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Nokia and John Nurminen Foundation Partner to

Protect Biodiversity in the Baltic Sea

Nokia has announced a new collaboration and sustainability of our natural we can collaborate with partners to drive
with the John Nurminen Foundation to environment by providing immediate up- sustainable change and help protect
protect the Baltic Sea and support the to-date and constant information on the critical natural resources and habitats.”
regeneration of a healthy biodiverse status of the environment whether on land Annamari Arrakoski-Engardt, CEO of John
ecosystem. This activity is in line with or in the sea. Working in partnership with Nurminen Foundation, said: “The John
Nokia’s recently announced enhanced the John Nurminen Foundation provides Nurminen Foundation works to save the
Environmental, Social and Governance the opportunity to explore that role Baltic Sea - one of the most polluted in
(ESG) strategy, as well as a broader further. Nicole Robertson, Vice President, the world. Successful results require the
longstanding commitment to advancing Environmental Social and Governance at support from companies and partners.
the role of technology in combatting climate Nokia, said: “Through our subsea optical With Nokia as our main partner, we are able
change and minimizing environmental fiber networks, innovations such as to implement tangible projects to combat
impacts. Nokia has committed to a three- acoustic sensing technology, or remote eutrophication, the most severe problem
year collaboration with the John Nurminen environmental monitoring, Nokia can – of the Baltic Sea. An important part of
Foundation at a time when the Baltic and will – continue to play an important our foundation's work is also spreading
Sea faces innumerable challenges. As a role in the marine environment. I am awareness about maritime culture and its
shallow inland sea, discharges of nitrogen therefore delighted to announce Nokia’s link to the Baltic Sea identity. It is a valuable
and phosphorous from the surrounding commitment to the Baltic Sea – a unique and appreciated joint effort to improve the
area risk damaging eutrophication*, ecosystem on our doorstep. Working well-being of our common sea, a work that
affecting oxygen levels and biodiversity in partnership with the John Nurminen relies more and more also on advanced
within the local environment. Climate Foundation, is a great example of how digital technology”.
change can affect this cycle even further.
The John Nurminen Foundation has
been working since 1992 on improving
understanding of the Baltic Sea and
highlighting the risks that it faces, running
a series of projects to improve the quality
of the water, reducing the nutrient load,
and associated environmental problems
like eutrophication and nature loss.
Nokia is focused on the role its products
play in solving some of the world's most
pressing challenges, using connectivity
and digitalization to restore stalled
productivity, provide inclusive access to
opportunity and relieve pressure on the
environment and natural ecosystems. 5G,
sensors, analytics and other advanced
technologies will play an increasingly
critical role in supporting the conservation

Nokia Unit Claims Largest 5G Factory Install in Europe

Operator Iliad Group, Nokia and its network, Alcatel Submarine Networks and honed maintenance processes.
subsidiary Alcatel Submarine Networks noted it would “eventually” cover 11 Current and future uses of industrial
combined to create what they described buildings and loading docks, and would use IoT systems are targeted at ultimately
as the largest industrial 5G network in 59 5G small cell antennas. The deployment improving the performance of the facility.
Europe, covering a 50,000sq/m site in is part of attempts to up use of digital The deployment is the latest use of 5G for
France. The network is installed in Alcatel technology in its business. It hopes the private industrial networks, a frequently-
Submarine Networks’ systems production network will enable greater management cited business case for the technology
and assembly facility in Calais and had of resources, better working conditions for deemed by several industry players as a
been more than two years in the making. employees, boost implementation of an major opportunity for operators.
In a statement on the inauguration of the energy consumption monitoring system

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