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Renesas Electronics to Acquire Nokia's Wireless Modem Business; Companies to Form Strategic Business Alliance for Modem Technology Development
ESPOO, Finland and TOKYO, July 6, 2010-- Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced
semiconductor solutions, and Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK), the world leader
in mobile communications, today announced that they are deepening their
collaboration by forming a strategic business alliance to develop modem
technologies for HSPA+/LTE (Evolved High-Speed Packet Access / Long-Term
Evolution) and its evolution.
As part of this alliance, the companies have entered into an agreement
whereby Renesas Electronics is to acquire Nokia's wireless modem business for
approximately USD 200 million. The alliance is planned to be enhanced by
long-term joint research cooperation on future radio technologies.
The planned transfer of Nokia's wireless modem business enables Renesas
Electronics to maximize the value of Nokia's technology assets and
engineering expertise in delivering advanced mobile platform solutions to the
market by combining them with Renesas Electronics' market-proven multimedia
processing and RF technologies. Together with Renesas Electronics' robust
line-up of application processors, RF transceiver ICs, high power amplifiers,
and power management devices, the wireless modem technologies enable Renesas
Electronics to deliver a complete mobile platform solution to the market.
The wireless modem business to be transferred to Renesas Electronics
includes Nokia's wireless modem technologies for LTE, HSPA and GSM standards,
which have been used for billions of handsets in the global market over the
years. Further, Nokia transfers Renesas Electronics certain patents related
to the transferred technology asset. The planned transfer would also include
approximately 1,100 Nokia R&D professionals, the vast majority of whom are
located in Finland, India, the UK and Denmark.
The planned transfer is expected to further strengthen Renesas
Electronics' position as one of the leading chipset vendors in the 3G and LTE
market that is capable of providing one-stop mobile platform solutions,
supporting an extensive range of modem protocols from GSM to LTE, and
integrating advanced multimedia and computer processing capabilities.
"The agreement with Nokia demonstrates our long-standing commitment to
shape the future of advanced mobile platforms and will serve as an important
step for us to become a leading mobile platform vendor in the global market.
Our collaboration with Nokia will enable consumers to enjoy true mobile cloud
computing experiences through our advanced high-speed mobile devices," said
Yasushi Akao, President of Renesas Electronics Corporation. "In line with our
ongoing efforts to strengthen our business structure, the transferring
wireless modem technology and the innovation power and expertise of Nokia's
employees will perfectly complement our core competences and serve as the key
driving forces in growing our mobile business in the global market."
"Wireless modems are an integral part of today's chipset solutions, and
we believe that Renesas Electronics, as one of the key chipset vendors in the
market, is in an ideal position to further develop this offering. The
alliance enables us to continue to focus on our own core businesses,
connecting people to what matters to them with our mobile products and
solutions," says Kai Oistamo, Executive Vice President, Nokia.
Renesas Electronics has licensed the Nokia modem since 2009 and the two
companies have been working together to develop an industry-leading HSPA+/LTE
platform. "I believe that the integration of the world class Nokia wireless
modem into Renesas Electronics' strong multimedia processing and RF
capabilities, places Renesas Electronics in a strong position in HSPA+/LTE
chipsets," says Oistamo.
In order to implement the planned business transfer, Nokia will start the
appropriate personnel consultation process with its personnel representatives
according to each applicable jurisdiction's labor law requirements. The
transfer is subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing
conditions, and is estimated to take place during the fourth quarter 2010.
About Renesas Electronics Corporation
Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), the world's number one
supplier of microcontrollers, is a premiere supplier of advanced
semiconductor solutions including microcontrollers, SoC solutions and a
broad-range of analog and power devices. Business operations began as Renesas
Electronics in April 2010 through the integration of NEC Electronics
Corporation (TSE:6723) and Renesas Technology Corp., with operations spanning
research, development, design and manufacturing for a wide range of
applications. Headquartered in Japan, Renesas Electronics has subsidiaries in
20 countries worldwide. More information can be found at
http://www.renesas.com.
