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To: tero kuittinen who wrote (2598)	10/26/1999 7:44:00 AM
From: Jim Lurgio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

NOKIA: Nokia acquires Telekol to strengthen its mobile corporate communications portfolio OCT 25, 1999, M2 Communications - Nokia today announced an agreement to acquire Telekol Corporation, a company specializing in intelligent corporate communications solutions, for USD 56,5 million. The acquisition will strengthen Nokia's complete IP Telephony and Wireless LAN offering and further enhance Nokia's technology know-how in corporate communications applications. Founded in 1989, Telekol Corporation designs intelligent communications solutions for corporate and Internet Service Provider networks. The key technology elements in the company's solutions are unified messaging, intelligent call processing, and computer based information delivery and exchange. Telekol currently employs approximately 60 people and is based in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. In the future, many corporations will substantially enhance their productivity through web-based unified messaging, intelligent call and transaction processing. Telekol offers these solutions based on open-architecture, enterprise-class software and servers that allow organizations to manage mixed media communications and information exchange. Telekol's products are speech-enabled to provide users natural interaction with the applications. "This acquisition will boost Nokia's complete IP Telephony and Wireless LAN solution by bringing additional know-how in integrated messaging and advanced call processing," says Mr. Kent Elliott, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Nokia Internet Communications. "Nokia will gain new competencies in the area of intelligent corporate communications to complement Nokia's existing strong product offering." "We see great synergies between Nokia's competencies and our products and technologies," says Mr. Ram Metser, President & CEO of Telekol Corporation. "Nokia is a world leader in mobility. Combining that to Telekol's strong know-how in intelligent corporate communications enables us to build very attractive and innovative communications and messaging solutions to serve corporations." Telekol offers a line of award winning standalone and LAN integrated Computer Telephony software, servers and hardware. The company has broad product portfolio and experience in integrating different messaging channels and databases to improve internal communication within organizations and between enterprises and their customers. Company's main product is IntegraX(tm), a multimedia, and multi-application business communications server suited from small companies to large corporations. Nokia is paving the way to the mobile information society with its innovative products and solutions. Nokia is the leading mobile phone supplier and a leading supplier of mobile, fixed and IP networks including related services. It also supplies multimedia terminals and computer displays. In 1998, net sales totaled EUR 13.3 billion (USD 15.7 billion). Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is listed on the New York (NOK), Helsinki, Stockholm, London, Frankfurt and Paris stock exchanges and employs more than 53 000 people. -0- (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTDCONTACT: Jyrki Rosenberg, Communications Manager, Nokia Ventures Organization Tel: +358 9 5116 2127 Fax: +358 9 5116 2590 Jim Bowman, Vice President, Corporate Communications, Americas Tel: +1 972 894 4213 Fax: +1 972 894 4706 M2 COMMUNICATIONS DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY FOR INFORMATION PROVIDED WITHIN M2 PRESSWIRE. DATA SUPPLIED BY NAMED PARTY/PARTIES.

To: tero kuittinen who wrote (2598)	10/26/1999 9:36:00 AM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

Actually - if you believe Strategis (handsets) or Merrill Lynch (mobile networks) the fastest growing digital standard is not what you think it is. Cant comment on mobile networks (dont follow them closely enough) but would you like to make a small wager on what the fastest growing standard for handsets will be during the third and fourth quarters? I think that everyone would be interested in your predictions and how they fare against what actually happens. I think I feel comfortable going on record with CDMA for the third quarter.....over 20% new sub growth during the quarter. The fourth quarter is likely to be above 25%. On another note, any truth to AT&T's claim that their was a shortage of multi-mode TDMA handsets? That was part of the reason they gave for the fall-off in new subs. Slacker