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Euro 3G Networks Likely Delayed 'till Q404

Nokia chief defends 3G launch delays
By Chris Nuttall in Cannes
Published: February 25 2004 16:36 /
The chief executive of the world's leading handset maker has hit back at accusations by mobile operators that inferior mobile phones were holding up the launch of next-generation networks. Jorma Ollila, president and chief executive of Nokia, on Wednesday told the annual 3GSM summit in Cannes that the operators' networks had not been ready to properly test the 3G handsets, that should now be available in the right quantity and quality in the second half of the year.