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Nokia files complaints against Vitelcom on patent infringements
November 04, 2004


Nokia Corporation announced today that it has filed patent infringement complaints against Vitelcom. These are European complaints involving Nokia patents covering GSM and GPRS technologies. Nokia seeks injunctions against the continued sale and marketing of Vitelcom's mobile phone products covered by the patents in suit and/or monetary damages.

"Nokia has invested considerable time, energy and resources in its own R&D, which has yielded many significant inventions and allowed Nokia to build one of the industry's largest portfolios of technology patents," said Ilkka Rahnasto, Vice President, IPR, Nokia. "Vitelcom should play by the rules and licence needed intellectual property. In this situation, it has become necessary to take the dispute to the courts. We believe Vitelcom is using Nokia patented technologies without authority from or compensation to Nokia."

Nokia is the leading patent owner for GSM and GPRS technologies. Nokia has a particularly strong patent portfolio for improved voice quality, mobile data and usability of mobile phones. Nokia has a licensing program to allow new manufacturers to make GSM and GPRS phones at fair and reasonable licensing terms.