Nokia Press Bulletin Board

Nokia and HCL are to join forces to offer mobile entertainment and other value added services directly to consumers in India. A joint venture between the two companies is expected to be up and running later this year, once customary regulatory approvals have been received. 

“An important part of our future distribution strategies in India is that we want to ensure that our value added services and entertainment offerings are readily available to all consumers,” said Mr. D. Shivakumar, VP and Managing Director, Nokia India. “This arrangement is a natural continuation of our long term collaboration with HCL in India.” 

Mr. Ajai Chowdhry, founder, Chairman and CEO of HCL Infosystems, added: “We are excited about this opportunity as we believe it brings further value to our customers and Indian consumers in general by offering seamless mobile value added services and entertainment content.” 

Komarom, Hungary – Earlier today, Nokia celebrated an industry milestone at its mobile phone manufacturing facility in Komarom, Hungary – the production of its 500 millionth phone from a single factory. 

In his address to Komarom employees, Nokia Chief Executive Officer Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, praised staff on their achievement and dedication to quality.  

Established in 1999, the Komarom facility manufactures mobile phones for the European, Middle East and African markets. During the past 10 years the Komarom factory has produced many of Nokia’s most popular models including the best selling Nokia 2760, the highly popular Nokia 6300 as well as Nokia’s latest music device the Nokia 5800 ExpressMusic.  

The 500 millionth device produced in Komarom was the Nokia N79 in silver.

Comes With Music is a pioneering service which offers consumers a new way to discover and enjoy music.  Customers who buy a Comes With Music device can explore and enjoy a diverse catalog of music of international and local artists with unlimited access to millions of tracks for 12 to 18 months, keeping the music at the end and revolutionizing their digital music experience. The United Kingdom was the first market to offer Comes With Music in October 2008 and Singapore and Australia are expected to launch later this quarter.

Nokia is pleased to announce a breakthrough in pan European licensing to support Comes With Music.  Nokia has entered into pan European licenses for its Comes With Music service with Universal Music Publishing Group, and the national collecting societies SACEM, SDRM, and SESAM (France), SGAE (Spain), and SIAE (Italy). In addition, Sony/ATV Music Publishing and the Nordic societies STIM (Sweden), TEOSTO (Finland) and TONO (Norway) have also confirmed their participation in the Comes With Music Service across Europe, and Nokia has concluded a pan European license with CELAS/EMI Music Publishing in respect of Nokia’s download service, Nokia Music Store.

Find out more about Comes With Music at http://www.nokia.com/comeswithmusic

Nokia and Securitas today announced a new cooperation regarding mobile services for personal security and every day safety. Mobile devices already today give increased feeling of security with friends and family only a text message or a phone call away. By combining the main competencies of companies within security and mobility, Securitas and Nokia plan to cooperate by introducing attractive and affordable security services in Nokia mobile devices. GPS enabled mobile devices are soon to be as common as the camera making this a mass market service.

The service Securitas Safe-2-Go makes it possible to, for example, get help in an exposed situation, but also gives increased security through information regarding the location of friends and family.  Securitas Safe-2-Go initially contains four services, Assist where you can, with the touch of a button, get connected to Securitas alarm central which has information about who is connecting, where this person is located and which people related to the person need to be contacted. Find, where you can get the current position on where friends are located. Zone, where you receive an SMS if someone leaves or comes into a predefined area, like a school or a home. And finally, Friends, which gives an overview of where all friends are located. Securitas Safe-2-Go will be launched commercially during the first half of 2009 in Sweden and be launched in other European countries later during 2009.

Services regarding personal security have so far mainly been used by people with an increased risk profile and have required separate devices with GPS and alarm button. Securitas will now be offering services, which will work in all GPS enabled phones based on the S60 platform. This way it will possible to reach a large customer base of mobile users who can increase the personal security and create safety in everyday life in an easy and affordable way.

“Mobile phones already today give increased feeling of safety because your friends and family are only an SMS or a phone call away. By making Securitas services Assist and Zone mobile we combine the possibilities of built in GPS and our knowledge about mobility with Securitias leading knowledge when it comes to security and safety,” says Christophe Joyau, responsible for services, Nokia Scandinavia.

“Securitas and Nokia share the vision of helping people feel close to what matters to them and that is exactly what these services do. There is a large and growing interest for these types of safety and security oriented services. The cooperation with Nokia makes it possible to make our services mobile and quickly reach the mass market, says Magnus Friberg, Director of Marketing and Business Development, Securitas Alert Services, Track & Trace Europe.”