Nokia Confirms OMAPI 3G Usefulness

Nokia Confirms OMAPI 3G Usefulness

Nokia acknowledges that the OMAPI standard initiative, announced by
STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments in December 2002, is a
significant and positive step in building open mobile application
processor interfaces, as well as boosting growth in the mobile
industry. Harmonization in the application processor interfaces is
becoming increasingly important as multimedia enabled mobile
terminals and new applications are making their way to the mass
market.

The OMAPI standard provides the Open Mobile Application Processor
Interfaces for application processors targeting 2.5G and 3G mobile
phones, PDAs and other portable and multimedia products. The OMAPI
standard will be comprised of a set of software interfaces to the
operating system and a set of hardware interfaces defining common
application peripherals. As part of the first phase of the initiative
ST and TI have developed common software and hardware interfaces to
maximize application software re-use and accelerate the design cycle,
resulting in rapid innovation and faster time to market for mobile
manufacturers.

"Nokia is pleased to see that the semiconductor industry is adopting
a similar approach to its business as the mobile industry has done in
respect to middleware harmonization through the Open Mobile Alliance
(OMA). By developing common interfaces, the semiconductor
manufacturers significantly reduce the amount of work needed for
implementing their products in mobile terminals. But even more
importantly, the benefits of their cooperation extend across the
entire mobile value chain by reducing complexity and fuelling
innovation in terms of application and peripheral development and
reducing cost. We are looking forward to seeing a strong success of
the OMAPI initiative, and we expect that other companies in the
mobile industry will also support the pioneering work done by
STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments," says Yrjö Neuvo, Chief
Technology Officer, Nokia Mobile Phones.

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