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Smartphone: A generic category of mobile devices with sophisticated software and embedded
services. Smartphones can run applications such as email, web browsing, navigation, social
networking and enterprise software, and can also have built-in music players, video recorders, and
other multimedia features. Software capabilities are generally more powerful in smartphones than in
feature phones (See feature phone). We offer smartphones under the Asha and Lumia product names.
Symbian: A software platform which supports a wide array of functionalities, and provides
opportunities for the development of sophisticated applications and content by third parties. Under
Nokia’s strategy announced on February 11, 2011, we are transitioning to Windows Phone as our
primary smartphone platform.
TD-LTE (time division long term evolution): An alternative standard for LTE mobile broadband
networks.
TD-SCDMA (time division synchronous code division multiple access): An alternative
3G standard.
Transmission: The action of conveying signals from one point to one or more other points.
VDSL (very high bit rate digital subscriber line): A form of digital subscriber line similar to
asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) but providing higher speeds at reduced lengths.
VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol): Use of the Internet protocol to carry and route two-way voice
communications.
WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access): A third-generation mobile wireless technology
that offers high data speeds to mobile and portable wireless devices.
Windows 8: A version of the Microsoft Windows operating system, developed by Microsoft. Windows
8 shares many of the same core technologies as Windows Phone 8, the latest version of the software
platform designed for smartphones.
Windows Phone: A software platform developed by Microsoft that Nokia is deploying as its principal
smartphone operating system. Our partnership with Microsoft is providing us with opportunities to
innovate and customize on the Windows Phone platform, such as in imaging and location-based
services where we are a market leader, with a view to differentiating Nokia smartphones from those of
our competitors that also use the Windows Phone platform. We are contributing our expertise on
hardware, design and language support, and plan to bring Windows Phone to a broad range of price
points, market segments and geographies.
WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access): A technology of wireless networks that
operates according to the 802.16 standard of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(IEEE).
WLAN (wireless local area network): A local area network using wireless connections, such as radio,
microwave or infrared links, in place of physical cables.
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