UMA subscriber's handset, blending fixed-line
service with the mobile phone.
of the service. Notably, both service plans offer
unlimited mobile data services bundled into the
price. Subscribers can download ringtones, games
and other data services without incurring a per-byte
service fee. Additionally, those downloads occur at
broadband data rates, rather than the mobile EDGE
or GPRS rates.
Lombard, president and director general of France
Telecom Group, held a press conference in September
2006 to announce plans to initially offer the "unik"
service in five countries including France, the United
Kingdom, Poland, Spain and the Netherlands. These
five countries represent more than 60 million existing
Orange mobile subscribers. With such a large target
market, Orange pulled Nokia's 6136, Motorola's
A910 and Samsung's P200 handsets into the initial
launch. Nokia has subsequently announced follow-up
devices. It is expected that Samsung, as well as other
of unik announces the
advent of a new generation
of telephones. unik will
allow our customers in
France, and shortly in the
netherlands, the United
Kingdom, Spain and Poland,
to live this heralded new
telecommunications
experience in their daily
personal and professional
lives.