About Nokia
At Nokia, we are committed to connecting people. We combine advanced
technology with personalized services that enable people to stay close to
what matters to them. Every day, more than 1.2 billion people connect to one
another with a Nokia device - from mobile phones to advanced smartphones and
high-performance mobile computers. Today, Nokia is integrating its devices
with innovative services through Ovi (http://www.ovi.com), including music,
maps, apps, email and more. Nokia's NAVTEQ is a leader in comprehensive
digital mapping and navigation services, while Nokia Siemens Networks
provides equipment, services and solutions for communications networks
globally.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
It should be noted that certain statements herein which are not
historical facts are forward-looking statements, including, without
limitation, those regarding: A) the timing of the deliveries of our products
and services and their combinations; B) our ability to develop, implement and
commercialize new technologies, products and services and their combinations;
C) expectations regarding market developments and structural changes; D)
expectations and targets regarding our industry volumes, market share,
prices, net sales and margins of products and services and their
combinations; E) expectations and targets regarding our operational
priorities and results of operations; F) the outcome of pending and
threatened litigation; G) expectations regarding the successful completion of
acquisitions or restructurings on a timely basis and our ability to achieve
the financial and operational targets set in connection with any such
acquisition or restructuring; and H) statements preceded by "believe,"
"expect," "anticipate," "foresee," "target," "estimate," "designed," "plans,"
"will" or similar expressions. These statements are based on management's
best assumptions and beliefs in light of the information currently available
to it. Because they involve risks and uncertainties, actual results may
differ materially from the results that we currently expect. Factors that
could cause these differences include, but are not limited to: 1) the
competitiveness and quality of our portfolio of products and services and
their combinations; 2) our ability to timely and successfully develop or
otherwise acquire the appropriate technologies and commercialize them as new
advanced products and services and their combinations, including our ability
to attract application developers and content providers to develop
applications and provide content for use in our devices; 3) our ability to
effectively, timely and profitably adapt our business and operations to the
requirements of the converged mobile device market and the services market;
4) the intensity of competition in the various markets where we do business
and our ability to maintain or improve our market position or respond
successfully to changes in the competitive environment; 5) the occurrence of
any actual or even alleged defects or other quality, safety or security
issues in our products and services and their combinations; 6) the
development of the mobile and fixed communications industry and general
economic conditions globally and regionally; 7) our ability to successfully
manage costs; 8) exchange rate fluctuations, including, in particular,
fluctuations between the euro, which is our reporting currency, and the US
dollar, the Japanese yen and the Chinese yuan, as well as certain other
currencies; 9) the success, financial condition and performance of our
suppliers, collaboration partners and customers; 10) our ability to source
sufficient amounts of fully functional components, sub-assemblies, software,
applications and content without interruption and at acceptable prices and
quality; 11) our success in collaboration arrangements with third parties
relating to the development of new technologies, products and services,
including applications and content; 12) our ability to manage efficiently our
manufacturing and logistics, as well as to ensure the quality, safety,
security and timely delivery of our products and services and their
combinations; 13) our ability to manage our inventory and timely adapt our
supply to meet changing demands for our products; 14) our ability to protect
the complex technologies, which we or others develop or that we license, from
claims that we have infringed third parties' intellectual property rights, as
well as our unrestricted use on commercially acceptable terms of certain
technologies in our products and services and their combinations; 15) our
ability to protect numerous Nokia, NAVTEQ and Nokia Siemens Networks
patented, standardized or proprietary technologies from third-party
infringement or actions to invalidate the intellectual property rights of
these technologies; 16) the impact of changes in government policies, trade
policies, laws or regulations and economic or political turmoil in countries
where our assets are located and we do business; 17) any disruption to
information technology systems and networks that our operations rely on; 18)
our ability to retain, motivate, develop and recruit appropriately skilled
employees; 19) unfavorable outcome of litigations; 20) allegations of
possible health risks from electromagnetic fields generated by base stations
and mobile devices and lawsuits related to them, regardless of merit; 21) our
ability to achieve targeted costs reductions and increase profitability in
Nokia Siemens Networks and to effectively and timely execute related
restructuring measures; 22) developments under large, multi-year contracts or
in relation to major customers in the networks infrastructure and related
services business; 23) the management of our customer financing exposure,
particularly in the networks infrastructure and related services business;
24) whether ongoing or any additional governmental investigations into
alleged violations of law by some former employees of Siemens AG ("Siemens")
may involve and affect the carrier-related assets and employees transferred
by Siemens to Nokia Siemens Networks; 25) any impairment of Nokia Siemens
Networks customer relationships resulting from ongoing or any additional
governmental investigations involving the Siemens carrier-related operations
transferred to Nokia Siemens Networks; as well as the risk factors specified
on pages 11-32 of Nokia's annual report Form 20-F for the year ended December
31, 2009 under Item 3D. "Risk Factors." Other unknown or unpredictable
factors or underlying assumptions subsequently proving to be incorrect could
cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking
statements. Nokia does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or
revise forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise, except to the extent legally required.
http://www.nokia.com
Source: Nokia Corporation
Media Enquiries: Renesas Electronics Corporation, Kyoko Okamoto, +81-3-6756-5555, kyoko.okamoto.sx@renesas.com ; Nokia Communications, Tel. +358-7180-34900, Email: press.services@nokia.com
Renesas Electronics to Acquire Nokia's Wireless Modem Business; Companies to Form Strategic Business Alliance for Modem Technology Development
ESPOO, Finland and TOKYO, July 6, 2010-- Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced
semiconductor solutions, and Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK), the world leader
in mobile communications, today announced that they are deepening their
collaboration by forming a strategic business alliance to develop modem
technologies for HSPA+/LTE (Evolved High-Speed Packet Access / Long-Term
Evolution) and its evolution.
