these players are doing on the current wireless stage
`What is predicted to be the wireless future
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`Contents:
`Why Scandinavia has
`become the cradle of wireless
`civilization
`The scoop
`The wireless world -- a fast-
`spinning top
`Resources
`About the author
`Rate this article
`Related content:
`What's what in wireless
`The faces of wireless
`Also in the Wireless zone:
`Tutorials
`Tools and products
`Articles
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`To answer these questions, Ira Kalb interviewed key players, correlating with secondary research.
`Why Scandinavia has become the cradle of wireless civilization
`The culture
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`Scandinavians are generally reserved people, who are often more comfortable talking on a mobile phone than engaging in face-to-face
`conversation; this contributes to their being early adopters of high-technology products. Scandinavia has a relatively homogeneous, well-
`educated population with a climate, infrastructure, and topography that fosters cooperation, technological interest, and communication.
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`Gravitation towards Nokia and Ericsson
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`Nokia and Ericsson -- two of the world's top three mobile communications companies -- were developed there. They, in turn, have attracted
`wireless suppliers, alliance partners, and technical resources in much the same way that Silicon Valley and Hollywood drew computer and
`entertainment resources to California. Furthermore, manufacturers and network system operators cooperated to make sure that coverage
`and quality was as high as possible, and they joined with other Europeans to adopt GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) as a
`single standard and to create roaming agreements that allow cross-border mobility.
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`Government support
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`In the case of Finland, the Finnish Eduskunta is the only parliament in the world to have a permanent Committee of the Future. Chaired by
`Martti Tiuri, this committee creates a climate in which the Finnish government does far more than give lip service to wireless activities and
`high tech in general. It supports education, research, and organizations such as Tekes (Finland's National Technology Agency), Spinno,
`Medipolis, and Teknia, just to name a few, that support the efforts of entrepreneurs of wireless and other technologies. In a recent interview
`with Martti Tiuri (who once taught at Ohio State University), he talked about a position paper he wrote entitled The Future of Finland in the
`Knowledge Society. In it, he points out that the Parliament of Finland enacted a law giving the universities a 10% increase in their research
`funds each year. In 1999, the share of R&D in (Finnish) GDP reached 3.1%. The results have been excellent. The electronics and
`electrical industries have grown rapidly from 1991 onward and are now equal in size to forest products. The growth has been fastest in
`telecommunications products and applications.
`The scoop
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`The recent interviews of some of the key people in the wireless arena resulted in an enthusiastic response by Scandinavian wireless
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`Ira Kalb (irakalb@KalbAssociates.com)
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`President, Kalb & Associates
`May 2001
`
`
`
`Scandinavia is firmly established as the innovator of mobile telephones and networks, and has
`been for many years. We think it's time to explore this trend, so developerWorks staff asked Ira
`Kalb to talk with key decision-makers at a number of progressive companies in Finland and
`Sweden. Here's what they passed on to us.
`
`One glance at a globe shows that, of the populated regions, Scandinavia is at the top of the world. More
`than that, this part of the world is at the top of the wireless strata as well. A 1999 Time magazine article
`(Time, August 23, 1999) said, "When it comes to wireless technology, the Finns rule." In some aspects of
`the technology, such as mobile phones, this is certainly true. However, the Swedes might argue when it
`comes to mobile networks, as they are believed to have the lead there.
`
`In any case, whether it is Finland, Sweden, or any other Scandinavian country leading the wireless pack,
`most wireless developers don't care. What they are likely to care about are:
`
`Why Scandinavia has become a wireless Mecca
`Who the potentially important players are that could be customers, information sources, partners,
`and suppliers
`What these players are doing on the current wireless stage
`What is predicted to be the wireless future
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`Contents:
`Why Scandinavia has
`become the cradle of wireless
`civilization
`The scoop
`The wireless world -- a fast-
`spinning top
`Resources
`About the author
`Rate this article
`Related content:
`What's what in wireless
`The faces of wireless
`Also in the Wireless zone:
`Tutorials
`Tools and products
`Articles
`
`To answer these questions, Ira Kalb interviewed key players, correlating with secondary research.
`Why Scandinavia has become the cradle of wireless civilization
`
`The culture
`
`Scandinavians are generally reserved people, who are often more comfortable talking on a mobile phone than engaging in face-to-face
`conversation; this contributes to their being early adopters of high-technology products. Scandinavia has a relatively homogeneous, well-
`educated population with a climate, infrastructure, and topography that fosters cooperation, technological interest, and communication.
