Double Subscriber Capacity With New Switching Equipment for the Nokia High Capacity GSM System.

NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 1999--Nokia today introduced to the Americas market a series of high-capacity mobile switching products as part of the Nokia High Capacity GSM System.

The Nokia DX 200 "i-series" Mobile Switching Center (MSCi) more than doubles existing capacity and is capable of handling up to 400,000 subscribers. Nokia's MSCi is built to cope with the most demanding mobility management traffic generated in the most dense city networks. The DX 200 "i-series" products also deliver significant operational cost savings for carriers, reducing required site size by up to 60 percent and offering up to a 70 percent power savings, thanks to a new compact design.

The DX 200 "i-series" products offer the market's highest capacity. The DX200 "i-series" also includes high capacity products for the Home Location Register (HLR) capable of supporting 1.2 million subscribers.

"The new DX 200 "i-series" products work seamlessly with Nokia's existing DX 200 mobile switching equipment," said Jyrki Salo, Vice President, Nokia Telecommunications, Americas. "With Nokia's expanded range of complementary high-capacity products for urban and rural networks, plus transit switching, the DX 200 "i-series" will give GSM operators complete flexibility to optimize their growing networks."

The DX 200 "i-series" also includes a Compact MSCi, a two cabinet configuration offering a small footprint, which optimizes valuable floor space. The Compact MSCi supports up to 50,000 subscribers and is designed to support small markets and rural or remote switching sites.

Nokia offers total GSM systems, with everything from digital mobile phones to transmission and switching as well as extensive services and network management solutions for building, efficiently operating and developing these networks. Having supplied GSM technology to 78 operators in 37 countries, Nokia ranks as the world's largest supplier of GSM 1800 networks and one of the two largest in GSM 900. The world's first GSM call was made through a Nokia network in 1991.

Nokia is the world's leading mobile phone supplier and a leading supplier of mobile and fixed telecom networks including related customer services. Nokia also supplies solutions and products for fixed and wireless datacom, as well as multimedia terminals and computer monitors. In 1998, net sales totaled FIM 79.2 billion (US $15.7 billion). Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is listed on five European Stock Exchanges and on the New York Stock Exchange (NOK.A), has sales in 130 countries and employs more than 44,000 people worldwide.