Nokia Laptop (Booklet 3G) to sell for $299 in the US
Nokia’s Booklet3G, a Windows 7 based notebook computer will be sold in November through AT&T and Best Buy. It will be on offer for $299.99 with a 2 Year AT&T Data Connect plan.
PRESS RELEASE
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Sleek, strong Windows 7-based mini-laptop hits Best Buy stores for 299.99 USD in time for the holidays
New York, NY, USA – Drawing upon its rich heritage and leadership in the mobile industry, Nokia is opening a new chapter in mobility with the introduction of the Nokia Booklet 3G to the U.S. together with AT&T, Best Buy and Microsoft. Developed for connectivity just about anytime and virtually anywhere, the Nokia Booklet 3G is refining what consumers can expect at the crossroads of mobility and the personal computer.
“Nokia understands mobility like no other company and recognizes that the most ‘powerful’ device is the one that doesn’t have you running for the power plug or network point” said Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, president and CEO of Nokia. “By combining the Booklet’s sleek design, impressive features and competitive price together with the new Windows 7 operating system from Microsoft, AT&T’s nationwide 3G coverage and Best Buy’s unmatched national retail footprint, we believe we have a winning combination for U.S. consumers” (more…)
Verizon Business extends CPA (Europe)
Verizon Business is extending the benefits of Converged Packet Architecture (CPA) into Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. CPA converges all services, whether IP or traditional data, onto one common network-access interface, allowing customers to more easily and efficiently scale bandwidth or make other adaptations.
Our Converged Packet Architecture has allowed us to meet the growing demands of our large-business customers in the United States, and we now have the opportunity to bring its benefits to our customers in other parts of the world,†said Fred Briggs, Verizon Business executive vice president of operations and technology. CPA provides the speed, scalability and operating efficiencies large-business customers need to quickly adapt to changing business requirements.â€
In Europe, where numerous multinational companies have operations, Verizon Business will deploy CPA in 19 key cities this year, including large financial and business centers such as London, Frankfurt, Paris, Vienna, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Poland, Dublin, Madrid, Brussels and Zurich. In the Asia-Pacific region, Verizon Business is deploying CPA in five locations this year: Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore, Melbourne and Sydney.
Verizon Business also continues its aggressive CPA deployment in the United States bringing to 46 the number of U.S. cities that will have CPA by the end of 2007. New additions include New Orleans, Orlando, Memphis, Nashville, Milwaukee and Grand Rapids.
CPA supports a full range of legacy and next-generation services including IP, Private IP, Ethernet, private line data, voice traffic, Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL) and Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS). It provides a single packet-access connection via an Ethernet interface at speeds up to GigE. CPA is also the ideal network platform to allow customers to migrate from the older time division multiplexing (TDM) hierarchy to a packet-based technology.
Traditionally, network access requires separate lines for each service voice, video, data or Internet along with rigid bandwidth boundaries. By contrast, CPA relies on virtual, or logical, connections that converge all applications on a single carrier-class packet access network. As a result, CPA improves operating efficiency and reduces the number of network touch points.
Simply put, CPA is compatible with all forms of access over any physical connection,†said Briggs. The customer benefits from robust flow-through automation, broad global coverage, improved network performance and excellent quality of service. It’s a winning combination.â€
