Ashita Communication System, Inc.

A leading player in mobile communications in the Asia Pacific, Nokia first started operations in the region in the early 1980s. It has since established a leading brand presence in many local markets, and business has expanded considerably in all areas to support customer needs and the growth of the telecommunications industry in the region. Nokia's regional corporate headquarters is located at Alexandra Technopark in Singapore. As the regional hub for Nokia, it is a base from which over 700 staff provide leading-edge technology, product and solutions support to the 20 diverse markets and Nokia offices in the Asia Pacific. Nokia's regional treasury center - Nokia Treasury Asia - operates out of Singapore as an in-house bank for Nokia subsidiaries in the Asia Pacific region, while Nokia Research Centre - the corporate research unit - has offices in Japan and China. Nokia also manufactures products out of three major facilities in Masan, Korea, and Beijing and Dongguan in China. As of January 2004, Nokia streamlined its global organizational structure to strengthen its focus on convergence, new mobility markets and growth. To address emerging new business areas in the Mobility era while continuing to grow its leadership in mobile voice communications, Nokia has four business groups to best meet the unique dynamics of each business. Mobile Phones offers a global range of highly competitive mobile phones for large consumer segments, and develops mobile phones for all major standards and customer segments in over 130 countries. It is responsible for Nokia's core mobile phones business, based mainly on WCDMA, GSM, CDMA and TDMA technologies. Mobile Phones focuses on bringing feature-rich, segmented mobile phones to the global market.