`
`Gravitation towards Nokia and Ericsson
`
`Nokia and Ericsson -- two of the world's top three mobile communications companies -- were developed there. They, in turn, have attracted
`wireless suppliers, alliance partners, and technical resources in much the same way that Silicon Valley and Hollywood drew computer and
`entertainment resources to California. Furthermore, manufacturers and network system operators cooperated to make sure that coverage
`and quality was as high as possible, and they joined with other Europeans to adopt GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) as a
`single standard and to create roaming agreements that allow cross-border mobility.
`
`Government support
`
`In the case of Finland, the Finnish Eduskunta is the only parliament in the world to have a permanent Committee of the Future. Chaired by
`Martti Tiuri, this committee creates a climate in which the Finnish government does far more than give lip service to wireless activities and
`high tech in general. It supports education, research, and organizations such as Tekes (Finland's National Technology Agency), Spinno,
`Medipolis, and Teknia, just to name a few, that support the efforts of entrepreneurs of wireless and other technologies. In a recent interview
`with Martti Tiuri (who once taught at Ohio State University), he talked about a position paper he wrote entitled The Future of Finland in the
`Knowledge Society. In it, he points out that the Parliament of Finland enacted a law giving the universities a 10% increase in their research
`funds each year. In 1999, the share of R&D in (Finnish) GDP reached 3.1%. The results have been excellent. The electronics and
`electrical industries have grown rapidly from 1991 onward and are now equal in size to forest products. The growth has been fastest in
`telecommunications products and applications.
`The scoop
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`The recent interviews of some of the key people in the wireless arena resulted in an enthusiastic response by Scandinavian wireless
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`We first spoke with Sami Linnainmaa, director of products and technology, Nedecon (Network Development Consulting, PLC). This Finnish
`IT company provides management consulting and comprehensive e-business solutions to large corporations based on wireless and
`internet technologies. It is listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
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`Why is Finland considered a leader in wireless technology?
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`Finland has been a forerunner in mobile communications and wireless technology ever since the early 1970s when the first public cellular
`network was taken into use in Finland. The first real breakthrough in bringing mobile communications to a wider audience took place in the
`early 1980s with the introduction of the Nordic Mobile Telephone (NMT) network. This was the first fully automatic cellular network in the
`world, and it was developed in cooperation with all the Nordic countries -- Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. It was also the first
`mobile network to enable roaming in other countries that had NMT networks.
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`Finland also participated very actively in the development of the world's first second-generation digital mobile communications standard,
`Global System for Mobile communications (GSM). The world's first commercial GSM network was launched in Finland in 1992. The
`introduction of this European-wide network, that has since spread all around the world, fueled the growth of the Finnish mobile market
`even further and it has constantly been exceptionally rapid. The penetration of mobile phones in the Finnish market is currently the highest
`in the world. Over 70% of the Finnish population, including senior citizens and children, has a mobile phone.
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`This high penetration of mobile phone users has made Finland an ideal test lab for new technology and service concepts. It has given the
`Finnish companies a competitive advantage, being able to test their new technology and concepts on a very wide and accepting audience.
`Many international IT companies have also established mobile test labs in Finland in recent years to take advantage of these exceptional
`conditions and to interact with the key players shaping the future of the mobile market.
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`Who are the important wireless players in Finland?
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`The key players shaping the market are the mobile phone and infrastructure developers, such as Nokia; the mobile network and service
`operators, such as Sonera; and the numerous IT companies, such as Nedecon -- all developing the services for the mobile users either
`independently or together with the operators.
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`What do these companies do that might be of interest to wireless developers around the world? How do they fit into the wireless picture?
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`The phone and infrastructure developers, such as Nokia, are building the foundation on which the other players can build new services.
