StarHub and Nokia announced the launch of Nokia N70 multimedia phone that supports the i-mode service in Singapore. Singapore is the first i-mode market in the world to introduce the Nokia N70 i-mode enabled handset to customers.

In addition to a one-button access to StarHub's i-mode services, the other key features of Nokia N70 include:

• 3G and Tri-band
• Two-way video call capability
• 2 megapixel camera (1600 x 1200 pixels) with 20x digital zoom and integrated flash
• Download and play multimedia files (video and music)
• Up to 22 MB of internal dynamic memory
• Expandable memory: 128 MB Hot Swap Reduced Size MMC
• Smartphone with Symbian Operating System

"The availability of Nokia N70 will give customers more choices in our line-up of i-mode mobile devices, so that users are better able to select one that best meets their personal preferences and needs. Users who are more accustomed to the Nokia user-interface can now experience StarHub's easy-to-use suite of i-mode services with Nokia N70," said Ms Goh Li-Li, Assistant Vice President, i-mode Services, StarHub.

In the second half of the year, StarHub's i-mode subscribers will have even more choices of an i-mode mobile phone from other world’s leading handset manufacturers such as Motorola and Sony Ericsson.