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Espoo, Finland - Nokia announced today that a United Kingdom High
Court judge issued a ruling in favor of Nokia in the action brought
by Qualcomm against Nokia on 24 May, 2006.  In the ruling the judge
determined that all of Qualcomm's asserted GSM patent claims are
invalid. Therefore Nokia does not need to compensate Qualcomm for
these patents.

"We are pleased with the Court's decision that the patent claims are
invalid and believe it is consistent with and supported by the
facts,' said Rick Simonson, Chief Financial Officer, Nokia. 'This is
the second court to conclude that Qualcomm does not have relevant and
valid GSM patents."

In a separate case filed by Qualcomm against Nokia, the US
International Trade Commission (ITC) last week decided against
Qualcomm's petition for review of Judge Luckern's Initial
Determination issued on 12 December, 2007.  Judge Luckern concluded
that Nokia does not infringe the three alleged Qualcomm patents in
the case and that one of the patents is invalid. This ITC
investigation has now been terminated.

"The UK High Court and US ITC findings are further evidence of
Qualcomm overstating its position as an industry innovator and
demanding compensation for patents that are not relevant or valid,"
Simonson added.

Similar patents, asserted against Nokia GSM products, are at issue in
separate cases filed by Qualcomm against Nokia in China, Europe and
the United States.  The parties have agreed to temporarily stay these
patent infringement lawsuits pending court proceedings in the
Delaware Chancery Court. Patent invalidation actions, filed by Nokia
against Qualcomm patents in suit, continue in China and Germany.

Qualcomm has yet to prevail in any patent litigation action against
Nokia despite having filed 11 lawsuits around the world over more
than two years.

Nokia is the industry leader in wireless innovation and the
development of GSM and WCDMA technologies.  Nokia has built one of
the strongest and broadest IPR portfolios in the wireless industry
over the last 15 years, including close to 300 GSM and approximately
360 WCDMA declared essential patents, through extensive investments
in research and development.

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reporting currency, and the US dollar, the Chinese yuan, the UK pound
sterling and the Japanese yen, as well as certain other currencies;
24) the management of our customer financing exposure; 25)
allegations of possible health risks from electromagnetic fields
generated by base stations and mobile devices and lawsuits related to
them, regardless of merit; 26) unfavorable outcome of litigations;
27) our ability to recruit, retain and develop appropriately skilled
employees; and 28) the impact of changes in government policies, laws
or regulations; as well as the risk factors specified on pages 12-24
of Nokia's annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31,
2006 under "Item 3.D Risk Factors." Other unknown or unpredictable
factors or underlying assumptions subsequently proving to be
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in the forward-looking statements. Nokia does not undertake any
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whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise,
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