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To: Mika Kukkanen who wrote (4887)	5/16/2000 6:03:00 AM
From: Joar	Respond to of 34857

Nokia: completed GPRS enterprise in France, + 60 million euro Morocco GSM deal ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cegetel complete one of the world-first GPRS-calls with Nokia over a public network in Paris (May 16, 2000) Cegetel, one of the leading mobile operators in France has completed the first GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) call in France over its live SFR network in Paris. The data call was completed using Nokia supplied GPRS core and GSM base station technology. The milestone is among the first GPRS-calls worldwide successfully completed with Nokia over a public network with commercial infrastructure products, compliant with the latest standards. "We are pleased that in working together efficiently with Cegetel, we have achieved this important milestone in the development towards the 3rd Generation mobile systems and mobile multimedia services," said Peter Khne, Area Vice-President Nokia Networks. "Nokia is at the forefront of development and implementation of GPRS infrastructure for mobile operators. With this advancement Cegetel can create new services based on multimedia messaging, wireless Internet, and corporate Intranet access" said Paul-Henri Ferrand, Managing Director, Nokia France. "Thanks to the opening of our first GPRS site, SFR confirms its leading position in the convergance of the Internet and telecommunications. The integration of GPRS in our SFR network is a first and necessary milestone towards the implementation of future 3G networks. With the GPRS infrastructure supplied by Nokia, in Paris, we will be able to offer to hundereds of SFR subscribers the posibility to test our Mobile Internet services in September," says Pierre Bardon, Managing Director, SFR. Demand for new, innovative Internet related services is a growing trend that is driving mobile usage in networks today. GPRS will offer true global mass market wireless access to the Internet and other packet-based networks. As existing second Generation networks evolve to 3rd Generation, GPRS is the packet mobile core platform and radio access which enables the provision of mobile Internet and intranet. With a turnover of EUR 4.078 billion in 1999 and 8000 employees in the whole of France, Cegetel is the second largest telecommunications operator in France and the first challenger operator. This position is a result of a global operator strategy covering all telecom activities. In mobile telephony, SFR has more than eight million subscribers and in fixed, their "7" service has 1.9 million subscriber lines registered. In the corporate telecommunications market, Cegetel offers its fixed telephony, mobility, Internet and data services to 25,000 corporate customers. 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, broadband and IP networks, related services as well as multimedia terminals. In 1999, net sales totalled EUR 19.8 billion (USD 19.9 billion). Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is listed on the New York (NOK), Helsinki, Stockholm, London, Frankfurt and Paris stock exchanges and employs more than 56,000 people. Further information: Communications Department, Nokia Networks Tel: +358 9 5113 8193, Fax: +358 9 5113 8199 E-mail: nokia.networks@nokia.com www.nokia.com Caroline Mir, SFR Cegetel Tel: +33 1 71 07 63 63 E-mail: Caroline.mir@cegetel.fr www.cegetel.fr press.nokia.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nokia wins 60 million euro Morocco GSM deal By Brett Young, Reuters 15 May 2000 Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia said on Monday it had won a GSM 900 expansion deal with Maroc Telecom worth over 60 million euros ($55 million). "Nokia will supply equipment for bringing increased capacity to the Maroc Telecom network in areas of Casablanca, Rabat and northwestern Morocco," it said in a statement. Nokia said it would provide, among other things, base stations, base station controllers, Nokia Network Management Systems and a Nokia Short Message Service Center. Deliveries are already underway, it added. totaltele.com Joar

To: Mika Kukkanen who wrote (4887)	5/16/2000 7:01:00 AM
From: Joar	Respond to of 34857

<< 417 days left to day G. When mobile internet is released in Japan, Nokia pulls the strings >> Stockholm, 2000-05-16 Naringsliv/SvD Headline of Nokia large cover story in today's paper issue of Swedish daily financial and business magazine NARINGSLIV - Svenska Dagbladet. The story says it is 417 days left until the "release" of 3G mobile telecom in Japan, and tells about Nokia's favourable position of being a co-supplier of the new products. It includes an interview with Anssi Vanjoki, in charge for mobile phone marketing in Europe and Africa. Link to the online-version of the text (headline "Tredje generationen i blickpunkten f”r mobiljatte"/in Swedish): naringsliv.svd.se Joar