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Espoo, Finland – Nokia today announced that it has started deliveries of the Nokia N70, a compact, beautifully styled, easy-to-use 3G smartphone. Incorporating a complete smartphone feature set, as well as a 2 megapixel camera, flash and front camera for video calling, the Nokia N70 comes fully equipped with a digital music player and stereo audio.

“We are proud to announce the second device to hit the market from the Nokia Nseries high performance multimedia range,” said Joe Coles, Director of imaging product marketing at Nokia. “The Nokia N70 is a great example of Nokia Nseries, combining the latest technologies and elegant design with a comprehensive set of multimedia features. Easy and intuitive mobile photography, automatic storing of those great quality shots, listening to music, reading and writing email, browsing favorite websites – the Nokia N70 is a true multimedia computer.”

With its intuitive slide and shoot design, the 2 megapixel rear camera of the Nokia N70 can be quickly and conveniently activated, while a dedicated shutter key allows for greater stability and ease of use for picture taking. Incorporating an integrated flash, 20x digital zoom capability and a range of capture scene settings, the Nokia N70 allows for spontaneous capture of great quality photos and video regardless of time and place. Additionally, while retaining full image quality, the photos or video clips can also be instantly shared with others via email or Bluetooth wireless technology.

With the new Nokia XpressTransfer storing solution, all photos and video clips on the Nokia N70 can either be manually or automatically copied to compatible PCs. Furthermore, the standard Nokia N70 sales package also includes new Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.0 software, offering users an efficient way for viewing, finding, fixing and sharing images and video clips on their compatible PC. For a multimedia diary experience, the in-box Nokia Lifeblog software automatically organizes photos, videos, text messages and multimedia messages into a chronology for easy browsing, searching and sharing.

The smartphone features of the Nokia N70 include extensive email attachment support, Internet browser, video streaming and 3G features, such as two-way video calling* and video sharing*. An embedded email configuration tool helps users to quickly set up their preferred mobile email settings. Once set up, the user will get notification of new email and can then log on to retrieve it. The Nokia N70 also supports Symantec Mobile Security, an integrated antivirus and firewall solution.

Equipped with a digital music player and FM radio with support for Visual Radio, the Nokia N70 also doubles as a great pocketable music device. Moreover, the music experience can be taken to the next level with the separately available Nokia Music Pack, with which users can transfer music quickly from compatible PCs, listen to music through standard stereo headphones or even plug the Nokia N70 to a compatible home stereo system for stereo playback or recording.

The Nokia N70 is among the first Nokia devices to include the Catalogs Client mobile shopping application, making it easy for users to quickly discover, trial, download and purchase new applications, services and content designed for the Nokia N70. The operator-brandable interface enables seamless access to mobile content catalogs from operators or third-party sources.

Espoo, Finland – Nokia and Danish operator TDC Mobile have signed a frame agreement on the supply of WCDMA 3G radio access network (RAN). Nokia also continues to supply the GSM base station subsystem (BSS) infrastructure. This is Nokia’s first WCDMA 3G network deal in Denmark, and reinforces Nokia’s strong relationship with TDC Mobile.

Under the agreement, Nokia delivers GSM base station subsystem and WCDMA 3G radio access network infrastructure. Underlining Nokia’s strength in the services field, the contract also calls for Nokia to provide an extensive range of services including implementation, project management and care, as well as replacement services. Deliveries will start in October 2005.

“Nokia is proud to announce this new phase of collaboration to enhance TDC Mobile’s delivery of 3G to the Danish market,” says Peter Kühne, Vice President, Networks, Nokia. “This is built on our joint successes with GSM infrastructure, and extends the Nokia 3G footprint in Europe. We are confident that TDC Mobile chose Nokia because of our ability to roll-out the network in rapid time while also ensuring quality of service. Rolling out 3G services in Denmark will be an important part of TDC Mobile’s continued success, and Nokia is very pleased to cement the relationship in this way.”

Nokia has been working with TDC Mobile since 1998, and has previously supplied GSM radio network equipment and GPRS systems to TDC

As the world awaits Chinese telecom industry restructuring and the government’s issuance of 3G licenses wireless operators China Mobile and China Unicom appear to be headed in different directions. Take a look at both August subscriber numbers and the companies’ recent stock price performances:

* China Mobile added 3.65 million mobile users in August marking its largest monthly gain in 2 years. It bested its previous two-year monthly high set in July. China Mobile now has 231.01 million subscribers including 60.847 million contract subscribers and 170.158 million prepaid users.
* China Unicom added 1.2 million subscribers in August representing its lowest monthly net additions in more than 2 years. August additions included 861,000 new GSM subs and 337,000 new CDMA subs. Total subs at the end of August consisted of 91.33 million GSM users and 31.66 million CDMA users.
* China Mobile denied reports it offered to acquire India’s GSM mobile network operator Reliance Telecom. Reliance provides GSM services to 1.5 million users representing approximately 3% of India’s mobile market. There are also reports that China Mobile is interested in acquiring state-owned Uzbekistan Telecom. You may remember that China Mobile failed in its bid to acquire a stake in Pakistan Telecom earlier this year.