HERE to lead vehicle hazard warning pilot in Finland

HERE to lead vehicle hazard warning pilot in Finland

The project is the first to implement system in accordance with EU ITS directive

Berlin, Germany - HERE, a leader in mapping, navigation and location services, has been selected by Finnish traffic agencies to lead a pilot project to enable vehicles to communicate safety hazards to others on the road.

The pilot, which will start in 2016, intends to assess the capability of current and emerging mobile network and location cloud technologies in supporting the timely communication of critical safety information, such as black ice or an animal on the road, sudden traffic build-up, or an accident.

In this pilot, to test the capability of the proposed technology architecture, drivers will voluntarily share notifications about safety hazards and changing road conditions initially via a smartphone. The aim, however, is that this architecture would later also support low-latency communication, via a cloud, of data generated by a vehicle's on-board sensors and the surrounding road infrastructure to other vehicles and smart devices on the road.

According to a recent forecast from automotive technology research firm SBD, by 2020 there will be some 33 million vehicles sold annually with built-in connectivity, generating more than 163 million terabytes of data each year via their on-board cameras and sensors. When shared across the road network using 4G/LTE and future 5G network technologies, these data could be utilized by vehicles to give them an awareness of road conditions beyond the reach of their sensors, and thus enable the driver or the vehicle itself to better plan driving maneuvers. 5G technology raises the prospect of road hazard warnings being communicated via the cloud to relevant vehicles in a fraction of a second.

HERE is tasked by the Finnish Transport Agency (FTA) and Trafi, the Finnish Transport Safety Agency, to lead the pilot, called Coop, and will work together with traffic information management service company Infotripla in implementing it. The project will be the first to implement a road hazard warning messaging system as described in the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Directive set out by the EU. This particular pilot does not require the deployment of any additional roadside infrastructure, such as DSRC (Dedicated Short Range Communications) equipment, although HERE is pursuing an agnostic approach with its technologies that will allow for connections with other infrastructure if required.

George Filley, who heads HERE's Digital Transportation Infrastructure program, said: "With this project, we will explore how technology within our reach today could make driving safer as cars get connected. There will be enormous amounts of data generated by a car's on-board sensors that can be collected, analyzed and shared with others on the road. An important piece of the puzzle is to figure out how to provide relevant, low-latency information to the right people at the right time, and that is a problem we believe we can solve.

Alain Dunoyer, Head of the Safe Car division of SBD, the automotive technology research firm, said: "The technology exists to identify road hazards with increasing levels of accuracy - it is great to see Finland partnering with a technology leader like HERE to take the next step of ensuring this information reaches a broader population of drivers who will benefit from this life-saving information the most."

The first phase of the pilot will focus on ensuring the technical maturity of the system. The second phase begins in the first half of 2016 on the E18 highway, the main road between Helsinki and Turku, as well as the Ring I and Ring III highways in the Greater Helsinki area, with initially up to 1,000 drivers expected to take part. The pilot phase is expected to complete by the end of 2017.

HERE has been developing location cloud technology for several years, and currently provides content and services via the cloud - including maps, routing and real-time traffic information - to automotive and Internet companies as well as government transportation agencies.

In a related effort, HERE is developing next generation high definition (HD) and live maps to power a new class of driver experiences globally, including deployment in highly automated vehicles in 2018. To help accelerate the deployment of a live map for vehicles, HERE last week published an interface specification that defines how sensor data gathered by vehicles on the road can be ingested by a cloud. HERE intends for this interface specification to become a standardized way for vehicles to send to the cloud the rich variety of data gathered by their on-board sensors. With a standard interface specification, the data generated would be analogous regardless of vehicle manufacturer and could be pooled, processed and analyzed quickly to create an enhanced view of road and traffic conditions.

For more information on this announcement, see the HERE 360 blog and the FTA press release.

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HERE takes step to accelerate development of live map for cars

HERE takes step to accelerate development of live map for cars

Berlin, Germany - HERE, a leader in mapping, navigation and location experiences, has published an interface specification that defines how sensor data gathered by vehicles on the road can be ingested by a cloud. The aim of this step is to support the automotive industry in accelerating the deployment of technologies that improve road safety and ease traffic congestion, such as connected Electronic Horizon and automated driving.

