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Forum Nokia PRO Accelerator provides exclusive technical, marketing &
business support to venture-backed developers

San Francisco, CA, USA - Nokia today launched its new Forum Nokia PRO
Accelerator developer support program, providing an expanded set of
technical, marketing, business development and channel distribution
services.  The new program targets developers of innovative and
industry-changing mobile software and services selected for funding
by top-tier venture capital firms, including Nokia's global growth
stage venture firm, Nokia Growth Partners, and its ecosystem of
partners.

Established by Nokia in 2004, Nokia Growth Partners targets
investment in companies creating innovative mobile applications and
services that encourage rapid adoption of mobile solutions, including
context and location based services, mobile payments, mobile
advertising, music and entertainment and other services and software.
In July, Nokia committed an additional USD 150 million to Nokia
Growth Partners, underscoring the fund's strategic focus on consumer
Internet services and increasing funds under management for direct
investments to USD 250 million.

Forum Nokia PRO Accelerator becomes the highest-level developer tier
in Nokia's elite invitation-only mobile developer program, Forum
Nokia PRO. Established in February 2004, Forum Nokia PRO offers
business and technical benefits to speed the development cycle and
create larger market opportunities for developer members worldwide.

Nokia also announced today significant changes that will broaden
access to additional developer offerings in its Forum Nokia global
developer support program, including elimination of the EUR 4,000
annual fee for developer members of the Forum Nokia PRO program.
Forum Nokia PRO members will benefit from the close alignment of PRO
member initiatives with all Nokia software and services strategies,
helping to ensure that developers achieve the maximum potential
during their PRO membership.

Other developer program changes include reduction from EUR 800 to EUR
300 in the annual membership fee for Forum Nokia Launchpad, a program
that provides resources and support to accelerate mobile application
development and elevate business visibility for developers working
with Nokia device platforms.

"Nokia is pleased to announce Forum Nokia PRO Accelerator designed to
advance development and deployment of third-party software and
services with the greatest industry transforming potential, working
in close partnership with top-tier VCs, including Nokia Growth
Partners," said Tom Libretto, Vice President, Forum Nokia. "Forum
Nokia continues to honor its commitment to provide world-class
developer support, through the new PRO Accelerator program, and
through broader access and increased benefits in our Forum Nokia PRO
and Launchpad programs."

Two developer companies in Nokia Growth Partners' portfolio of
investments announced today as initial charter members of the Forum
Nokia PRO Accelerator program are: San Francisco-based Kyte
(www.kyte.com), the universal digital media platform company that
enables brands and communities to easily produce live and on-demand
digital content, distribute it to multiple online and mobile
destinations simultaneously, engage with an audience through
real-time multimedia communications and monetize their brand assets;
and, Tokyo-based Morpho, Inc. (www.morphoinc.com), a pioneer and
leading provider of image-processing software solutions for mobile
devices.

"We are very excited to be a charter member of the Forum Nokia PRO
Accelerator program and look forward to working with Forum Nokia and
Nokia Growth Partners in our shared mission of accelerating the
development and delivery of the Kyte application portfolio," said
Daniel Graf, CEO of Kyte. "Nokia's ongoing support of Kyte has been
instrumental to our success and this new program demonstrates Nokia's
commitment to investing its resources to drive innovation of mobile
applications and services."

"Morpho, Inc. is dedicated to providing imaging software solutions
that enable consumers with the best imaging experience on their
handsets, so we appreciate Forum Nokia inviting us to join the PRO
Accelerator program as a charter member." said Dr. Masaki Hiraga, CEO
and co-founder of Morpho, Inc. "Together with Forum Nokia we look
forward to further success in deploying our imaging software
applications."

Forum Nokia PRO Accelerator membership is open by invitation-only and
at no additional cost to current members of the Forum Nokia PRO
developer support program that have received funding from top-tier
venture capital firms including Nokia Growth Partners or its
ecosystem of partners.

The reduction in membership fees for the Forum Nokia Launchpad
program is accompanied by easing of the requirement that
participating developers provide a Publisher ID. By making the
Publisher ID requirement optional, Nokia has streamlined the
registration process and reduced costs and time associated with
acquiring a Publisher ID for developers joining the Nokia entry-level
developer program.

More information about the benefits of the Forum Nokia developer
programs including Forum Nokia PRO Accelerator, Forum Nokia PRO and
Forum Nokia Launchpad can be found online at:
www.forum.nokia.com/main/programs/

About Forum Nokia
Nokia's global developer program, Forum Nokia connects developers to
tools, technical information, support, and distribution channels they
can use to build and market applications around the globe. From
offices in the U.S., Europe, India, Japan, China, and Singapore,
Forum Nokia provides technical and business development support to
developers and operators to assist them in achieving their goal of
successfully launching applications and services to consumers and
enterprises. More information is available at www.forum.nokia.com.

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.

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