Nokia 2015 Annual Report Download - page 38

36 NOKIA IN 2015
Nokia Technologies in 2016
In 2016, Nokia Technologies is operating with
the following structure:
■Patent Business: We aim to expand Nokia’s
industry leading patent licensing business
and manage the Nokia Technologies
portfolio of approximately 9 900 patent
families. Built on more than EUR 50 billion
invested in R&D over the last two decades,
the approximately 30 000 individual
patents and patent applications cover
innovations including many enabling
technologies used in virtually all mobile
devices used today.
■Brand Partnerships: We aim to work with
our partners to deliver Nokia-branded
consumer products to the market, starting
with the N1 Android tablet launched
in2015.
■Digital Media: We focus on connecting
people to stories, experiences and the
world around them through immersive
virtual reality capture and playback
technologies, including the previously
launched OZO virtual reality camera for
professional content creators. Beyond OZO,
Nokia Technologies expects to establish
avirtual reality ecosystem (format, player
licensing, new virtual reality experiences) to
optimally manage virtual reality workflows
and content to offer new and compelling
end-user experiences (in production,
distribution and consumption of virtual
reality digital content).
■Digital Health: We aim to connect people
todigital solutions that can improve
theirhealth.
■Labs: Through the R&D unit of Nokia
Technologies, we seek to continue our track
record of R&D leadership and innovation.
Labs primarily supports the long-term
Digital Media and Digital Health offering,
and drives the renewal of our intellectual
property portfolio.
Market overview
Nokia Technologies aims to be a leader in
technology development and licensing. We
see a world where billions of devices—large,
small and minuscule—will connect to form
intelligent systems, and we see signicant
potential for our own technologies and
intellectual property in that world.
Business overview
Nokia Technologies develops and licenses
technologies we believe will enable the
Programmable World. We seek to create
valuefrom our investments by expanding
oursuccessful patent licensing program and
helping other companies and organizations
benet from our innovations through our
established and successful licensing business.
Additionally, we are exploring the possibility
ofutilizing new technologies in ourown future
products and services.
Nokia Technologies was formed upon the
closing of the Sale of the D&S Business (as
dened below). The Nokia Technologies
business combines a leading team from
ourformer CTO with our world-class IPR
activities. The business builds on the
foundation we have established through
investing cumulatively more than EUR 50
billion in R&D over the last two decades.
Innovations from our R&D activities created
and shaped the fundamental technologies
used in all mobile products and in multiple
wireless communications technologies today.
We are continuing to build on that heritage to
drive further innovations in the areas of digital
media and digital health.
R&D investment over the last two decades
€50bn+
Patent families
9 900
Individual patents
30 000
The rst professional virtual
reality camera
The OZO virtual reality camera
isthe rst ever professional
virtual reality camera for content
creators. Crafted by Nokia
Technologies, OZO combines
theultimate in engineering
capabilities and intelligent design
to oer the best virtual reality
production experience.