As part of this alliance, the companies have entered into an agreement
whereby Renesas Electronics is to acquire Nokia's wireless modem business for
approximately USD 200 million. The alliance is planned to be enhanced by
long-term joint research cooperation on future radio technologies.
The planned transfer of Nokia's wireless modem business enables Renesas
Electronics to maximize the value of Nokia's technology assets and
engineering expertise in delivering advanced mobile platform solutions to the
market by combining them with Renesas Electronics' market-proven multimedia
processing and RF technologies. Together with Renesas Electronics' robust
line-up of application processors, RF transceiver ICs, high power amplifiers,
and power management devices, the wireless modem technologies enable Renesas
Electronics to deliver a complete mobile platform solution to the market.
The wireless modem business to be transferred to Renesas Electronics
includes Nokia's wireless modem technologies for LTE, HSPA and GSM standards,
which have been used for billions of handsets in the global market over the
years. Further, Nokia transfers Renesas Electronics certain patents related
to the transferred technology asset. The planned transfer would also include
approximately 1,100 Nokia R&D professionals, the vast majority of whom are
located in Finland, India, the UK and Denmark.
The planned transfer is expected to further strengthen Renesas
Electronics' position as one of the leading chipset vendors in the 3G and LTE
market that is capable of providing one-stop mobile platform solutions,
supporting an extensive range of modem protocols from GSM to LTE, and
integrating advanced multimedia and computer processing capabilities.
"The agreement with Nokia demonstrates our long-standing commitment to
shape the future of advanced mobile platforms and will serve as an important
step for us to become a leading mobile platform vendor in the global market.
Our collaboration with Nokia will enable consumers to enjoy true mobile cloud
computing experiences through our advanced high-speed mobile devices," said
Yasushi Akao, President of Renesas Electronics Corporation. "In line with our
ongoing efforts to strengthen our business structure, the transferring
wireless modem technology and the innovation power and expertise of Nokia's
employees will perfectly complement our core competences and serve as the key
driving forces in growing our mobile business in the global market."
"Wireless modems are an integral part of today's chipset solutions, and
we believe that Renesas Electronics, as one of the key chipset vendors in the
market, is in an ideal position to further develop this offering. The
alliance enables us to continue to focus on our own core businesses,
connecting people to what matters to them with our mobile products and
solutions," says Kai Oistamo, Executive Vice President, Nokia.
Renesas Electronics has licensed the Nokia modem since 2009 and the two
companies have been working together to develop an industry-leading HSPA+/LTE
platform. "I believe that the integration of the world class Nokia wireless
modem into Renesas Electronics' strong multimedia processing and RF
capabilities, places Renesas Electronics in a strong position in HSPA+/LTE
chipsets," says Oistamo.
In order to implement the planned business transfer, Nokia will start the
appropriate personnel consultation process with its personnel representatives
according to each applicable jurisdiction's labor law requirements. The
transfer is subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing
conditions, and is estimated to take place during the fourth quarter 2010.
About Renesas Electronics Corporation
Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), the world's number one
supplier of microcontrollers, is a premiere supplier of advanced
semiconductor solutions including microcontrollers, SoC solutions and a
broad-range of analog and power devices. Business operations began as Renesas
Electronics in April 2010 through the integration of NEC Electronics
Corporation (TSE:6723) and Renesas Technology Corp., with operations spanning
research, development, design and manufacturing for a wide range of
applications. Headquartered in Japan, Renesas Electronics has subsidiaries in
20 countries worldwide. More information can be found at
http://www.renesas.com.
