Archive for November, 2009

Nokia Packs a Powerful Portfolio Punch in the CDMA Market

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

Nokia weighs in with 3 new CDMA devices – Nokia 6316s, Nokia 3806 and Nokia 1506 Beijing, China – Nokia is today strengthening its CDMA portfolio with the announcement of three new CDMA mobile devices: Nokia 6316s, Nokia 3806 and Nokia 1506. Together this new line-up highlights Nokia’s continued commitment to CDMA as a major standard in key markets around the world. The Nokia 1506 is expected to become available in China at the end of 2009, while the Nokia 6316s and the Nokia 3806 are expect…

The Nokia N900 Shipments Have Started

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

The Nokia N900 shipments have started Espoo, Finland – The shipments of the Nokia N900, Nokia’s latest mobile computer based on open source Maemo 5 software, have now started. The Nokia N900 will be available in retail stores in November with an estimated retail price of EUR 500, excluding sales taxes and subsidies. “The Nokia N900 has generated a lot of interest since its public launch in August, which has been reflected in the device preorders,” says José-Luis Martinez, Vice President, Ns…

Nokia Initiates Charger Exchange Program

Monday, November 9th, 2009

Espoo, Finland – Nokia today initiated a charger exchange program, in which consumers owning certain Nokia-branded chargers manufactured by a third-party supplier are recommended to exchange these chargers for free replacements. During a routine quality control process, Nokia identified a potential product quality issue with certain chargers manufactured by one of its third-party suppliers. The plastic covers of the affected chargers could come loose and separate, exposing the charger’s inte…

Nokia Capital Markets Day Will Be Held on December 2, 2009

Friday, November 6th, 2009

Espoo, Finland – Nokia will hold its annual Capital Markets Day event in Espoo, Finland on December 2, 2009. A webcast of the main session of the event will begin at 2pm Finnish time (CET+1) and be available at www.cmd.nokia.com. A press release related to the event is scheduled to be published at approximately 1pm Finnish time. The press release will be available on the Nokia website immediately after publication. Media and Investor Contacts: Nokia Corporate CommunicationsTel. +358 7180 34…

Rihanna Set to Launch New Album, Rated R, Through Ground-Breaking Global Listening Event With Nokia

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Rihanna fans worldwide will join the superstar for an exclusive live, streamed performance from London on November 16th 2009 Los Angeles, CA, USA – International superstar Rihanna will showcase new material from her highly-anticipated forthcoming album Rated R exclusively to a Nokia audience via a globally streamed live performance on November 16th 2009. This ground-breaking event in partnership with Nokia will preview tracks from Rated R – set for a November 23nd release worldwide – perform…

Nokia, Island Def Jam Music Group, Universal Music Group International & Superstar Artist Rihanna Announce Breakthrough Global Music Partnership

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Los Angeles, CA, USA – Nokia today announces the launch of a groundbreaking new global music partnership – Nokia Play 2010 – with the Island Def Jam Music Group (IDJMG) and Universal Music Group International (UMGI). This announcement coincides with the global availability of the Nokia X6, a powerful entertainment device in combination with Comes With Music, Nokia’s ‘all-you-can-eat-music’ offering. Created to deliver unique and exclusive music content to fans around the world, the partnersh…

Nokia Foundation Awards the Founder of Wikipedia

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Helsinki, Finland – The Nokia Foundation has granted its 2009 award to Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, the free, multilingual encyclopedia. Wales was awarded for his contributions to the evolution of the World Wide Web as a participatory and truly democratic platform. The EUR 10,000 award was presented at the Nokia Foundation scholarship awards ceremony on 4 November, 2009. “It’s a great honor to present this award on behalf of the Board of the Nokia Foundation to an individual who…

Global Telecom Companies Announce a Standards Based Solution for Voice and SMS Services Over LTE

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Dallas, TX, USA – AT&T*, Orange, Telefonica, TeliaSonera, Verizon, Vodafone, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks, Nokia, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., and Sony Ericsson have defined the preferred way to ensure the smooth introduction and delivery of voice and SMS services on Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks worldwide. The above telecommunications industry leaders have jointly developed a technical profile for LTE voice and SMS services, also known as the One Voice initiative. …

Nokia Launches Five New Affordable Mobile Phones and Nokia Life Tools in Indonesia

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Jakarta, Indonesia – Nokia Life Tools, the service which gives consumers in small towns and rural areas the ability to get a range of livelihood and life-improvement services on their mobile phones, will launch in Indonesia in early December 2009. Nokia also announced five new affordable and easy-to-use phones which will support Nokia Life Tools, and these phones will also be available globally. “Following the successful launch of Nokia Life Tools in India, where people are getting the ben…

Nokia Siemens Networks Targets Improved Financial Performance, Return to Growth

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

Company sets goal to reduce annualized operating expenses and production overheads by EUR 500 million by end 2011 compared to end 2009 Nokia CorporationStock Exchange Release November 3, 2009 at 13:00 (CET +1) Espoo, Finland – Nokia Siemens Networks today announced its plan to improve financial performance and return to growth. The plan includes reorganizing the company’s business units to better align with customer needs; extensive operating expense and production overhead reduction, includ…