Hong Kong Police to Purchase Digital Nokia TETRA System.

HELSINKI, Finland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 1999--

Nokia has been awarded a contract to supply a Nokia TETRA professional mobile radio network to the Hong Kong Police, in Hong Kong SAR. The contract is valued at over USD 18 million and deliveries will start in February 2000.

The agreement, which is the first TETRA deal for Nokia in China, includes five sub-systems: Transport Network, Marine Voice, Automatic Vessel Location, Messaging and Crime Units Sub-systems.

"This is an important step for the application of TETRA for the police force in Hong Kong," says Mike Mulvey Managing Director, Nokia Networks, Nokia (H.K.) Ltd. "This marks a new TETRA customer for Nokia and strengthens the position of the TETRA standard in Asia Pacific and China."

The contract covers a complete Nokia TETRA system including digital exchange, base stations, dispatching equipment, network management system, terminals, and related customer services, including system integration.

Nokia is one of the world's leading suppliers of TETRA systems, consisting of digital exchanges, base stations, dispatcher system and network management centre. The infrastructure is supported by Nokia's mobile and handportable radio terminals and accessories.

Nokia is paving the way to the mobile information society with its innovative products and solutions. Nokia is the world's leading mobile phone supplier and a leading supplier of mobile, fixed and IP networks including related services. It also supplies multimedia terminals and computer displays. In 1998, net sales totalled EUR 13.3 billion (USD 15.7 billion). Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is listed on the New York (NOK), Helsinki, Stockholm, London, Frankfurt and Paris stock exchanges and employs more than 53,000 people.

Further information:

Nokia Networks Arja Suominen Tel. (Int.) [phone] Fax (Int.) [phone] www.nokia.com e-mail:[e-mail]

Notes to Editors:

March 1998, Dolphin and Nokia announced a contract for the delivery of the world's first nationwide commercial TETRA network to the United Kingdom. In December 1997, Nokia signed a contract for the delivery of the world's first nationwide TETRA network for the Finnish Ministry of Interior. In June 1998, Nokia as part of the KNT consortium, was chosen to provide a TETRA nationwide network to Belgian public safety and security authorities with the project named ASTRID.

In January 1999 Dolphin Telecom and Nokia signed a contract for the delivery of nationwide TETRA network in France and in May 1999 Centre de Telecomunicacions de la Generalitat de Catalunya and Nokia signed a contract for the delivery of a digital TETRA professional mobile radio network in Catalonia, Spain. In August this year Nokia has been selected as a supplier to deliver a digital TETRA professional mobile radio network to Arma Dei Carabinieri, in the Lazio region in Italy.

Nokia's other TETRA customers include Helsinki City Energy Company, ElTele Ost of Norway, TeleDanmark in the Netherlands and Austrian operator Well.COM.