`Nokia, for example, is divided into Nokia Mobile Phones, which develops mobile handsets from ordinary phones to PDA devices with built-
`in wireless technology; and Nokia Networks, which develops wireless networks and service platforms for mobile network and service
`operators and IT companies. The network and service operators, such as Sonera, build and maintain the basic mobile networks and
`develop value added services on top of these together with the various IT companies with which they partner. Sonera, for example,
`operates both as a network and service operator. There have also been several spin-offs in recent years; for example, Sonera Zed is
`currently an independent company developing value-added mobile content services for all network operators worldwide. Another spin-off is
`Sonera SmartTrust, developing secure mobile solutions mainly for the financial sector, but also for other companies that want to build high
`security mobile services. The network operators, on the other hand, are in a key role in developing location-based services together with
`the mobile phone and infrastructure developers. The IT companies, such as Nedecon, develop the actual end-user solutions. Most of them
`partner with one or more network and service operators, and also with the mobile phone and infrastructure developers, but they also build
`solutions independently for their customers. All of these players interact very actively with each other -- creating a tightly bound developer
`community.
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`What do you see as current and future trends?
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`A lot of development is currently going on in mobile commerce (m-commerce) and location-based services. There are several pilot projects
`investigating mobile payment methods involving banks and companies like Visa International in addition to the traditional mobile players.
`There are also some pilots in which mobile users can get location-dependent content, such as the address of the nearest pharmacy, based
`on where they are at the moment. In the future, improvements to the second-generation mobile networks, such as General Packet Radio
`Service (GPRS), that already enable up to 56Kb of wireless data transfer in limited areas in Finland, third-generation mobile networks
`based on the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), and the developments in mobile devices, will enhance and expand
`the forms of content that can be delivered to the mobile devices. For example, the users will be able to get a map on the screen of their
`wireless device showing their current location and the location of the nearest pharmacy instead of just getting the address of the pharmacy.
`And the same device will work as an electronic wallet enabling the users to pay for their purchases either at the point of sale or at a remote
`location ordering the purchases to be delivered to them. Nedecon has already developed a service together with a Finnish company
`specializing in electronic maps, called Genimap, and Finnish mobile phone vendor, Benefon, enables downloading maps from an e-
`commerce site to Benefon's new Esc! phone, that has a built-in satellite navigation system based on the Global Positioning System (GPS).
`Nedecon has also developed several B2B m-commerce solutions that enable companies to browse product catalogs and place orders at
`remote locations with a mobile device.
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`How can wireless developers use Nedecon's products to your company's, and their own, benefit?
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`Nedecon usually bases its cooperation with other IT companies on building a particular service or solution, such as the Nedecon-Genimap-
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`find the benefits that can be achieved by building the wireless service or solution before investing time and money into the actual
`development. This is why Nedecon, for example, has a group of business consultants who specialize in knowledge management and
`supply-chain management and who are able to find the business benefits of investing in a wireless service or solution first and thus are
`able to calculate a return on the investment.
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`Rami Korhonen (Vice president, Products and Marketing, Small Planet, Ltd.)
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`E-mail:
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`rami.korhonen@smallplanet.fi
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`Why is Finland considered a leader in wireless technology?
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`Finns are early adopters, eager to try new things. Almost every Finn has a mobile phone, and the Internet penetration here is one of the
`highest in the world. It's no wonder that Finland is developing leading-edge technology. Of course, Nokia's influence has been huge, and
`we can't forget the strategic input from innovative telephone operators like Sonera.
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`Who are the important wireless players in Finland and Sweden?
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`In addition to big players like Nokia and Sonera, there are plenty of smaller application providers, like Small Planet. On an operator side,
`Radiolinja, a new player DNA, and Swedish Telia try to challenge current market leader Sonera, whose mobile portal zedT is also trying to
`shape the global wireless markets.
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`What does your company do that might be of interest to wireless developers around the world? How does your company fit into the
`wireless picture?
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`We are innovative and experienced. We have a strong track record with plenty of products in actual use. We currently operate in three
`business tracks: information services, communications services, and entertainment services. The company's key products are: CMC, a
`mobile content distribution platform; MFriend, a mobile dating platform; and CollectM, a mobile collectable games platform. When it comes
`to mobile dating solutions and SMS gaming concepts, Small Planet's market lead is at least six months.
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`What do you see as current and future trends? How about emerging standards?
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`So far we've only [scratched] the surface. In the future, no matter what the standards are, everything that can be mobile will be. At the end
`of 2001, the mobile access to Internet services will be a part of the everyday lifestyle in Europe. In 2003, mobile devices will be used for
`accessing multimedia services and people will be able to be online 24 hours a day regardless of time and space. We at Small Planet are
`more than ready for that kind of truly mobile future; all of our products are created by using scalable technologies. In the end, it's the
`service users who will decide what applications and standards survive.