According to a recent forecast from automotive technology research firm SBD, by 2020 there will be some 33 million vehicles sold annually with built-in connectivity, generating more than 163 million terabytes of data each year via their dozens of on-board cameras and sensor technologies. When shared across the road network, this data can be utilized by vehicles to give them an awareness of road conditions beyond the reach of their sensors, and thus enable the driver or the vehicle itself to better plan driving maneuvers. In order to be efficiently useable, the data shared should be intelligible to other vehicles, and thus it ideally should pass through the cloud in a standard format.

In view of that need, HERE, which is developing location cloud technology for automated vehicles, has published a sensor data ingestion interface specification for the automotive industry to utilize. HERE intends for this interface specification, made available through a creative commons license, to become a standardized way for vehicles to send to the cloud the rich variety of data gathered by their on-board sensors. With a standard interface specification, the data generated would be analogous regardless of vehicle manufacturer and could be pooled, processed and analyzed quickly to create a detailed live view of road and traffic conditions.

HERE is already discussing the interface specification with certain leading automakers, and intends to invite other industry peers to discuss the specification this summer. More information about the interface specification can be accessed on the Automotive section of the HERE website.  

"Your car generates a wealth of data about road and traffic conditions which will be very helpful to other cars driving behind you," said Dietmar Rabel, who heads product management for the automated driving program at HERE. "By uniting around a single data specification, we can improve our collective abilities to gain a better overall understanding from the data collected. It will mean fewer accidents and less time spent in traffic. It also moves the industry closer to the goal of cars that can drive themselves."

The data generated from sensors on board modern vehicles can be used to warn others of possible dangers, including icy roads or a spill, sudden braking or traffic build up, an accident, or an animal or object on the road. Data can also be used to verify and enhance map data and attributes, provide warnings of poor road infrastructure like potholes as well as construction. With cloud technology this data can also be utilized for new dynamic and personalized services.

The HERE location platform applies data fusion and crowdsourcing for the extremely challenging task of deriving useful information from a huge volume of vehicle sensor data. The platform ensures the robustness of data it sources to enable a car to effectively 'see around the corner' and avoid an accident. Achieving the highest possible confidence level requires continuous near real-time processing of large streams of very diverse data which are then fused with map, traffic, incident, weather and other data. For information to become actionable and made known to other vehicles on the road, it would typically have to evolve through multiple layers of information extraction hierarchy. HERE has already implemented a next generation engine for real-time traffic and in doing so has gained significant expertise to apply similar technology for road events relevant to highly automated driving.

As is the case with its other products and services, HERE has built data anonymization into its sensor data ingestion interface specification, meaning that the location data generated by vehicles are anonymous unless drivers opt-in to sharing personal identifier information in order to benefit from additional personalized services.

To know more about the vision of HERE for autonomous cars and read the full interview with Dietmar Rabel, visit HERE 360.

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HERE expands its leading real-time traffic coverage to 50 countries

HERE expands its leading real-time traffic coverage to 50 countries

Berlin, Germany - HERE, a Nokia company, today announced that it is expanding its real-time traffic service to 50 countries, from the current 44.

Next month, HERE will add Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar to a growing footprint of live traffic data in the Middle East, giving it the most comprehensive traffic coverage in the Gulf region today. In addition, HERE just expanded its European coverage by adding Bulgaria and Romania.

"The expansion of HERE's traffic coverage to 50 countries confirms its position as one of the key global players in the traffic market," said Stephen Longden, the author of automotive consultancy SBD's annual Traffic Guide. "The Middle East in particular is a hot spot for connected car activities and has seen strong growth of navigation and traffic services."

"In addition to traffic, HERE is leading the way in the rise of additional non-traffic information that impacts on in-car navigation," added Longden. "Data on factors like parking availability, fuel prices, EV charging points and the weather are being offered by HERE for use by in-car navigation and infotainment systems."

In addition to the broader HERE Real Time Traffic coverage, HERE continues to add innovative features to enhance the product, including reversible express lane coverage and traffic safety warnings.

