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Nokia and Google to Offer Google Search to Nokia Customers Worldwide

 Industry Leaders Collaborate to Provide Mobile Users Fast and Easy Access
                          to Relevant Information

    MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS 2008, BARCELONA, Spain and ESPOO, Finland,
February 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Google today
announced that Google's popular search engine will be integrated with the
Nokia Search application. The integration will begin in select markets with
the Nokia N96, Nokia N78, Nokia 6210 Navigator and Nokia 6220 classic.
Google search will be extended to additional Nokia handset models in the
future. Ultimately, Nokia will make Google search available to its
customers in over 100 countries around the world, serving mobile owners
speaking more than 40 languages.

    Nokia Search, now with Google, offers fast and easy access to web
information from the handset. In addition, Nokia Search also makes it
possible for users to search content on their device and use local search
engines for a complete search experience. Nokia Search is available on many
devices and provides direct access with one click from the active standby
screen, saving users time and steps in their searching. Once users have
found the information they are seeking, Nokia Search enables users to act
on that information by engaging device assets such as maps, messaging or
the browser with just one click.

    "Providing choices for our consumers is an important driver in Nokia's
Internet service strategy," said Ilkka Raiskinen, vice-president, software
and services at Nokia. "This integration allows our consumers the ability
to use the innovative search technologies, which have made Google almost
synonymous with Internet search.

    "Adding Google to Nokia Search provides mobile users with fast,
relevant and comprehensive search experience that will be familiar to the
people who use Google to search the web from their desktop," said Google's
VP of Engineering and Products for Mobile Vic Gundotra. "Google search
combined with the high quality applications on Nokia devices help make
information available to Nokia device users wherever they are and provide
an excellent overall experience."

    The collaboration announced today builds on previous cooperation
between Nokia and Google. Google search has previously been available on
Nokia Internet tablets, and last year the Nokia N95 8GB became the first
mobile device to fully support YouTube, the video-sharing platform owned by
Google.

    Nokia Search is available on more than 40 Nokia devices in over 40
languages and in more than 100 countries. For the latest list of compatible
Nokia devices, please visit http://www.mobilesearch.nokia.com

    About Nokia

    Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and
growth of the converging Internet and communications industries. Nokia
makes a wide range of mobile devices and provides people with experiences
in music, navigation, video, television, imaging, games and business
mobility through these devices. Nokia also provides equipment, solutions
and services for communications networks. http://www.nokia.com

    About Google Inc.

    Google's innovative search technologies connect millions of people
around the world with information every day. Founded in 1998 by Stanford
Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google today is a top web
property in all major global markets. Google's targeted advertising program
provides businesses of all sizes with measurable results, while enhancing
the overall web experience for users. Google is headquartered in Silicon
Valley with offices throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. For more
information, visit http://www.google.com

    Google is a registered trademark of Google Inc. All other company and
product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they
are associated.

    Mobile World Congress 2008 related electronic press kit including Nokia
press releases, product photos, product specifications and event photos is
available at: http://www.nokia.com/press and http://mwc.nokia.com/press.htm



SOURCE Nokia Corporation




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