Espoo, Finland - Nokia and Mobitel Slovenia have signed a contract for Nokia’s hosted Push to talk over Cellular (PoC) and Presence services. Nokia will integrate and host commercial, OMA (Open Mobile Alliance) compliant services for Mobitel Slovenia, thus enabling the operator to roll out the solution more quickly and with a reduced investment. Mobitel Slovenia will launch the services commercially on November 15th, 2006.
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Espoo, Finland - Nokia today announced expanded support within its Intellisync Device Management solution for managing Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync settings on the Nokia Eseries device range — the Nokia E50, Nokia E60, Nokia E61, Nokia E62 and Nokia E70 — based on S60 3rd edition and Symbian OS, and Windows Mobile 5.0 powered devices, such as Palm Treo 700W and Motorola Q. With the Intellisync Device Management solution, an IT administrator can now centrally configure and manage mobile email, calendar and contact settings on Nokia Eseries and Windows Mobile 5.0 powered devices over the air, taking the burden of manually configuring each device with the correct Exchange Server settings off employees and the IT help-desk. This new capability will be an essential tool in large scale enterprise Exchange ActiveSync email deployments.
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Successful trial represents next step towards utilization of 900 MHz band in WCDMA 3G operation

Espoo, Finland - Nokia and Finnish telecom operator Elisa today carried out the world’s first WCDMA/HSDPA data call on the 900 MHz band in a commercial network. The call was conducted in Elisa’s live network in Finland, and the equipment included the Nokia Flexi WCDMA Base Station with a special solution for sharing the site infrastructure of the existing GSM base station.
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Unconditional clearance given

Espoo, Finland and Munich, Germany - The European Commission today announced that it has approved the planned transaction to merge the Networks Business Group of Nokia and the carrier-related operations of Siemens into a new company, to be called Nokia Siemens Networks. According to the Commission’s assessment, the transaction would not restrict effective competition in the relevant markets of mobile and fixed telecom networks and services.
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Nokia commissioned report from the London School of Economics gives valuable insights into the impact of mobility on television

London, UK - Personalisation and interactivity will be the key drivers of mobile TV according to a new report commissioned by Nokia and conducted by Dr Shani Orgad from the London School of Economics. The report, titled ‘This Box Was Made For Walking’, examines the future impact of mobile TV on the broadcasting and advertising industries.
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New York, NY, USA - Nokia announced today that Associated Carrier Group (ACG) has selected Intellisync Wireless Email from Nokia as the wireless email offering for its member carriers. Developed as a single, manageable platform for both mobile carriers and enterprises, Intellisync Wireless Email from Nokia provides network-based wireless e-mail, synchronization of data and files and integrated device management - all over-the-air.

“Wireless E-mail represents an under-penetrated market for wireless carriers,” said ACG President Greg Latour. “The ability to use Intellisync software from Nokia on both Palm OS and Windows Mobile 5.0 positions us well in today’s marketplace.”
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Espoo, Finland - Nokia’s world leading HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) solution is powering Australian telecommunications company SingTel Optus’ HSDPA trials in Australia. The trials began in October in Canberra.

“These trials are just another example of Optus reviewing cutting edge technologies. We are always exploring faster, better and more efficient ways to deliver high speed services to our customers,” says Warren Hardy, Managing Director, Consumer Division, Optus.
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This win establishes Nokia as a leader in the strategic service delivery platform market

Espoo, Finland - PT Hutchison CP Telecommunications (Hutchison Telecom Indonesia) has selected Nokia to supply and manage a complete Service Delivery Platform (SDP) solution as part of the operator’s GSM/WCDMA 3G rollout. The platform comprises a mobile portal for data and voice, supporting the delivery of value added end-user services such as games, news, music, video streaming and downloading, along with over-the-air provisioning of the appropriate settings to mobile devices.

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A total of 235,272 shares of Nokia Corporation (”Nokia”) were subscribed for as of October 30, 2006 based on Nokia’s 2003 and 2005 employee stock option plans. This resulted in an increase of EUR 14,116.32 in Nokia’s share capital and an increase of EUR 3,261,160.38 in other shareholders equity. The new shares carry full shareholder rights as from the registration date, November 3, 2006. The shares are admitted to public trading on the Helsinki Exchanges as of the same date together with the old Nokia share class (NOK1V).

As a result of the increase, the share capital of Nokia is currently EUR 245,676,235.38 and the total number of shares is 4,094,603,923 including the shares that are held by the company.

Announces Stanford University as the first in a series of local research collaborations

Palo Alto, CA, USA - Nokia today announced the expansion of its global research activities with the opening of a facility located in Silicon Valley. Nokia Research Center, which recently celebrated its 20 year anniversary, has a mandate to inspire innovation, drive renewal, and develop next generation mobile technologies. To foster open innovation, Nokia also announced a three-year agreement with Stanford University, to develop joint research projects on collaborative mobile computing and applications.

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Espoo, Finland - Nokia and Vodafone Australia have signed a USD 230 million, seven-year managed services agreement that includes engineering, operations and maintenance of Vodafone’s HSDPA, 3G, GPRS and GSM networks.

As part of the arrangement, Nokia will be responsible for managing Vodafone Australia’s ongoing network operations covering HSDPA, 3G, GSM and core networks infrastructure including the detailed design, engineering, optimization operations as well as network management, monitoring, fieldwork and maintenance services for the networks.

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Agreement makes Nokia the leading GPRS network provider in the Guangdong province

Espoo, Finland - Nokia, a leading mobile network supplier in China, announced today that it has signed a GPRS packet core network expansion contract with Guangdong Mobile Communications Corporation Ltd. (Guangdong MCC). Nokia will provide its intelligent GPRS packet core solution for the 8th GPRS expansion of Guangdong MCC and will thus become the leading GPRS network provider in the province.
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