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NOKIA IN 2013
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■ We announced research co-operation with China Mobile
Research Institute; made a multi-year commitment to G
research activities together with the NYU WIRELESS research
center; and announced participation as a founding member
in the G public-private partnership between the European
Union and G PPP Association.
■ In June , ABI Research ranked us number  in its macro
base station vendor competitive assessment; and industry
analyst fi rm Gartner positioned us in the ‘Leaders’ quadrant
of the Magic Quadrant for LTE Network Infrastructure, for
the second consecutive year.
HERE operating highlights
■ HERE announced a complete Connected Driving off er, includ-
ing HERE Auto, HERE Auto Cloud and HERE Auto Companion. It
is the only end-to-end driving solution on the market today
that will help car makers and in-vehicle technology suppliers
connect the car to the cloud.
■ HERE radically improved its traffi c product, HERE Traffi c, by
building a new system and engine that processes data even
faster and more accurately than before.
■ Continental Corporation implemented D content from
HERE in its new entertainment platform. Automotive manu-
facturers can expand their location-based applications to
include rich D landmarks, satellite imagery with split screen
and current traffi c information. This also will advance the
multi-modal transportation concept another step by pro-
viding drivers the ability to synch their route profi les across
in-dash systems in their vehicles and their smartphone,
tablet or PC.
■ Garmin continued to put their trust in HERE across the
globe by adopting Natural Guidance in North America and
Europe, changing the way people provide directions to each
other. This includes leveraging local knowledge and market
research to incorporate local nuances for choosing and
describing reference cues such as the color of a building or
the name of a restaurant.
■ HERE teamed up with Mercedes-Benz to jointly develop
smart maps for connected cars and ultimately, self-driving
cars leveraging cloud technology.
■ The embedded navigation systems of more than  million
new cars sold in  are powered by maps from HERE. This
milestone underlines the leadership of HERE in providing nav-
igation and mapping solutions for the automotive industry.
■ HERE continued to strengthen its popular and critically ac-
claimed suite of integrated location experiences on Windows
Phone with a number of updates throughout the year and
further strengthened the Windows Phone  ecosystem by
making the suite available for all Windows Phone  devices.
Technologies operating highlights
■ Nokia was one of the founding industrial partners and board
members for the EU’s Graphene Flagship, the EU’s biggest
research initiative ever, tasked with taking graphene, a
nano-technology material with unique properties, from
the realm of academic research into commercial use in the
space of ten years. Our participation is led from the Nokia
Research Center in Cambridge, UK.
■ Nokia announced in November  that Samsung had
extended a patent license agreement between Nokia and
Samsung for fi ve years. The agreement would have expired
at the end of . According to the agreement, Samsung
will pay additional compensation to us for the period com-
mencing from January ,  onwards, and the amount of
such compensation will be fi nally settled in a binding arbitra-
tion, which is expected to be concluded during .
Discontinued operations’ operating highlights
■ Nokia’s new manufacturing facility in Hanoi, Vietnam, be-
came fully operational in the third quarter.
■ Nokia launched its fi rst Windows tablet, the Nokia Lumia
, and its fi rst large screen Lumia smartphones, the
Lumia  and Lumia .
■ Nokia launched the Lumia , which set a new benchmark
for smartphone imaging, and the Lumia , which intro-
duced metal for the fi rst time to the Nokia Lumia range.
■ Nokia started shipments of the Nokia , the most aff ord-
able phone in its portfolio, retailing at a recommended price
of EUR .
PERSONNEL
The average number of employees of Nokia Group’s continu-
ing operations for  was   (  for  and  
for ), of which the average number of employees at HERE
and NSN was   and   respectively. At December ,
, Nokia Group’s continuing operations employed a total of
 people (  people at December ,  and 
people at December , ), of which the number of employ-
ees at HERE and NSN was   and   respectively. The
total amount of wages and salaries in Nokia Group’s continuing
operations in  was EUR   million (EUR   million in
 and EUR   million in ).