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`How can the developers visiting the developerWorks site use Small Planet's products to benefit both themselves and the company?
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`Small Planet's three-year dedication to mobile media development, and its more than 15 commercial launches, serve as a guarantee that
`our products are reliable and tested. We produce high-quality and innovative products with a short time-to-market before people even
`dream about them. Our mission is to bring a mobile dimension into the modern lifestyle from a service-oriented perspective.
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`Jonas Petersson (systems architect at Internet Technologies, Adcore)
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`Jonas.Petersson@adcore.com
`E-mail:
`http://www.adcore.com/
`Web:
`Phone:
`+46-244800; Fax: +46-244809
`Address:
`Adcore Norrköping AB, Box 3294, 600 03 Norrköping, Sweden
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`Why is Scandinavia considered a leader in wireless technology?
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`This is not something that I can be sure about, but presumably it is the combination of a foundation built on Nokia and Ericsson, and then a
`fair number of aggressive startups in the arena in the past few years. Getting the tech/stock/press attention in the past few years seems to
`have been quite easy, thanks to "the new economy."
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`Who are the important wireless players in Sweden?
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`The obvious answer is, of course, Ericsson. Although they seem to be backing out of the mobile phone arena, they have a good grip on a
`lot of the related systems. There are heaps of companies that work in the wireless area and, as far as I know, very few of them are making
`any significant profit. Yet since the number of useful products is small, I personally find a few interesting such as AXIS, CTech/Anoto,
`BlueTronics, and those of my company, Adcore. And we should not forget about all the broadband fibers connecting a fair amount of
`homes, even down to villas like my own.
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`What do these companies do that might be of interest to wireless developers? How does Adcore fit in to the wireless picture?
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`I'll leave Ericsson for someone else to describe. The ones I just mentioned work with different kinds of specialized hardware that seem
`promising.
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`AXIS has their own processor and builds a range of products that solve basic needs in an efficient and cross-platform way -- some of them
`are not directly wireless at all. Obviously they know their way around a lot of standards and protocols to achieve this; for instance, they
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`CTech and their daughter company, Anoto, work in the low-end handheld arena. Their clever Cpens have the potential to become the
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`personal control unit for the different wireless equipment [by which] we will be surrounded. Right now it is basically a very small PIM with a
`scanner (in the case of Anoto it uses a special paper, too) and has worked with an IR in the past that isn't very exciting. The new Bluetooth
`range of products, combined with the base technology being very easily extensible (built around plain objects files produced by something
`like a gcc compiler), could work miracles if Bluetooth takes off the way a lot of people think.
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`Bluetronics, in turn, is pushing their specialized Bluetooth modules to become affordable everywhere.
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`Adcore is an integrator, creating bridges between legacy systems and new technologies.
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`Add to this that broadband connection fibers are providing a fast link to a point that is likely to be in your range, and you can become truly
`wireless.
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`What do you see as current and future trends?
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`To contradict what I've said above, I can describe my own situation: I have a 10Mb fiber to my house, and I have my own firewall/gateway
`(Linux) which connects to my own network wirelessly using an Apple AirPort. My laptop connects wirelessly wherever I am in my house (or
`in the garden), as does my hand held iPaq running Linux. What I use is IEEE 802.11b, a.k.a Wi-Fi, which (as opposed to Bluetooth) has
`been available for quite some time. Because it also uses the same frequencies as Bluetooth, I can predict some problems. The drawback
`with Wi-Fi is that it currently uses a lot more power, but the result is also more impressive.
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`Because I carry the laptop to work everyday, I have made a little clever hack which automatically reconfigures it according to the nearest
`access point -- this type of autoconfig is what I seriously hope we will see a lot more of.
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`As another example of this autoconfig, I would like for mobile phones to sense positioning. Sure, there are things on the horizon that can
`solve it in an elegant way, but you can already get something very useful by combining the GSM cell ID with the time of the day, and from
`this, automatically change your profile. The Nokia 9110 has all this potential. With a little freeware product, I can even let specific people
`query my position using SMS.
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`How can wireless developers use your products to their benefit and yours?
