 Nokia, the world leader in mobile communications, and Elisa announced today that
they will carry out a pilot of Nokia's new N-Gage mobile gaming service. The pilot
will start in February 2007 and run until mid 2007.
Espoo, Finland - Finnish customers to test new N-Gage experience
"The core of the Nokia games strategy is to make it easy for people to find,
buy and play great quality mobile games and we're excited to expand our relationship
with Elisa to help make this possible," said Jaakko Kaidesoja, Director, Games,
Multimedia, Nokia. "This pilot will help us further refine the N-Gage experience
for our commercial launch later this year."
"Our goal is to give our customers a new and unique experience they cannot get
anywhere else," said Mikko Mattinen, Head of Department, Consumer Customers Products,
Content services, Elisa Corporation.
"People who enjoy mobile games are often the same customers who enjoy experimenting
with new mobile services and content. Elisa can provide a wide range of content
and services to meet their needs."
Elisa will combine its existing mobile gaming platform with the Nokia N-Gage
gaming platform and carry out intensive testing and evaluation in a live network
environment. Nokia and Elisa will work together to bring a superior mobile gaming
experience for Elisa customers. Nokia device owners can look forward to improved
game quality, outstanding performance and an intuitive way to get games.
With the scheduled launch in mid 2007, Nokia's next generation mobile gaming
platform makes it easy for people to find, buy, play and share rich and immersive
games on a range of Nokia devices. Elisa intends to support the launch with a
full service offering through its own portals in addition to the N-Gage application
installed on Nokia devices.
About Elisa Corporation
Elisa is a leading Finnish communications and ICT solutions company offering
a comprehensive range of communications services, including voice and data services,
connections to the internet, customised ICT solutions and network operator services.
Elisa is a forerunner of new mobile and content services.
Elisa is listed on the Helsinki Exchanges, and its revenue in 2006 amounted to
1.52 billion euros. Elisa has over 1.3 million fixed network subscriptions, of
which over 496,000 are broadband subscriptions. As a broadband provider, Elisa
is the market leader in Finland. The company's mobile network holds approximately
2,2 million subscriptions. The company has approximately 3,600 employees.
Elisa offers internet and telecommunications services by Elisa, Saunalahti and
Kolumbus trademarks. Elisa provides international services in association with
its partners, Vodafone and Telenor.
www.elisa.com
About N-Gage
Nokia is an innovator in mobile, interactive entertainment and is re-defining
the mobile gaming experience. Starting in 2007, Nokia will allow consumers to
easily find, buy, play and manage great quality mobile games on upcoming Nokia
Nseries multimedia computers and other Nokia S60 devices. Consumers will be able
to connect to the N-Gage Arena, Nokia's mobile, global gaming community. Nokia
is working with the world's leading publishers, including Electronic Arts and
Gameloft, to deliver a broad portfolio of exciting, high quality games. http://futurewatch.n-gage.com and
www.n-gage.com
About Nokia
Nokia is a world leader in mobile communications, driving the growth and sustainability
of the broader mobility industry. Nokia connects people to each other and the
information that matters to them with easy-to-use and innovative products like
mobile phones, devices and solutions for imaging, games, media and businesses.
Nokia provides equipment, solutions and services for network operators and corporations.
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