Nokia Signs Deal with US Army
9 November 2006 by axxxr Nokia has entered into a Research and Development agreement with the US Army to evaluate Nokia technology in the areas of PCS, WCDMA 3G, GSM, WiMAX and advanced wireless networking protocols for potential military and defense applications.  The project consists of a series of tests, demonstrations, experiments and exploratory exchange efforts that will begin in the fourth quarter of 2006 and last for five years. The devices and systems to be evaluated can potentially meet the requirements for deployed forces to have access to high-capacity throughput to support Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence information flow. The approach for the evaluation of Nokia's technologies is to utilize a collaborative effort, which will leverage the strength and experience of CERDEC resources and Nokia's technical wireless expertise," stated a CERDEC spokesperson. "This program will evaluate the capabilities of various Nokia products and systems to determine if they can potentially meet ARMY requirements for high-speed data communications. The CERDEC is one of the Army's most prestigious R&D organizations and they are at the forefront of the potential application of commercial technology for the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security," stated Bob Fennelly, Director of Government Systems, Networks, Nokia. "This arrangement will help the Army's efforts to evaluate commercial technology for government applications and will greatly increase Nokia's capabilities to provide its advanced technologies to large U.S. government communications projects. www.nokia.com
Comments On 9 Nov 19:48 awave wrote nice photoshop whoever did that! kinda looks slightly believeable...and in the very slim chances of it actually being real...it's the u.s. army....what do you expect??? lol! On 9 Nov 18:34 Xugaa wrote In the middle of a gun fight, enemy territory... "Oh hang on guys, mum's calling..." On 9 Nov 16:38 PhoenixMK wrote Yeah you are walking down the street your "Mobile Phone" rings and when you pick up the other people who are looking DONT PANICK lOl On 9 Nov 10:13 amawanqa wrote I presume the unofficial name for this would be...the Glockia! :-D On 9 Nov 09:55 bobferret wrote As if SE needs to sell 500 M600i's? They are doing well enough, don't need the Us military putting blood on a nice product, do they? lol! Funny enough as I am writing this a guy who has killed more men than all the doritos I ate a while ago is sitting behind me. Special services oak from some foreign nation. I won't mess with someone like that, not someone who used to protect the most at risk presidents... On 9 Nov 09:55 bobferret wrote As if SE needs to sell 500 M600i's? They are doing well enough, don't need the Us military putting blood on a nice product, do they? lol! Funny enough as I am writing this a guy who has killed more men than all the doritos I ate a while ago is sitting behind me. Special services oak from some foreign nation. I won't mess with someone like that, not someone who used to protect the most at risk presidents... On 9 Nov 09:20 amawanqa wrote Hmm, methinks I've seen this in a regional thread on esato last month... ;-) http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=74383&p=521&g=Go On 9 Nov 08:00 Mike wrote lol yeh first simple impression is wtf? XD On 9 Nov 07:36 sapporobaby wrote Uhhhh...... This is a concept phone. Does anyone really think that this would ever be a production phone? Really. This is why Nokia won this deal with the Army. I currently work as a consultant for the US Military and have tried to promote SE products but guess what, SE did not seem very interested. The Army was ready to purchase 500 M600i phones for high level officers but the M600i did not support the USB Mass Storage profile under Macintosh, nor did it support data synchronization, and when asked, they referred me to Apple. Guess what? I recommended that the Army not purchase from SE again, due to their lack of support and initiative. Even though I like SE better than Nokia, I will switch and recommend the Army move away from Blackberry and fully embrace all Nokia products. I hope SE tanks. They deserve it. On 9 Nov 04:14 IgnyteYou wrote You can imagine a GI sneaking up on a hostile and his mum calls. On 9 Nov 03:57 mcrosser wrote yeah that gun wouldn't cause panic when somebody talks on it on the streets. On 9 Nov 03:55 Battosai wrote What if it rings during a covert-op? =D On 9 Nov 03:35 eewwww wrote wtf? cellGun??? lol whats next?a granade with a smartphone???????? |
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