Nokia provides VPN technology to Finnair

Finnair, the Finnish national airline, has selected Nokia as a supplier of their Virtual Private Network (VPN) solution. Finnair will deploy Nokia's solution to securely extend the reach of their corporate network to branch offices, subsidiaries, mobile employees and trusted business partners all over the world.

By choosing Nokia, Finnair can provide its own secure Internet infrastructure through public networks, and leverage Nokia's state-of the-art VPN technology, which enables network-independent access and interoperability with other companies' VPN equipment.

"Nokia's unique VPN solution satisfied our demanding requirements for absolute security and rock-solid reliability, where any single point of failure is eliminated", notes Kari Hänninen, Manager, Data Communications Development, Finnair. "In addition to best-of-breed features such as simplified network management, Nokia's VPN also reduces costs and increases bandwidth compared to legacy solutions."

Nokia's dedicated end-to-end VPN solutions are based on IPSec specification and patented IP Clustering technology. These solutions provide high performance, unlimited network scalability and bulletproof reliability through Active Session Failover and Dynamic Load Balancing within a cluster of VPN Gateways.

"Finnair has a great reputation for using the latest technologies throughout the company, including WAP services and high speed wireless LAN. Nokia is pleased to provide them with our latest VPN solution that ensures secure connections in the network world", says Jukka Jyränoja, Regional Director Nordic, at Nokia Internet Communications. "Finnair's choice shows that Nokia's clustered VPN suits the needs of the most demanding customers in the global marketplace, enabling secure e-commerce transactions and other Internet-based communications."

About Finnair

Finnair, the Finnish national airline, is a leading e-commerce company in its line of business, having developed several Internet and mobile phone-based services. By 2006, most of the company's revenues are expected to be earned through Internet ticket sales and more than half of the passengers will use the Internet from booking the tickets to check-in. The company has a superior quality fleet of more than 60 aircrafts. Finnair flies to over 50 destinations abroad and 18 destinations in Finland. The Group comprises 13 Finnish and 5 foreign subsidiaries and two real estate companies. Operations cover the following areas: aviation, travel agencies, package tours, catering, travel information and reservation services. The Group has about 11,000 employees and a turnover of 1 593 million euros. Last year the airline carried a total of 7.4 million passengers.

About Nokia VPN Dedicated Solutions

Nokia VPN Dedicated Solutions are ideal for companies planning to utilize the Internet for their mission critical business connectivity needs. Nokia VPN's are the industry's first IP Clustered networking solution, providing extremely reliable, high performance and scalable network access. There are different Nokia VPN gateways to meet the unique needs of each customer's network; such as the Nokia CC500, Nokia CC2500, Nokia CC5200 and Nokia CC5205, along with Nokia VPN client software that communicates with these gateways. The IPSec standard security protocol and two-way authentication enable the software to provide the highest degree of security over public or shared networks.

About Nokia

Nokia is the world leader in mobile communications. Backed by its experience, innovation, user-friendliness and secure solutions, the company has become the leading supplier of mobile phones and a leading supplier of mobile, fixed and IP networks. By adding mobility to the Internet Nokia creates new opportunities for companies and further enriches the daily lives of people. Nokia is a broadly held company with listings on six major exchanges.

Further information:

Nokia Internet Communications Europe
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