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Munich, Germany and Espoo, Finland - Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) and
Nokia today announced that G&D has become the sole shareholder in
Venyon Oy by acquiring the shares held by Nokia. G&D held a majority
of the shares before the acquisition. Since its creation in 2006,
Venyon has established itself as one of the leading trusted service
managers (TSM) on the mobile near field communication (NFC) market.

NFC combines smart card and contactless technologies for secure
mobile phone applications. As a TSM, Venyon provides trusted services
to provision and manage applications such as credit cards or transit
tickets securely over the mobile network on the user's NFC-enabled
mobile phone. Venyon is well positioned to provide aggregating TSM
services between mobile network operators issuing NFC-capable SIM
cards and service providers such as transit companies and banks on
the growing NFC market.

"This move to acquire full ownership of Venyon is another key
milestone in G&D's strategy. It will enable us to continue to expand
our position as a provider of secure mobile phone solutions - from
SIM and secure microSD cards through software to the secure
administration of critical applications on the mobile phone,"
emphasized Karsten Ottenberg, CEO of Giesecke & Devrient. "The market
for NFC solutions is expected to develop steadily. Venyon has built
up leading service expertise in the NFC ecosystem, which will also be
useful to us in other business sectors."

"Nokia is proud to be a supporter and provide multiple enabling roles
for NFC, one of them having been our investment in Venyon," said Mark
Selby, VP, Industry Collaborations, Nokia. "As the market for NFC is
now maturing, the time is right for us to focus our efforts even more
on NFC-enabled mobile devices and solutions designed to support NFC.
We believe Venyon's crucial role as a trusted third party working
with mobile operators and service providers is best supported through
full ownership by Giesecke & Devrient, who are recognized experts in
secure applications in this market."

G&D estimates that the demand for NFC services is increasing
worldwide. With its industry-leading expertise combined with G&D's
position in the SIM and secure applications market, Venyon is well
positioned to provide TSM services to banks, transit operators,
mobile network operators and other stakeholders planning to
commercialize their NFC services.

About Giesecke & Devrient
Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) is a leading international technology
provider headquartered in Munich, Germany. With a headcount of around
10,000 employees, the Group generated sales of EUR 1.7 billion in
fiscal 2008. Founded in 1852, G&D is a global market leader and
pioneering innovator in banknote and banknote paper production and
processing, smart card solutions for telecommunications and
electronic payment, and security documents and identification
systems. 49 subsidiaries and joint ventures across more than 30
countries ensure customer proximity worldwide. For more information,
visit our website at: www.gi-de.com.

About Nokia
Nokia is a pioneer in mobile telecommunications and the world's
leading maker of mobile devices. Today, we are connecting people in
new and different ways - fusing advanced mobile technology with
personalized services to enable people to stay close to what matters
to them. We also provide comprehensive digital map information
through NAVTEQ; and equipment, solutions and services for
communications networks through Nokia Siemens Networks.

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as our unrestricted use on commercially acceptable terms of certain
technologies in our products, services and solutions; 16) our ability
to protect numerous Nokia, NAVTEQ and Nokia Siemens Networks
patented, standardized or proprietary technologies from third-party
infringement or actions to invalidate the intellectual property
rights of these technologies; 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) the management of our customer financing
exposure;  20) our ability to retain, motivate, develop and recruit
appropriately skilled employees; 21) whether, as a result of
investigations into alleged violations of law by some 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 violations that may have occurred after the transfer, of
such assets and employees that could result in additional actions by
government authorities; 22) 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; 23) unfavorable outcome of
litigations; 24) allegations of possible health risks from
electromagnetic fields generated by base stations and mobile devices
and lawsuits related to them, regardless of merit; as well as the
risk factors specified on pages 11-28 of Nokia's annual report on
Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2008 under Item 3D. "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 publicly
update 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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