HERE Real Time Traffic is the only traffic service on the market today that updates the direction of traffic flow on metropolitan reversible express lanes, allowing drivers to make more intelligent routing choices.

Traffic safety warnings prompt drivers to slow down in anticipation of a quickly building traffic jam ahead, often before it becomes visible.

"HERE Real Time Traffic is the most comprehensive, global traffic service commercially available on the market today," said Tony Belkin, Director of Traffic and Dynamic Content for HERE. "With HERE Real Time Traffic, Predictive Traffic, Traffic Patterns and Analytics, HERE is clearly leading the industry in advanced traffic content and services."

HERE Real Time Traffic provides up-to-the-minute information about current traffic conditions and incidents that could cause delays, including slower than normal traffic flow, road works and accidents. It then helps drivers make the best decision about the rest of the journey by improving the accuracy of arrival times.

To ensure the information is available 24 hours a day, real-time data are collected and updated every 60 seconds from a broad range of sources, including billions of speed probes taken from cars and mobile devices every day. HERE offers 100% coverage of roads with pinpoint accuracy down to 10-metres when traffic data are combined with HERE's industry-leading map.

HERE traffic data are built on a highly intelligent traffic engine that incorporates advanced routing technologies, analytics, predictive services and the input of a highly trained traffic monitoring team. HERE also has the largest delivery portfolio in the industry, offering the most ways to get traffic to its customers - whether over radio broadcast channels or web connections.

For more information, please visit the HERE 360 blog.

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HERE wins top spot for mapping and traffic in Ovum Location Platform Index

HERE wins top spot for mapping and traffic in Ovum Location Platform Index

Berlin, Germany - Market-leading research and consulting firm Ovum awarded HERE the top spot in mapping and traffic data in its most recent semi-annual Location Platform Index.

Ovum gave HERE an overall score of 8.02 and the clear number one spot in its 'completeness' index, which rates the overall capabilities of providers in the location-based services market.

The score reflected HERE's leadership position in mapping data, traffic and signage information, the feature set of its location platform, the ability for customers to access data across different devices, as well as its applicability across different industries.

"HERE's customer footprint spans the automotive, enterprise and consumer domains, giving it tremendous reach. That and its high score for completeness places HERE firmly in the Leaders category of Ovum's Location Platform Index," said Neha Dharia, Senior Analyst at Ovum.

HERE maps draw on 30 years of cartography experience and over 80,000 sources of data. HERE has maps in 196 countries, turn-by-turn navigation for 118 countries and transit maps and routing for public transit in over 970 cities worldwide.

Many of the world's leading automotive, enterprise and Internet companies trust HERE map data and platform services to run their businesses. For example, HERE is one of the few mapping companies that collects dedicated truck-specific road attributes for trucking companies.

In addition, HERE has made its HERE app available to consumers around the world. HERE launched the app in the Google Play store in December and in the Apple App Store in March, with more than 8 million downloads to date.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PERMITS NOKIA AND ALCATEL-LUCENT TO PROCEED WITH PROPOSED COMBINATION

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PERMITS NOKIA AND ALCATEL-LUCENT TO PROCEED WITH PROPOSED COMBINATION

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PERMITS NOKIA AND ALCATEL-LUCENT TO PROCEED WITH PROPOSED COMBINATION

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June 17, 2015 18:00EEST

Helsinki, June 17 2015 -  Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent today announced that the United States Department of Justice has granted early termination of the U.S. antitrust waiting period for the combination of Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent, permitting the transaction to proceed. Early termination of the U.S. antitrust waiting period takes us one important step closer to the closing of the pending transaction.

The parties continue to make good progress with the regulatory approval processes in the remaining relevant jurisdictions, with the parties having already obtained antitrust clearances in Brazil and Serbia. Both companies will continue to cooperate with the remaining authorities to close their reviews as quickly as possible.

The transaction remains subject to approval by Nokia shareholders, Nokia holding over 50.00% of the share capital of Alcatel-Lucent on a fully diluted basis upon completion of the public exchange offer, receipt of other regulatory approvals and other customary conditions. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2016.