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`We should regard the various technologies as components that enable us to use back-end applications. We are not really into reinventing
`wheels, but instead, providing new ways to make use of the old ones. Most of what is referred to as "wireless Internet" does not stand up
`on its own, but can cooperate with others in order to achieve the best "view" of a certain application in each case. To this end, Adcore often
`works as an integrator, creating bridges between legacy systems and new technologies. In many cases, there is a lot of hype even though
`there are significant problems and limitations that still need to be addressed. It may, therefore, be sensible to handle the deployment with
`some care. Mission-critical applications and cases where security is important may not be the best place to start. From this standpoint, it is
`somewhat odd to see that banking applications often try to be at the frontier. Of course, micro e-Payment is a very good carrot.
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`Victor Donselaar (Open source specialist at Adcore Finland, Digital Business Creators)
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`victordonselaar@adcore.com
`E-mail:
`http://www.adcore.com/
`Web:
`Phone:
`+358 974 205 547; Fax. +358 974 205 511
`Address:
`Iso Roobertinkatu 28 00120 Helsinki, Finland
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`Why is Finland (Scandinavia in the case of Swedish companies) considered a leader in wireless technology?
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`The penetration rate of mobile phones is very high; Finland is the first country where ring-tones and logo really took off. A lot of mobile
`games and applications are being developed by many startups. Nokia has two main research centers in Tampere and Helsinki, and there
`is a high Internet penetration rate.
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`What are the important wireless companies in Finland?
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`Nokia Nokia Nokia, Sonera, Saunalahti, Radiolinja, Telia, DNA (new operator), Accenture (Internet center of excellence), and IOBox.
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`What do these companies do that might be of interest to wireless developers around the world? How does the Adcore Finland branch fit in
`to the wireless picture?
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`Nokia has a lot of research going on that could interest developers. Nokia lets developers build applications on top of a communicator. Lots
`of ring-tone and logo development, payment systems, Linux (on PDAs, Phones, Palms, other devices). It fits in the wireless picture by
`having a lot of development on wireless communication. Also, convergence between industries (content, telco, PC, and other IT-related
`industries) and the new possibilities are actively being researched in Finland. Adcore was one of the first members of the WAP forum, and
`is continuously working with new technologies. Adcore creates many solutions for clients based on SMS or WAP. Adcore is also
`responsible for the marketing and branding strategies, implementations, and technical documentation related to Bluetooth.
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`Adcore is a leading European digital business consultancy. Adcore has three global practice offerings: strategic consulting, the
`transformation of business models, and technology implementations. Adcore is now globalizing rapidly, and is a very strong presence in
`the Nordic region. Adcore was voted the number one Internet consultancy firm by industry-related companies in the February issue of
`Sweden's >Guru magazine.
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`What do you see as current and future trends?
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`Current trends are toward packet-switched networks, high-speed networks, application development, content development for high-speed
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`Do you want to make note of anything else you think is important?
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`IBM is making a significant investment in open source, and therefore you need open information and access to the source code of
`software. The developer site allows this, including documentation, tools for development, forums, and project hosting. Companies such as
`Nokia and Ericsson are also creating products based on open source software, so this is an important issue. There are some real benefits
`for developers, but I think developers are interested in learning new technologies and using them to develop applications.
`The wireless world -- a fast-spinning top
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`These interviews paint a picture of a very dynamic, exciting, and fast-moving wireless environment in Scandinavia. The activities of mobile
`handset and infrastructure suppliers, mobile telecommunications operators, wireless middleware/security suppliers, mobile
`portals/services, mobile technologies and solutions, and wireless systems integrators present many opportunities for wireless developers
`in the United States and around the world to find partners, vendors, and customers, and to share knowledge. Come back next time for Part
`2, when we'll hear from other key players at the top of the wireless world.
`Resources
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`Visit the Lotus Web site for mobile and wireless resources.
`The IBM pervasive/wireless home page offers useful links to IBM wireless technology solutions.
`About the author
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`Ira Kalb is a consultant, author, part-time professor, and President of Kalb &Associates, an international consulting and
`training firm. He teaches courses in marketing, sales, management, and business systems for major universities and
`organizations around the world. He is also an artist and a woodwind musician who served on the board of directors of the Jazz
`Bakery -- a non-profit corporation showcasing world-class musical talent in a world-renowned venue. He can be reached at
`irakalb@KalbAssociates.com.
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