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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (36609)	7/21/1999 9:27:00 PM
From: Boplicity	Respond to of 152472

EW YORK, July 21 (Reuters) - GTE Corp.'s <GTE.N> wireless telephone unit said it filed a lawsuit against Finland's Nokia, alleging that the telecommunications equipment maker violated a GTE patent on wireless phone technology. GTE said its patent allows it remotely to activate and program wireless phones without requiring the subscriber to bring the phone handset to a GTE facility. The patent allows GTE to save costs and provide fast, quality services for its customers. GTE alleged that Nokia, the world's biggest maker of mobile telephones, uses features of the patent in its wireless phone and chipsets. GTE said that gives Nokia's customers -- other wireless phone companies -- an unfair competitive advantage over GTE. GTE said it filed the lawsuit on July 9 in Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virgina. It said it asked the court to rule that the patent is valid and was infringed by Nokia. GTE also said it was seeking compensation, royalties and license fees for Nokia's unauthorized use of the patent. GTE said its lawsuit against Nokia would not affect any other relationship it has with the manufacturer. Nokia is one of the GTE's wireless phone suppliers. Earlier on Wednesday, Nokia's mobile phones unit spokesman, Tapio Hedman, said Nokia had not yet been served any papers. "We are aware that GTE apparently is working on this (a patent infringement lawsuit)," Hedman told Reuters. "There is nothing extraordinary here. Such cases are an everyday issue for any high-tech company in the world, especially in the United States."