 

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Mobiililaitevalmistaja LG Electronics ja Nokia Technologies sopivat patenttilisenssistä

Published: 09:30 CEST 16-06-2015 /GlobeNewswire /Source: NOKIA / : NOK1V /ISIN: FI0009000681

Mobiililaitevalmistaja LG Electronics ja Nokia Technologies sopivat patenttilisenssistä

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Mobiililaitevalmistaja LG Electronics ja Nokia Technologies sopivat patenttilisenssistä

Nokia Technologies ja LG Electronics ovat sopineet patenttilisenssin myöntämisestä LG Electronicsille. Korealainen yhtiö on ensimmäinen merkittävä mobiililaitevalmistaja ja viimeisin lisenssinsaaja, joka liittyy yli 60 muun lisenssinsaajan joukkoon Nokian 2G-, 3G- ja 4G -teknologioiden lisensointiohjelmaan Nokian myytyä Devices & Services -liiketoiminnan Microsoftille vuonna 2014.

"Toivotamme LG Electronicsin tervetulleeksi lisensointiohjelmaamme", sanoi Nokia Technologies -liiketoiminnan johtaja Ramzi Haidamus. "Olemme tehneet hyvää yhteistyötä LG Electronicsin kanssa ja löytäneet molempien osapuolten kannalta hyvän ratkaisun, johon liittyy riippumattoman välimiesmenettelyn käyttö mahdollisten erimielisyyksien ratkaisemiseksi. Tämä sopimus luo puitteet yhtiöidemme väliselle yhteistyölle tulevaisuudessa".

Yksityiskohtaiset maksuvelvoitteet käsitellään välimiesmenettelyssä, jonka odotetaan päättyvän 1-2 vuoden kuluessa. Sopimuksen tarkemmat yksityiskohdat ovat luottamuksellisia.

Riskit ja tulevaisuutta koskevat lausumat

 

On otettava huomioon, että Nokiaan ja sen liiketoimintoihin liittyy erilaisia riskejä ja epävarmuustekijöitä ja tietyt tässä esitetyt lausumat, muut kuin jo toteutuneita seikkoja koskevat lausumat, ovat tulevaisuutta koskevia lausumia. Näitä ovat esimerkiksi: A) oletukset, suunnitelmat tai hyödyt liittyen Nokian strategioihin; B) oletukset, suunnitelmat tai hyödyt liittyen Nokian liiketoimintojen, Nokia Networks, HERE ja Nokia Technologies, tulevaan tulokseen; C) oletukset, suunnitelman ja hyödyt liittyen muutoksiin johdossamme ja muussa johdossamme, toiminnallisessa rakenteessamme ja toimintamallissamme; D) oletukset markkinoiden kehittymisestä ja yleisestä taloudellisesta tilanteesta ja rakenteellisista muutoksista; E) oletukset ja tavoitteet koskien tuloksia, mukaan lukien oletukset ja tavoitteet koskien markkinaosuuksia, hintoja, liikevaihtoa ja tuotteidemme ja palveluidemme katteita; F) tuotteidemme ja palveluidemme toimitusten ajoitus; G) oletukset ja tavoitteet koskien tuloskehitystämme, liiketoiminnan kulujamme, veroja, kustannussäästöjä ja kilpailukykyä sekä liiketoiminnan tulosta; H) oletukset ja tavoitteet koskien yhteistyö- ja kumppanuusjärjestelyitä; I)vireillä olevien ja mahdollisesti tulevien oikeudenkäyntien, välimiesmenettelyiden, riita-asioiden, hallinnollisten menettelyjen ja viranomaistutkimusten lopputulokset; J) oletukset koskien uudelleenjärjestelyitä, investointeja, yritysjärjestelyistä saatavien tulojen käyttöä, yrityskauppoja ja divestointeja, ja kykymme saavuttaa näiden uudelleenjärjestelyjen, investointien, divestointien ja yrityskauppojen yhteydessä asetetut taloudelliset ja toiminnalliset tavoitteet, mukaan lukien oletukset, suunnitelmat ja hyödyt liittyen tai johtuen yrityskaupasta, jossa Nokia myi olennaisilta osin koko sen Devices & Services liiketoiminnan Microsoftille 25.4.2014; ja K) lausumat, jotka sisältävät tai joita edeltää "uskoa", "odottaa", "ennakoida", "ennustaa", "näkee", "tavoitella", "arvioida", "on tarkoitettu", "tähdätä", "suunnitella", "aikoa", "keskittyä", "jatkaa", "arviomme mukaan", "pitäisi", "tulee" tai muut vastaavat ilmaisut.

