11 April 2010

Nokia Acquires MetaCarta Inc.
And Completes Acquisition Of Novarra

Nokia announced today that it has acquired MetaCarta Inc. MetaCarta, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a privately owned company which employs over 30 people and has expertise in geographic intelligence solutions. MetaCarta's technology will be used in the area of local search in Location and other services.

MetaCarta Inc. provides powerful technology for finding anything written about any place. MetaCarta unique technology combines geosearch and geotagging capabilities allowing users to find content about a location in internal and external data stores. MetaCarta's products make data and unstructured content "location-aware" and geographically relevant for easier organization and quicker action.

These innovative solutions make it possible for customers to discover, visualize, and act on important location-based information and news.

Key facts:

• Founded: 2001
• Headquarters: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
• Offices: Washington, DC; Houston, TX; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA
• Target Markets: Public sector, digital publishing, energy, and enterprise
• GeoWeb Applications: NewsMap, LocalAlerts, GeoSearch News
• Products: The MetaCarta Geographic Search and Referencing Platform (GSRP) - GeoTag, GeoSearch, Query Parser, Location Finder, Saved Search and Notification, Document Density
• Geographic Data Modules: Base GDM, IHS Global Oil & Gas GDM, Spanish Language GDM, Russian Language GDM, French Language GDM, Arabic Language GDM, Spain Street Address GDM, Australia Street Address GDM, U.S. Street Address GDM
• Technology Partners: ArdentMC, Clickability, EMC/Documentum, Enterprise Search Solutions (ESS), ESRI, Google, Microsoft, MITRE, Northrop Grumman, OpenText, Raytheon, and SAIC
• Awards: IndustryWeek Technologies of the Year, KMWorld 100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management, and 2-time KMWorld Trend-Setting Products, Red Herring Top 100 Private Companies, Red Herring Top Innovator
• Privately held

Nokia also announced that it has completed the acquisition of Novarra, Inc., initially announced on March 26, 2010. Novarra's mobile browser and services platform will be used by Nokia to deliver enhanced Internet experiences on Nokia mobile devices. Novarra has deployed their solution with leading mobile operator and internet services customers globally.

"Connecting the next billion consumers to the Internet will happen primarily on mobile devices," said Niklas Savander, Executive Vice President, Services, Nokia, "and delivering an optimized internet experience on our devices is core to our mission.

By driving innovation in all segments of our portfolio, we are building one of the largest consumer audiences for web services and content. Novarra's Internet services technology delivered on the world's most widely-used mobile platform, Nokia's Series 40, will help us achieve this."

Nokia expects a new service offering utilizing the Novarra technology platform to be available later this year. The acquisition is expected to close in the second quarter of 2010, and is subject to the customary closing conditions, including regulatory reviews. Following the acquisition, Novarra will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nokia.