"The Mobile Office will make it even easier to work wirelessly on laptop
computers. The Mobile Office data card enables customers to stay online with
their jobs anywhere, and the card will always identify the network that
provides the best coverage and speeds. We have also made an effort to ensure
that the Mobile Office is easy to install and easy to use," says Rolv-Erik
Spilling who is responsible for
Telenor's mobile activities in the Norwegian
business market.
The Mobile Office from
Telenor consists of a PC card from Belgian Option, and
software developed by
Telenor. The Mobile Office will provide users with
broadband speeds of up to 54 Mbps with WLAN, and up to 384 kbps with the new
UMTS network (3G). If neither of these two technologies is available, the
Mobile Office will connect to the regular GSM network with GPRS speeds of
40-50 kbps.
Telenor launched Norway's first UMTS mobile network on 1 December 2004. During
March of this year,
Telenor will supply UMTS in approximately 140 cities and
densely populated areas (with more than 2,800 people) all over Norway
(coverage chart available on www.telenormobil.no). The UMTS network will be
completed in 2007. In addition to the UMTS network,
Telenor already has around
350 wireless zones in hotels, Statoil service stations, and conference centres
as well as in the major Norwegian airports.
Prior to today's introduction,
Telenor has carried out tests of the Mobile
Office involving 30 pilot customers in the Norwegian business market. Overall,
the feedback has been very positive. 84 per cent of the pilot customers said
installing the Mobile Office was easy, and 70 per cent spent less than 10
minutes on the installation. 87 per cent said they were very happy with the
Mobile Office solution at the end of the test period.
The Mobile Office will be available to all
Telenor mobile customers with
business subscription plans, and will be sold at most specialist sales outlets
from Monday 14 February. The Mobile Office supports laptop PCs equipped with
type II PC card slots and the operative systems Windows 2000 or XP.
For more information, please contact:
Head of information Arild S. Johannessen,
Telenor Division Business Market.
Tel: +47 481 91 921