About Nokia
At Nokia, we are committed to connecting people. We combine advanced
technology with personalized services that enable people to stay close to
what matters to them. Every day, more than 1.2 billion people connect to one
another with a Nokia device - from mobile phones to advanced smartphones and
high-performance mobile computers. Today, Nokia is integrating its devices
with innovative services through Ovi (http://www.ovi.com), including music,
maps, apps, email and more. Nokia's NAVTEQ is a leader in comprehensive
digital mapping and navigation services, while Nokia Siemens Networks
provides equipment, services and solutions for communications networks
globally.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
It should be noted that certain statements herein which are not
historical facts are forward-looking statements, including, without
limitation, those regarding: A) the timing of the deliveries of our products
and services and their combinations; B) our ability to develop, implement and
commercialize new technologies, products and services and their combinations;
C) expectations regarding market developments and structural changes; D)
expectations and targets regarding our industry volumes, market share,
prices, net sales and margins of products and services and their
combinations; E) expectations and targets regarding our operational
priorities and results of operations; F) the outcome of pending and
threatened litigation; G) expectations regarding the successful completion of
acquisitions or restructurings on a timely basis and our ability to achieve
the financial and operational targets set in connection with any such
acquisition or restructuring; and H) statements preceded by "believe,"
"expect," "anticipate," "foresee," "target," "estimate," "designed," "plans,"
"will" or similar expressions. These statements are based on management's
best assumptions and beliefs in light of the information currently available
to it. Because they involve risks and uncertainties, actual results may
differ materially from the results that we currently expect. Factors that
could cause these differences include, but are not limited to: 1) the
competitiveness and quality of our portfolio of products and services and
their combinations; 2) our ability to timely and successfully develop or
otherwise acquire the appropriate technologies and commercialize them as new
advanced products and services and their combinations, including our ability
to attract application developers and content providers to develop
applications and provide content for use in our devices; 3) our ability to
effectively, timely and profitably adapt our business and operations to the
requirements of the converged mobile device market and the services market;
4) the intensity of competition in the various markets where we do business
and our ability to maintain or improve our market position or respond
successfully to changes in the competitive environment; 5) the occurrence of
any actual or even alleged defects or other quality, safety or security
issues in our products and services and their combinations; 6) the
development of the mobile and fixed communications industry and general
economic conditions globally and regionally; 7) our ability to successfully
manage costs; 8) exchange rate fluctuations, including, in particular,
fluctuations between the euro, which is our reporting currency, and the US
dollar, the Japanese yen and the Chinese yuan, as well as certain other
currencies; 9) the success, financial condition and performance of our
suppliers, collaboration partners and customers; 10) our ability to source
sufficient amounts of fully functional components, sub-assemblies, software,
applications and content without interruption and at acceptable prices and
quality; 11) our success in collaboration arrangements with third parties
relating to the development of new technologies, products and services,
including applications and content; 12) our ability to manage efficiently our
manufacturing and logistics, as well as to ensure the quality, safety,
security and timely delivery of our products and services and their
combinations; 13) our ability to manage our inventory and timely adapt our
supply to meet changing demands for our products; 14) our ability to protect
the complex technologies, which we or others develop or that we license, from
claims that we have infringed third parties' intellectual property rights, as
well as our unrestricted use on commercially acceptable terms of certain
technologies in our products and services and their combinations; 15) our
ability to protect numerous Nokia, NAVTEQ and Nokia Siemens Networks
patented, standardized or proprietary technologies from third-party
infringement or actions to invalidate the intellectual property rights of
these technologies; 16) the impact of changes in government policies, trade
policies, laws or regulations and economic or political turmoil in countries
where our assets are located and we do business; 17) any disruption to
information technology systems and networks that our operations rely on; 18)
our ability to retain, motivate, develop and recruit appropriately skilled
employees; 19) unfavorable outcome of litigations; 20) allegations of
possible health risks from electromagnetic fields generated by base stations
and mobile devices and lawsuits related to them, regardless of merit; 21) our
ability to achieve targeted costs reductions and increase profitability in
Nokia Siemens Networks and to effectively and timely execute related
restructuring measures; 22) developments under large, multi-year contracts or
in relation to major customers in the networks infrastructure and related
services business; 23) the management of our customer financing exposure,
particularly in the networks infrastructure and related services business;
24) whether ongoing or any additional governmental investigations into
alleged violations of law by some former employees of Siemens AG ("Siemens")
may involve and affect the carrier-related assets and employees transferred
by Siemens to Nokia Siemens Networks; 25) any impairment of Nokia Siemens
Networks customer relationships resulting from ongoing or any additional
governmental investigations involving the Siemens carrier-related operations
transferred to Nokia Siemens Networks; as well as the risk factors specified
on pages 11-32 of Nokia's annual report Form 20-F for the year ended December
31, 2009 under Item 3D. "Risk Factors." Other unknown or unpredictable
factors or underlying assumptions subsequently proving to be incorrect could
cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking
statements. Nokia does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or
revise forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise, except to the extent legally required.
http://www.nokia.com
Source: Nokia Corporation
Media Enquiries: Renesas Electronics Corporation, Kyoko Okamoto, +81-3-6756-5555, kyoko.okamoto.sx@renesas.com ; Nokia Communications, Tel. +358-7180-34900, Email: press.services@nokia.com