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Nokia expands virtual reality leadership globally

with OZO launch in China


18 August, 2016
Industry's most comprehensive production solutions for capture, post-production, live
broadcast and playback of fully immersive 3D 360 VR content across multiple platforms will
launch worldwide
OZO content distribution partnership with LeVR announced in China
18 August 2016
Shanghai, China - Nokia has extended its leadership position in the global virtual reality (VR)
production marketplace with a China launch for OZO, the world's first VR camera for professional
content creators. OZO and its robust software suite, which dramatically reduces the time, complexity,
and costs associated with capturing and editing VR content, will be commercially available in China in
Q3, having launched previously in the U.S. and Europe.
"We see tremendous potential for OZO in China, an exciting market with immense growth
opportunities for VR and OZO. There's a genuine hunger among consumers for more immersive, high
quality and professionally produced entertainment," said Ramzi Haidamus, president of Nokia
Technologies. "As a single-body camera giving content professionals a simple way to produce
compelling content for their audiences, OZO is tailor made to fill a very important gap."
In conjunction with the China launch, Nokia also announced a partnership with LeVR - the VR division
of LeEco, one of the largest online video companies in China - to distribute OZO content. LeVR
intends to deploy OZO VR solutions on their platform.
Nokia has also established an aggressive new global price that reflects the company's continued
commitment to lead and foster the nascent VR industry by providing world-class solutions for the
production and distribution of professional VR content. As such, effective today OZO is priced at
$45,000 in the United States and 40,000 in the EU, with equivalent pricing anticipated in China.
OZO will be available to order through Nokia reseller partners in China in September, with shipments
expected in October.
"OZO was developed with content creators in mind and to ensure little or no disruption to their
process, thus allowing them to fully explore the creative artistry, immersive storytelling and new
broadcast experiences possible with this exciting new platform," noted Haidamus. "In less than a
year, we have expanded the sales footprint for OZO and our software suite worldwide, and
continuously received positive feedback from our professional customers and their own customers as
well."

Announced in July 2015, OZO is the first purpose-built, professional-grade virtual reality camera
designed to dramatically reduce the time, complexity and costs associated with VR production.
The OZO portfolio continues to expand with the forthcoming OZO Live and OZO Player SDK
commercial releases, creating the only market solution that can simultaneously capture 3D 360 video
and spatial audio - two must-have features to deliver a truly immersive end-user VR experience.
Announced at NAB 2016, OZO Live has been used by select partners during the summer to
successfully stream live 3D 360 degree VR at top-tier entertainment, sports and news events,
including World Youth Day, and a P!nk concert at the Hollywood premiere of Disney's Alice Through
the Looking Glass.
OZO Player SDK allows professionals and content service providers to create and support truly
immersive 3D 360 video as well as 360 spatial audio experiences using a single, unified development
interface. In addition to supporting playback of OZO-created content, the player also allows for
standard VR video and audio formats, removing barriers to the effortless creation and delivery of
great VR experiences to a wide audience.
About OZO
OZO is a first-of-its-kind professional VR tool that integrates eight cameras, all of which export a
single file, thus eliminating the need for complicated rigs, wires, long setup times, and synching and
swapping of separate memory cards. Designed to remove technical barriers so content creators can
focus on being creative, OZO requires just one simple output cable and one single file to store all
video and audio data, all in perfect sync. The OZO Software suite, included with the camera
purchase, is a complete professional production package that includes OZO Creator, OZO Remote,
and OZO Preview.
About Nokia
Nokia is a global leader in the technologies that connect people and things. Powered by the
innovation of Nokia Bell Labs and Nokia Technologies, the company is at the forefront of creating and
licensing the technologies that are increasingly at the heart of our connected lives.
With state-of-the-art software, hardware and services for any type of network, Nokia is uniquely
positioned to help communication service providers, governments, and large enterprises deliver on
the promise of 5G, the Cloud and the Internet of Things.

Nokia completes acquisition of Gainspeed

1 August, 2016
Press Release
Please note the release has been amended slightly to read Nokia has completed in the first
paragraph.
Espoo, Finland - Nokia has completed the acquisition of Gainspeed, a California-based start-up
specializing in DAA (Distributed Access Architecture) solutions for the cable industry via its Virtual
CCAP (Converged Cable Access Platform) product line. The acquisition was originally
announced June 10, 2016.
Complementing Nokia's current fiber access technologies for cable multiple-system operators,
Gainspeed's unique approach to DAA and innovative Virtual CCAP solutions will further enhance
Nokia's product portfolio and provide cable operators with the end-to-end technology capabilities
needed to support growing capacity requirements today and into the future. With this acquisition,
Nokia is able to offer a turnkey solution for the cable industry that includes products for routing,
transport, wireless and analytics. Gainspeed will operate as part of Nokia's Fixed Networks business
group.
About Nokia
Nokia is a global leader in the technologies that connect people and things. Powered by the
innovation of Nokia Bell Labs and Nokia Technologies, the company is at the forefront of creating and
licensing the technologies that are increasingly at the heart of our connected lives.
With state-of-the-art software, hardware and services for any type of network, Nokia is uniquely
positioned to help communication service providers, governments, and large enterprises deliver on
the promise of 5G, the Cloud and the Internet of Things. www.nokia.com
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