Nokia reiterates its outlook after announcing its network agreement with T-Mobile


Nokia Corporation
Stock Exchange Release
July 30, 2018 at 16:00 (CET +1)

Nokia reiterates its outlook after announcing its network agreement with T-Mobile

Espoo, Finland - Nokia announced today that it has signed a USD 3.5 billion multi-year 5G network agreement with T-Mobile. Nokia comments that the outlook provided in the Nokia Financial Report for Q2 and Half Year 2018 issued on July 26, 2018 fully included the expected impact of the agreement with T-Mobile announced today, and thus is not affected by today's announcement. 

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