 

Tällaiset lausumat perustuvat johdon parhaaseen arvioon ja uskoon sen tiedon valossa, joka sillä on kyseisellä hetkellä ollut saatavilla. Koska tällaisiin lausumiin sisältyy riskejä ja epävarmuuksia, todelliset tulokset voivat poiketa olennaisesti niistä tuloksista, joita tällä hetkellä odotamme. Kuvaamme riskejä ja epävarmuustekijöitä, jotka vaikuttavat Nokia-konserniin tai liittyvät kaikkiin Nokian liiketoimintoihin tämän osion alussa ja esitämme lopussa muita riskejä, jotka liittyvät pääasiassa Nokian yksittäisiin liiketoimintoihin: Nokia Networksiin, HEREen ja Nokia Technologiesiin. Tekijöitä, mukaan lukien riskejä ja epävarmuustekijöitä, jotka saattaisivat aiheuttaa tällaisia poikkeamia voivat olla esimerkiksi: 1) kykymme tunnistaa markkinatrendejä ja liiketoimintamahdollisuuksia valitaksemme ja toteuttaaksemme strategiat onnistuneesti ja oikea-aikaisesti, ja kykymme menestyksellisesti sopeuttaa toimintojamme ja toimintamallejamme; 2) kykymme säilyttää tai parantaa liiketoimintojemme operatiivista tai taloudellista tulosta sekä onnistuneesti tunnistaa tai menestyksekkäästi luomaan uusia liiketoimintamahdollisuuksia; 3) riippuvuutemme yleisestä taloudellisesta tilanteesta ja markkinaolosuhteista; 4) altistumisemme lainsäädäntöön liittyville riskeille, poliittiselle riskille tai muulle kehitykselle eri maissa tai alueilla; 5) kykymme keksiä uusia relevantteja teknologioita, tuotteita ja palveluita, kehittääksemme ja ylläpitääksemme immateriaalioikeussalkkuamme ja ylläpitääksemme nykyisiä immateriaalioikeuksien tulonlähteitä sekä kehittää uusia lähteitä; 6) kykymme suojata immateriaalioikeuksiamme ja suojautua kolmansien osapuolten oikeudenloukkauksilta ja puolustautua väitetyiltä immateriaalioikeuksien loukkauksilta, sekä mahdollisten lisensiointikulujen, tiettyjen teknologioiden käyttöön liittyvien rajoitusten ja teollisuusoikeuksiin liittyvien oikeudenkäyntien vaikutukset; 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13) kykymme saavuttaa tavoitellut hyödyt toteuttamalla menestyksekkäästi suunniteltuja yritysjärjestelyjä kuten hankintoja, divestointeja, fuusioita, yhteistoimintayrityksiä, ja hallita niihin liittyviä odottamattomia vastuita; 14) kykymme hallita liiketoiminnan kuluja ja saavuttaa asetetut tavoitteet toimin, jotka ovat suunnattuja tulosparannusten saavuttamiseksi, esimerkiksi kulusäästöin tai muilla toimin lisätä kilpailukykyä; 15) kykymme optimoida pääomarakennettamme suunnitellusti tai saavuttamaan uudelleen investment grade -tason luottoluokituksen; 16) kykymme toteuttaa Nokia Networksin strategia tai tehokkaasti, kannattavasti ja oikea-aikaisesti sopeuttaa sen liiketoiminta vastaamaan asiakkaiden kasvavaan tarpeeseen erilaisten sovellusten tai teknisen kehityksen suhteen; 17) kykymme Nokia Networksin liiketoiminnassa tehokkaasti, kannattavasti ja oikea-aikaisesti sijoittaa uusiin kilpailukykyisiin ja korkealatuisiin tuotteisiin, palveluihin, uudistuksiin ja teknologioihin; 18) Nokia Networksin riippuvuus rajallisesta asiakasmäärästä ja laajoista monivuotisista sopimuksista, ja haitalliset vaikutukset operaattoreiden lisäkonsolidaatiosta johtuen; 19) Nokia Networksin kyky hallita tuotantoa, palveluiden luomista ja toimituksia sekä logistiikkaa tehokkaasti ja keskeytyksittä; 20) Nokia Networksin riippuvuus rajallisesta toimittajien määrästä, jotka eivät välttämättä kykene toimittamaan riittävää määrää täysin toimivia tuotteita ja komponentteja tai toimittaa palveluita ajoissa, jotka vastaavat asiakkaidemme tarpeita; 21) Asiakasrahoituksen epäsuotuisa kehitys tai pidennetyt maksuehdot, joita Nokia Networks tarjoaa asiakkailleen; 22) HEREn kohtaama kova kilpailu ja sen kyky tehokkaasti ja kannattavasti sijoittaa uusiin kilpailukykyisiin korkealaatuisiin palveluihin ja dataan, ja tuoda niitä oikea-aikaisesti markkinoille tai sopeuttamaan toimintaansa tehokkaasti; 23) HEREn riippuvuus yleisestä automarkkinan kehityksestä ja asiakkaiden liiketoimintaolosuhteista; 24) HEREn riippuvuus rajallisesta määrästä suuria asiakkaita, erityisesti myynnissä autoteollisuudelle, ja laajoista minimuotisista sopimuksista; 25)Nokia Technologiesin kyky säilyttää olemassa olevia immateriaalioikeuksiin liittyviä tulonlähteitä tai luomaan uusia lähteitä; 26) Nokia Technologiesin riippuvuus rajoitetusta määrästä lisenssinsaajia, joiden suhteellinen osuus patenttilisenssituloista on merkittävä, mukaan lukien sitovan välitystuomion lopputulosta Samsungin kanssa, josta odotetaan päätöstä vuonna 2015; 27) Nokia Technologiesin riippuvuus riittävästä patentoitujen tai muilla omistusoikeuksilla suojattujen teknologioiden lainsäädännöllisestä suojasta; ja 28) Nokia Technologiesin kyky toteuttaa suunnitelmansa liiketoiminta-alueilla, kuten teknologialisensoinnin, Nokia-brändin lisensoinnin ja muiden liiketoimintahankkeiden, kuten teknologiainnovoinnin ja hautomoiden, avulla, sekä ne riskitekijät, jotka mainitaan Nokian viimeisimmässä Yhdysvaltojen arvopaperisäännösten mukaisessa asiakirjassa (Form 20-F) sivuilla 74-89 otsikon "Operating and Financial Review and Prospects-Risk Factors" alla sekä 30.4.2015 julkaistussa osavuosikatsauksessamme. Muut tuntemattomat tai odottamattomat tekijät tai vääriksi osoittautuvat oletukset voivat aiheuttaa todellisten tulosten olennaisen poikkeamisen tulevaisuutta koskevissa lausumissa esitetyistä odotuksista. Nokia ei sitoudu julkisesti päivittämään tai muuttamaan tulevaisuutta koskevia lausumia uuden tiedon, tulevaisuuden tapahtumien tai muun syyn johdosta, paitsi siltä osin kuin sillä on siihen lainmukainen velvollisuus.

