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Nokia and Innventure Collaborate to Innovate and Scale Disruptive

Technologies

Nokia and Innventure, which systems and communications networks The firm evaluates these technologies
commercializes innovative technologies, such as 5G have been invented by Nokia through its proprietary DownSelect process
have established a relationship designed to Bell Labs. Innventure will acquire rights to determine which technologies have
accelerate commercialization of disruptive to the ABM technology from Nokia and substantial market opportunities. Nokia
Nokia Bell Labs satellite communications be responsible for further development becomes Innventure’s third multinational
technology and intellectual property in and commercialization of this technology. technology partner to use Innventure’s
areas beyond Nokia core businesses. The “Nokia continues to explore new ways to unique commercialization platform. Mike
collaboration with Innventure will be led help others benefit from Nokia innovations, Otworth, Founder and CEO of Innventure,
by Nokia Technologies, the company’s while creating value from our industry said: “We are thrilled to work with Nokia
licensing arm. Innventure and Nokia will leading portfolio of technologies and to bring the company’s transformative
focus initially on Adaptive Bandwidth innovation. Innventure’s approach has innovations to new markets, businesses
Management (ABM) technology, which strong potential to further develop selected and customers. Nokia has a strong pipeline
improves bandwidth utilization, security Nokia innovations on a commercial level,” of positively disruptive technologies. We
and resilience of satellite systems. The said Jenni Lukander, president of Nokia have already progressed our evaluation
technology and inventions originate from Technologies. Innventure identifies, starts of the Adaptive Bandwidth Management
Nokia Bell Labs. Over its more than 90- and manages early-stage new companies technology to the point that we have
year history, many of the foundational with disruptive technologies sourced from secured global commercialization rights
technologies that underpin digital devices, leading multinational pipeline partners. for Innventure.”

Nokia Wins Deutsche Bahn Tender to Deliver and Test the World’s First
5G-Based Network for Automated Rail Operation

to operate on a 23-kilometer section of
the S-Bahn Line 21, starting at Berliner
Tor, one of the main transport hubs in
Hamburg. Part of the demonstration will
include fully driverless shunting of empty
trains in an area near Bergedorf station,
based on the transmission of train control
information over the Nokia 5G mobile
network. The Nokia 5G solution is based on
3GPP standards for 5G mobile networks,
allowing highly or fully automated trains
to exchange relevant data with trackside
equipment by 5G radio. This will have
positive effects on cross-border operation,
capacity of rail infrastructure, punctuality
of trains and also on customer experience.
Nokia has won a tender to test and deliver operations. Nokia is a leader in this market Kathrin Buvac, President of Nokia
the world’s first standalone (SA) 5G system with extensive experience in providing Enterprise and Chief Strategy Officer, said:
for automated rail operation in Hamburg, GSM-R systems to rail operators in 22 “We are very pleased to be Deutsche Bahn’s
Germany. The project is part of Deutsche countries, covering 109,000 km of track. partner, bringing digital technology to the
Bahn’s highly automated S-Bahn operation Overall, Nokia has provided networking, forefront of the Hamburg S-Bahn network
project. The proof-of-concept will test cybersecurity, IoT and analytics solutions and rail system. Together, we have worked
whether 5G technology is mature enough to to 110+ operators for both mainline and to research, develop and deliver the world’s
be used as the connectivity layer for future, metro rail. This project to deliver the first first 5G-based communication system for
digitalized rail operations. The project 5G SA solution for rail operation, further automated rail operation, an important
constitutes an early and important step emphasizes Nokia’s leadership position. milestone towards the Future Rail Mobile
in the development of the Future Railway By 2021, as part of the project “Digitale Communication System and a major step
Mobile Communications System (FRMCS) S-Bahn Hamburg”, highly automated in making Industry 4.0 a reality.”
standard, based on 5G, and sets the stage trains (with train drivers on board who
for the digital transformation of railway keep safety responsibility) are expected

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