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Nokia teams with Philips to enhance the experience of connected
devices in the home environment.

With Philips Streamium wireless audio products and Nokia Home Media
Solution users can seamlessly listen to their mobile music via their
home stereo and control their music from phone, stereo and PC via
their Nokia phone.

Las Vegas, NV, USA - Imagine a world where you play your mobile music
on your home stereo, where you control your music devices with your
mobile, where digital content flies between your home devices and
your phone.

This is the world that Nokia and Philips are building. Taking the
next steps towards making this vision a reality, Nokia and Philips
announce a new collaboration to bring consumers the ultimate
user-friendly home experience supported by the DLNA (Digital Living
Network Alliance) protocol.

Nokia Home Media Solution and Philips Streamium products are
optimized to give consumers a simple, seamless, and interactive
out-of-the-box experience. The Philips Streamium wireless audio
products will let users stream music from their mobile devices or
from another DLNA-enabled device like a PC in order to enjoy the
music at home. With their Nokia mobile device, users can control the
Philips wireless audio systems and interact with their music that's
stored on their phone, on their PC or on the audio device.

"Working with Philips, we can simplify the 'connected home'
experience," says Richard French, director, head of New Businesses,
Nokia. "When people are shopping for new devices, we want to
eliminate the guesswork in buying compatible devices for their home
network and help them enjoy hassle-free connectivity."

"We know consumers are increasingly listening to music on mobile
phones. However, when they come home, they prefer listening to their
music via their normal stereos. We therefore consider a seamless
experience between Nokia multimedia devices and Philips Streamium
home audio a vital element to deliver simplicity to our consumers,"
said Wiebo Vaartjes, General Manager, Audio, Video & Multimedia
Applications, at Philips Consumer Lifestyle.  "We are therefore proud
to announce this collaboration with Nokia, comprising the next step
in our commitment to truly deliver and promote the interoperability
between our products via the open DLNA standard."

Nokia Home Media Solution:
The Nokia Connected Home is a set of Home Media applications and
services allowing Nokia mobile users to enjoy their digital music,
photos and videos through TV and stereos wirelessly at home. All you
need is a compatible Nokia Nseries multimedia device, a wireless
network solution and a compatible PC or a supported UPnP/DLNA media
renderer or server, such as a television, home stereo system or a
gaming console. The Nokia Home Media solution is now available on
millions of Nseries devices, including the Nokia N96 and Nokia N95
8GB.

Philips Streamium
Philips innovative wireless music devices empower music lovers to
free their digital music from the confines of a PC or a personal CD
collection, and effortlessly stream the music throughout their entire
home or work space. Today this range of Streamium products includes
the Philips Wireless Music Center (WACS7500) with its satellites, the
wireless music station (WAS6050), and the Philips Network Music
Players (NP1100, NP2500 and NP2900). All models of the Philips
Network Music Players' range easily integrate into an existing
wireless network and stream Internet radio as well as music from the
PC wirelessly to any room in the house.

Press materials and photos can be found at www.nokia.com/press.

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
the Nokia Siemens Networks.

About Royal Philips Electronics
Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) is
a diversified Health and Well-being company, focused on improving
people's lives through timely innovations. As a world leader in
healthcare, lifestyle and lighting, Philips integrates technologies
and design into people-centric solutions, based on fundamental
customer insights and the brand promise of "sense and simplicity".
Headquartered in the Netherlands, Philips employs approximately
128,000 employees in more than 60 countries worldwide. With sales of
USD 42 billion (E27 billion) in 2007, the company is a market leader
in cardiac care, acute care and home healthcare, energy efficient
lighting solutions and new lighting applications, as well as
lifestyle products for personal well-being and pleasure with strong
leadership positions in flat TV, male shaving and grooming, portable
entertainment and oral healthcare. News from Philips is located at
www.philips.com/newscenter.

Media Enquiries:

Nokia
Communications
Tel. [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

Philips Consumer Lifestyle
Ina J. Kruse
Tel. [phone]
Mobile: [phone]

Industry Analyst Enquiries:

Nokia
Industry Analyst Relations
Email: [e-mail]

www.nokia.com


 
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