 

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Nokia sijoittaa teknologioihin, jotka mahdollistavat maailman, jossa miljardit laitteet ovat yhteydessä toisiinsa verkon välityksellä. Nokialla on kolme liiketoimintaa: verkkoinfrastruktuurin ohjelmistoihin, laitteisiin ja palveluihin keskittyvä Nokia Networks, sijaintitietoon keskittyvä HERE ja teknologiakehitykseen ja -lisensointiin keskittyvä Nokia Technologies. Kaikki Nokian liiketoiminnat ovat omien toimialueidensa johtavia toimijoita. http://company.nokia.com 

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LG Electronics and Nokia Technologies agree on smartphone patent license

Published: 09:30 CEST 16-06-2015 /GlobeNewswire /Source: NOKIA / : NOK1V /ISIN: FI0009000681

LG Electronics and Nokia Technologies agree on smartphone patent license

Nokia Corporation
Stock Exchange Release
June 16, 2015 at 10:30 (CET +1)

LG Electronics and Nokia Technologies agree on smartphone patent license

 

Espoo, Finland - LG Electronics has agreed to take a royalty-bearing smartphone patent license from Nokia Technologies. The Korean company is the latest of more than 60 licensees for Nokia's 2G, 3G and 4G mobile communication technologies and the first major smartphone manufacturer to join the licensing program since Nokia divested its Devices & Services business to Microsoft in 2014.

