Nokia completes its acquisition of NAVTEQ
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Nokia Corporation
Stock exchange release
July 10, 2008 at 14.45 (CET+1)
Espoo, Finland - Nokia announced today that it has completed its
acquisition of NAVTEQ, a leading provider of comprehensive digital
map information.
As part of Nokia, NAVTEQ will continue to develop its world-class
expertise in the navigation industry, service its strong customer
base, and invest in the further development of its industry-leading
map data and technology platform. It will continue to build out and
expand coverage of countries already included in its database as well
as add new pieces of both static and dynamic content.
Powered by NAVTEQ's industry leading maps data, Nokia will redefine
the Internet and connected experiences by adding context - time,
place, people - to web services optimized for mobility. By bringing
context to Internet services, Nokia will lead the next generation of
web innovation.
"Nokia and NAVTEQ together make a powerful combination, and customers
will benefit as the transaction enables NAVTEQ to accelerate its
expansion into new regions and introduce innovative new content. This
is an industry poised for further growth and NAVTEQ will play a major
role in the field," said Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, President and CEO,
Nokia. "The addition of NAVTEQ comes at the right time for Nokia's
business, allowing us to create the leading location platform just as
context-aware and location-based Internet services expand rapidly
into mobile communications devices."
Judson Green, President and CEO of NAVTEQ, said: "Nokia has a deep
understanding of the requirements for the industry. As part of Nokia,
NAVTEQ will further invest in its map and content capabilities and
make our products and services easier for all our customers to use
and access."
NAVTEQ is a leading provider of comprehensive digital map data for
automotive navigation systems, mobile navigation devices,
Internet-based mapping applications, and government and business
solutions. NAVTEQ creates the digital maps and map content that power
navigation and location-based services solutions around the world.
The Chicago-based company was founded in 1985 and has approximately 3
000 employees located in 168 offices in 30 countries.
"NAVTEQ's map data already play an important role in Nokia Maps
service, which brings downloadable maps, voice-guided navigation and
other context-aware web services to people's pockets. Now that the
acquisition has been completed, this role will become even more
important as context-aware Internet services grow," added Niklas
Savander, Executive Vice President for Services & Software, Nokia.
Nokia Maps covers over 200 countries, with over 70 of them navigable.
Nokia Maps 2.0 has improved its optional Car Navigation, enhanced its
pedestrian navigation, added multimedia city guides, offers satellite
images, and is sporting a redesigned user interface.
About Nokia
Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and
growth of the converging Internet and communications industries. We
make a wide range of mobile devices with services and software that
enable people to experience music, navigation, video, television,
imaging, games, business mobility and more. Developing and growing
our offering of consumer Internet services, as well as our enterprise
solutions and software, is a key area of focus. We also provide
equipment, solutions and services for communications networks through
Nokia Siemens Networks.
It should be noted that certain statements herein which are not
historical facts, including, without limitation, those regarding: A)
the timing of product, services and solution deliveries; B) our
ability to develop, implement and commercialize new products,
services, solutions and technologies; C) expectations regarding
market growth, developments and structural changes; D) expectations
regarding our mobile device volume growth, market share, prices and
margins; E) expectations and targets for our results of operations;
F) the outcome of pending and threatened litigation; G) expectations
regarding the successful completion of contemplated acquisitions on a
timely basis and our ability to achieve the set targets upon the
completion of such acquisitions; and H) statements preceded by
"believe," "expect," "anticipate," "foresee," "target," "estimate,"
"designed," "plans," "will" or similar expressions are
forward-looking statements. These statements are based on
management's best assumptions and beliefs in light of the information
currently available to it. Because they involve risks and
uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from the results
that we currently expect. Factors that could cause these differences
include, but are not limited to: 1) competitiveness of our product,
service and solutions portfolio; 2) the extent of the growth of the
mobile communications industry and general economic conditions
globally; 3) the growth and profitability of the new market segments
that we target and our ability to successfully develop or acquire and
market products, services and solutions in those segments; 4) our
ability to successfully manage costs; 5) the intensity of competition
in the mobile communications industry and our ability to maintain or
improve our market position or respond successfully to changes in the
competitive landscape; 6) the impact of changes in technology and our
ability to develop or otherwise acquire complex technologies as
required by the market, with full rights needed to use; 7) timely and
successful commercialization of complex technologies as new advanced
products, services and solutions; 8) our ability to protect the
complex technologies, which we or others develop or that we license,
from claims that we have infringed third parties' intellectual
property rights, as well as our unrestricted use on commercially
acceptable terms of certain technologies in our products, services
and solution offerings; 9) our ability to protect numerous Nokia and
Nokia Siemens Networks patented, standardized or proprietary
technologies from third-party infringement or actions to invalidate
the intellectual property rights of these technologies; 10) Nokia
Siemens Networks' ability to achieve the expected benefits and
synergies from its formation to the extent and within the time period
anticipated and to successfully integrate its operations, personnel
and supporting activities; 11) whether, as a result of investigations
into alleged violations of law by some current or former employees of
Siemens AG ("Siemens"), government authorities or others take further
actions against Siemens and/or its employees that may involve and
affect the carrier-related assets and employees transferred by
Siemens to Nokia Siemens Networks, or there may be undetected
additional violations that may have occurred prior to the transfer,
or ongoing violations that may have occurred after the transfer, of
such assets and employees that could result in additional actions by
government authorities; 12) any impairment of Nokia Siemens Networks
customer relationships resulting from the ongoing government
investigations involving the Siemens carrier-related operations
transferred to Nokia Siemens Networks; 13) occurrence of any actual
or even alleged defects or other quality issues in our products,
services and solutions; 14) our ability to manage efficiently our
manufacturing and logistics, as well as to ensure the quality,
safety, security and timely delivery of our products, services and
solutions; 15) inventory management risks resulting from shifts in
market demand; 16) our ability to source sufficient amounts of fully
functional components and sub-assemblies without interruption and at
acceptable prices; 17) any disruption to information technology
systems and networks that our operations rely on; 18) developments
under large, multi-year contracts or in relation to major customers;
19) economic or political turmoil in emerging market countries where
we do business; 20) our success in collaboration arrangements
relating to development of technologies or new products, services and
solutions; 21) the success, financial condition and performance of
our collaboration partners, suppliers and customers; 22) exchange
rate fluctuations, including, in particular, fluctuations between the
euro, which is our reporting currency, and the US dollar, the Chinese
yuan, the UK pound sterling and the Japanese yen, as well as certain
other currencies; 23) the management of our customer financing
exposure; 24) allegations of possible health risks from
electromagnetic fields generated by base stations and mobile devices
and lawsuits related to them, regardless of merit; 25) unfavorable
outcome of litigations; 26) our ability to recruit, retain and
develop appropriately skilled employees; 27) the impact of changes in
government policies, laws or regulations; and 28) our ability to
effectively and smoothly implement our new organizational structure;
as well as the risk factors specified on pages 10-25 of Nokia's
annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2007 under
"Item 3.D Risk Factors." Other unknown or unpredictable factors or
underlying assumptions subsequently proving to be incorrect could
cause actual results to differ materially from those in the
forward-looking statements. Nokia does not undertake any obligation
to update publicly or revise forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise, except to the
extent legally required.
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