Nokia to deliver broadband wireless Internet access at CeBIT

"At Nokia, we're committed to delivering innovative technology to mobile users around the world and making the job of connecting people and information effortless and instantaneous. By giving attendees at CeBIT access to this groundbreaking technology, Nokia further demonstrates the vision of the Mobile Information Society", said Rainer M. Richter, General Manager Continental Europe, Nokia Internet Communications. "In Germany, this is just our first step to provide traveling professionals with reliable high-speed access to the Internet and their corporate data when and where they need it."

With this solution, 400 attendees at the CeBIT 2000 Trade Show, will be among the first in the world to experience the benefits of broadband wireless connectivity. Nokia will provide the service in co-operation with Lufthansa Systems, part of the Lufthansa IT Services Group. The companies may consider a partnership in a follow up project.

The CeBIT experience, targeted at today's mobile professional, demonstrates first hand the reality that work is no longer just a place. In addition to the Nokia Wireless LAN PC card, which is a standard credit card-size device, the solution includes the Nokia Wireless LAN Access Point, and sophisticated software and utilities to make installation, use and management a seamless extension to the existing wired network.

Nokia is paving the way to the mobile information society with its innovative products and solutions. The company is the leading mobile phone supplier and a leading supplier of mobile, fixed and IP networks, related services as well as multimedia terminals. In 1999, Nokia's net sales totaled EUR 19.8 billion (USD 19.9 billion). Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is listed on the New York (NOK), Helsinki, Stockholm, London, Frankfurt and Paris stock exchanges and employs more than 55 000 people.