 

"We are pleased to welcome LG Electronics to our licensing program," said Ramzi Haidamus, President of Nokia Technologies. "We've worked constructively with LG Electronics and agreed a mutually beneficial approach, including the use of independent arbitration to resolve any differences. This agreement sets the scene for further collaboration between our companies in future."

 

The detailed royalty payment obligations will be subject to commercial arbitration, expected to conclude within a 1-2 year timeframe. Other terms of the agreement remain confidential between the two companies.

 

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18) Nokia Networks' dependence on a limited number of customers and large multi-year agreements and adverse effects as a result of further operator consolidation; 19) Nokia Networks' ability to manage our manufacturing, service creation and delivery, as well as our logistics efficiently and without interruption; 20) Nokia Networks' dependence on a limited number of suppliers, who may fail to deliver sufficient quantities of fully functional products and components or deliver timely services meeting our customers' needs; 21) adverse developments with respect to customer financing or extended payment terms Nokia Networks provides to customers; 22) the intense competition HERE faces and its ability to effectively and profitably invest in new competitive high-quality services and data and bring these to market in a timely manner or adjust its operations efficiently; 23) HERE's dependence on the overall automotive market developments and customer business conditions; 24) HERE's dependence, especially with respect to sales to the automotive industry, on a limited number of customers and large multi-year agreements; 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Nokia Networks enters cloud infrastructure market with disruptive launch of AirFrame Data Center Solution

Nokia Networks enters cloud infrastructure market with disruptive launch of AirFrame Data Center Solution

Press Release

 

• New data center solution is first to combine the benefits of cloud computing technologies and the requirements of telco domain
• Expands the reach of Nokia Networks' telco cloud portfolio, building the foundation for 5G deployments and providing unparalleled performance in the core and radio domains
• Major innovation step aimed at unlocking the opportunities of the Programmable World

 

Espoo, Finland - 1 June 2015

 

In its 150^th anniversary year, Nokia continues to innovate and reinvent itself by being the first vendor to effectively merge the IT and telco cloud domains with the launch of its AirFrame Data Center Solution. This is the first offering that combines the benefits of cloud computing technologies with the stringent requirements of the core and radio in the telco world. The Nokia AirFrame Data Center Solution is 5G-ready and supports the vision of a more flexible and distributed cloud architecture, which is the foundation to deliver the latency and data processing requirements of the future. The Nokia AirFrame Data Center Solution is available now.

 

First solution to efficiently serve both the IT and telco worlds

The first steps for the telco cloud were focused on taking core applications to a virtualized environment, offering immediate benefits of added scalability, flexibility and business agility. However, when implementing a comprehensive telco cloud architecture operators are faced with strict latency requirements and an extremely high demand for processing power. The new AirFrame Data Center Solution is the first to directly address these requirements and effectively merge the telco and IT domains in one single solution, utilizing high performance Intel® technology.

 

In developing AirFrame, Nokia Networks has invested in further advancing the data center hardware technology. Its innovations will deliver acceleration capabilities that will help operator customers be more efficient and differentiate themselves in the market. To continue advancing its solutions, Nokia Networks has opened a dedicated R&D facility for data center technology development. With this solid foundation, the Nokia AirFrame Data Center Solution brings what is needed to efficiently merge the IT and telco domains and pave the way towards 5G.

