Nokia Networks has appointed CCH as an official reseller of the Nokia Wireless Application (WAP) Server in South Africa. CCH Enterprise Solutions will provide Nokia WAP Server solutions to a wide selection of potential WAP users, ranging from large corporations to smaller businesses, enabling them to securely leverage the Internet on the move.
The Nokia WAP Server 1.0 leads the world market as an open server platform for mobile applications; enabling companies to control access to data and customer traffic over a wireless network, the Internet or their own internal networks.
Complying with the WAP 1.1 specification and setting the industry milestone with its security option, the WAP server is the first commercially available implementation of the Wireless Transportation Layer Security (WTLS). This, combined with other recent developments gives the South African market access to full 128-bit encryption.
The Nokia WAP Server is designed specifically with corporate use in mind. Recognising that security of data communications, especially mobile services, is extremely important to any business, the Nokia WAP Server 1.0 incorporates a high-level end-to-end security solution supporting encrypted communication and certificate-based authentication of the service.
"The Nokia WAP Server 1.0 is one of a wide range of WAP products and solutions that Nokia provide, enabling the Mobile Information Society access to Internet and Intranet services," says Ian Toms, regional marketing manager at Nokia Networks. "Nokia WAP solutions are already leading the way in Europe, with the first commercially available WAP services, such as Hotel Reservations and transactional based banking."
"CCH`s mix of expertise in telecommunications, e-business systems integration and technology combined with our critical mass in the high-end mission critical hardware environment makes us ideally placed to give customers the end to end expertise they need to fully benefit from WAP technology," said Aletha Ling, CEO of CCH.
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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, fixed 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 55 000 people.
Nokia South Africa operation is growing rapidly and, from a current staff headcount of 70, is set to grow, together with new business ventures, to well over 150 before the end of the year.
As one of the founding members of the WAP Forum, an open nonprofit industry association, Nokia is actively involved in promoting WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) and its services to end-users.
WAP is the leading global open standard for applications over wireless networks. WAP provides a uniform technology platform with consistent content formats for delivering Internet and Intranet based information and services to digital mobile phones and other wireless devices. WAP creates new business opportunities for operators and corporations by providing a new channel for existing services and the possibility for totally new services that can reach customers 24 hours a day wherever they are.
More information on WAP can be found at www.wapforum.org