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NOKIA IN 2014 69
Board review
“In November 2014, Nokia announced the
launch of Nokia N1, the rst Nokia-branded
Android tablet and the company’s rst
brand-licensed consumer device following
the Sale of the D&S Business.”
Nokia Technologies
operatinghighlights
■In February 2014, Nokia and HTC settled all
pending patent litigations between them
and entered into a patent and technology
collaboration agreement. HTC is making
payments to Nokia and the collaboration
involves HTC’s LTE patent portfolio, further
strengthening Nokia’s licensing offering.
The companies also announced that they
are exploring future technology
collaboration opportunities.
■In June 2014, Nokia Technologies released
the Z Launcher application as a limited
pre-beta version as part of its continued
exploration of innovations for use in
potential future services. Z Launcher
replaces the existing home screen on
Android smartphones and surfaces apps,
contacts and websites based on usage
and other contextual factors.
■Also in the second quarter, Nokia
Technologies developed a proof-of-
concept flexible printed graphene circuit,
demonstrating continued progress solving
many of the technical challenges related to
the practical application of the ultra-thin,
transparent, flexible material.
■During the third quarter, the 3GPP selected
the Enhanced Voice Service (“EVS”) codec.
Nokia contributed multi-year R&D of
speech codec reference software to the
standard specifications, achieving excellent
listening results during testing.
■ In November 2014, Nokia announced the
launch of Nokia N1, the first Nokia-branded
Android tablet and the company’s first
brand-licensed consumer device following
the Sale of the D&S Business. Shortly after
the end of 2014, Nokia’s original equipment
manufacturer (“OEM”) partner began selling
the Nokia N1 Android tablet in the first
quarter 2015 in China, with other markets
to follow.
■Later in the fourth quarter, the H.265 video
coding technology standard Version 2 was
finalized in ISO/IEC and ITU-T, including the
range, multiview and scalable video codec
extensions. 3GPP Release 12 now includes
support for H.265, providing a solution
for highly efficient delivery of download,
streaming and conversational video
services. Nokia has contributed significantly
to the development of the H.265 standard.
Spending less time in
trac
Predictive Trac,
launched in 2014, uses
over 100 trac behavior
proles per road segment
combined with real-time
road conditions to
provide up-to-the-
minute trac forecasts.
Drivers using the service
saw estimated arrival
times up to 20% more
accurate for journeys
over 30 minutes.