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Espoo, Finland - Nokia announced it has today filed a complaint with the United
States International Trade Commission (ITC) alleging that Apple infringes Nokia
patents in virtually all of its mobile phones, portable music players, and
computers.

The seven Nokia patents in this complaint relate to Nokia's pioneering
innovations that are now being used by Apple to create key features in its
products in the area of user interface, as well as camera, antenna and power
management technologies. These patented technologies are important to Nokia's
success as they allow better user experience, lower manufacturing costs, smaller
size and longer battery life for Nokia products.

"Nokia has been the leading developer of many key technologies in small
electronic devices" said Paul Melin, General Manager, Patent Licensing at Nokia.
"This action is about protecting the results of such pioneering development.
While our litigation in Delaware is about Apple's attempt to free-ride on the
back of Nokia investment in wireless standards, the ITC case filed today is
about Apple's practice of building its business on Nokia's proprietary
innovation."

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.

During the last two decades, Nokia has invested approximately EUR 40 billion in
research and development and built one of the wireless industry's strongest and
broadest IPR portfolios, with over 11,000 patent families.  Nokia is a world
leader in the development of handheld device and mobile communications
technologies, which is also demonstrated by Nokia's strong patent position.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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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) our ability
to develop and grow our consumer Internet services business; D) expectations
regarding market developments and structural changes; E) expectations regarding
our mobile device volumes, market share, prices and margins; F) expectations and
targets for our results of operations; G) the outcome of pending and threatened
litigation; H) 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 I) statements preceded by "believe,"
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"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) the deteriorating global economic conditions and related
financial crisis and their impact on us, our customers and end-users of our
products, services and solutions, our suppliers and collaborative partners; 2)
the development of the mobile and fixed communications industry, as well as 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; 3) the intensity of competition in the mobile and
fixed communications industry and our ability to maintain or improve our market
position or respond successfully to changes in the competitive landscape; 4)
competitiveness of our product, services and solutions portfolio; 5) our ability
to successfully manage costs; 6) exchange rate fluctuations, including, in
particular, fluctuations between the euro, which is our reporting currency, and
the US dollar, the Japanese yen, the Chinese yuan and the UK pound sterling, as
well as certain other currencies; 7) the success, financial condition and
performance of our suppliers, collaboration partners and customers; 8) our
ability to source sufficient amounts of fully functional components,
sub-assemblies, software and content without interruption and at acceptable
prices; 9) the impact of changes in technology and our ability to develop or
otherwise acquire and timely and successfully commercialize complex technologies
as required by the market; 10) the occurrence of any actual or even alleged
defects or other quality, safety or security issues in our products, services
and solutions; 11) the impact of changes in government policies, trade policies,
laws or regulations or political turmoil in countries where we do business; 12)
our success in collaboration arrangements with others relating to development of
technologies or new products, services and solutions; 13) 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;
14) inventory management risks resulting from shifts in market demand; 15) 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 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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