 

Click to Tweet: New: @nokianetworks enters data center market with disruptive launch of AirFrame Solution http://nokia.ly/1I44gnC #NetworksPerform

 

AirFrame: a unique way for operators to implement cloud:

• Offers significant efficiency gains when running data-demanding telco applications like mobile network Virtual Network Functions (VNFs)
• Fully compliant with IT standards and able to run the most common IT cloud applications in parallel to telco cloud
• Enables operators to implement not only their NFV strategy, but also expand into new business models, such as renting data center capacity for customers' IT applications
• Implements the most advanced telco cloud security practices, which have been tested and approved at the Nokia Security Center in Berlin
• Adheres to Nokia Networks' open standards approach as well as complies with ETSI NFV, ensuring the success of telco cloud deployments
• Ready for 5G, with an advanced cloud management solution to handle the telco cloud architecture (centralized / distributed), including security orchestration which automates and manages the lifecycle of security policies and security functions
• Ready to support several Nokia VNFs, including OSS/CEM and the company's recently announced Radio Cloud architecture

 

AirFrame components include:

• Nokia AirFrame Cloud Servers and Switches - Pre-integrated racks with ultra-dense servers, high performance switches and software defined storage, including Nokia Networks specific enhancements that make it more efficient than other solutions to run demanding VNFs
• Data center services - AirFrame is complemented by a suite of professional services provided by the company's services experts and geared to implement, monitor and operate telco cloud data centers

 

Sandra Rivera, Vice President and General Manager, Network Platforms Group, Intel, said: "We're pleased to support Nokia Networks on its path to provide a data center solution that fulfills the most demanding requirements of the telco cloud environment. We believe that combining Intel's leading processors and virtualization technologies with Nokia Networks' deep knowledge of the telecommunications market will accelerate adoption for cloud technologies deployed by leading operators worldwide."

 

Marc Rouanne, Executive Vice President, Mobile Broadband, Nokia Networks, said: "Nokia Networks is changing the game in telco cloud. We are taking on the IT-telco convergence with a new solution to challenge the traditional IT approach of the data center. From the beginning, Nokia Networks has been a forerunner in telco cloud innovation*. This newest solution brings telcos carrier-grade high availability, security-focused reliability as well as low latency, while leveraging the company's deep networks expertise and strong business with operators to address an increasingly cloud-focused market valued in the tens of billions of euros."

 

Press & industry analyst webcast:

Marc Rouanne, Executive Vice President, Mobile Broadband, Nokia Networks, and Henri Tervonen, Vice President, Mobile Broadband Architecture, Nokia Networks, will host a webcast and conference call for press and industry analysts on June 1, 2015 at 14:00 EET to discuss the launch.

 

To join the press & analyst webcast and slide show, please register here.

 

Resources:

• Webpage: Nokia AirFrame Data Center Solution
• Executive Summary
• Video
• Photo: Nokia AirFrame Cloud Rack
• Photo: Nokia AirFrame Cloud Server
• Infographic

 

Connect with Nokia Networks:

• Website
• Blog
• Twitter
• YouTube
• LinkedIn
• Facebook

 

TAGS: IT, data center, launch, mobile broadband, LTE, 5G, telco cloud, Global Services

 

About Nokia

By focusing on the human possibilities of technology, Nokia embraces the connected world to help people thrive. Our three businesses are leaders in their fields. Nokia Networks provides broadband infrastructure software and services, HERE provides mapping, navigation and location intelligence, and Nokia Technologies provides advanced technology development and licensing. www.nokia.com

 

Nokia Networks, which provides broadband infrastructure, software and services, operates at the forefront of our industry. From the first ever call on GSM to the first call on LTE, we have set the pace of innovation, a record that continues with future technologies such as 5G. Together with our operator customers, who serve close to 5 billion subscribers, we are embracing the opportunity of the connected world and helping to solve its challenges.

http://networks.nokia.com/

 

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Notes:

 

* Nokia Networks is a forerunner in developing telco cloud, innovating in several key dimensions. This includes network function virtualization (NFV), enabling the company to help operators move from the virtualization of single network elements to full cloud orchestration, including cloud application management.

 

Over the years, the company has developed and tested with its customers virtualized network elements, focusing on the core and cloud application management, resulting in bringing the telco cloud to commercial readiness. In September, 2014, Nokia Networks announced the delivery of the first commercial NFV solution to enable cloud-based VoLTE services.

 

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