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Routes and Maps Easily to Mobile Phone with Sonera Navigator
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Sonera has launched a new service for its mobile phone customers to
provide the user with clear and easy-to-use route and address information
and maps on the mobile phone. Sonera Navigator is equally suited for
users moving by car, by bicycle and by foot. A small GPS device connected
to the mobile phone shows the user’s current map location on the display.
A route from the office to the nearest restaurant, for example, is shown
on the phone’s display, and the phone guides the user to the destination
by giving voice instructions when to go straight ahead and when to turn.
The service comprises an atlas covering almost the entire Europe. Sonera
Navigator makes it easy to move and to find your way both in towns and in
rural areas. Even in an unfamiliar place, you can easily find a service
station or, in case of emergency, the nearest hospital. On a summer
holiday, when you are at the wheel or in the middle of the attractions of
Paris, for example, you can do fine without the large maps of travel
guides when you have Sonera Navigator. The service can also be used
without a GPS device: although the actual navigation feature cannot be
used, the routes and instructions are still clearly indicated on the
map displayed on the mobile phone.
”In Sonera Navigator you only pay for what you use. There is no need to
buy navigator devices or atlases worth hundreds of euros to your car or
phone. The atlas in this service is automatically updated four times a
year, and you pay for it only for the period you want. Also, there are
no extra costs in Finland for data transmission,” says Director Pasi
Mehtonen of TeliaSonera Finland.
Sonera Navigator operates on phones with Java and Bluetooth
functionalities. Such phones are, for example, the phones of the Nokia
S60 and Nokia S40 series and most new mobile phones of Sony Ericsson.
You can download the Sonera Navigator service from the Sonera Surfport
service menu to your mobile phone or order a download link to your phone
by sending the text message ”Linkki Navigaattori” to 15400. GPS devices
can be bought at Sonera Piste shops and other shops selling Sonera
products. The shops are selling a separate Sonera Navigator package,
which comprises a GPS device, loading device, holder for the car and
one month of service usage.
You can test the service for 5 days free of charge. After this you can
opt for a 7-day licence or an uninterrupted licence, both of which are
charged for by the application of SMS invoicing. Further, you can buy a
licence for a year and pay it by credit card. A 7-day licence costs 4.95
euros, a monthly charge for an uninterrupted licence is 9.95 euros, and
a 1-year licence costs 94.95 euros. The service is produced by Appello
Systems.
TeliaSonera
TeliaSonera Finland Oyj, the Finnish profit centre of TeliaSonera,
offers products and services under the Sonera brand.
TeliaSonera is the leading telecommunications company in the Nordic and
Baltic regions. At the end of December 2005 TeliaSonera had 19,146,000
mobile customers (69,887,000 incl associated companies) and 7,064,000
fixed telephony customers (7,688,000 incl associated companies) and
2,263,000 internet customers (2,331,000 incl associated companies).
Outside the home markets TeliaSonera has extensive interests in the
growth markets in Russia, Turkey and Eurasia. TeliaSonera is listed on
the Stockholm Stock Exchange and the Helsinki Stock Exchange. Net sales
January-December 2005 amounted to SEK 87.7 billion. The number of
employees was 28,175. www.teliasonera.com
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