djuice and Nokia co-operate in development of mobile Internet solutions

In the last year, djuice™ has developed one of the world’s most advanced mobile Internet portals, ranked as no. 1 in a report by Forrester, in November 2000, comparing the 50 most important portals in Europe. This competence and experience will now be linked to Nokia’s leading mobile Internet expertise and brand knowledge. Both companies consider the co-operation as a major step forward in the effort to build innovative services for mobile Internet to the benefit of the consumers.

The co-operation has a global reach. The Nokia mPlatform, with it's evolving path to new technologies ,such as 3G, as well as new mobile Internet solutions merging from the joint development efforts, will be implemented in all djuice™ operations worldwide. Djuice will through this co-operation play an important role in the further development of Nokia mPlatform

At present, djuice™ has been launched in Norway, Thailand and Malaysia and will be launched in Portugal later this year. New markets will follow in 2001 and 2002 as the roll-out continues.

"This co-operation with Nokia will give us the opportunity to impart a stronger focus on our core business within new applications and end user solutions. Through our discussions with Nokia on the future of mobile Internet, we are confident that we have found the perfect match for our ambitions with djuice," said Jon Erik Haug, Vice President at djuice™.

"Nokia shares the vision of the future of mobile Internet with djuice™. We look forward to working with the djuice™ experts in developing new, exciting mobile services and applications on Nokia's state-of-the-art platform. Our target is to be the leading creator and provider of enabling mobile multimedia and Internet application platforms and this co-operation further enhances that aim," said Morten Graesli, Nokia Networks, Norway.

To editors:
djuice.com is Telenor’s mobile Internet portal, established as an independent brand, with content and functionality build around the interface between individual mobility and the Internet. The portal can be personalised by each customer to fit the interests of that unique customer. The goal of djuice.com is to become one of the world’s leading mobile Internet portals, known for user-friendly and innovative services within mCommerce, games, chat, personalisation, multimedia, communities and positioning.