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PALO ALTO and BERKELEY, California, November= 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nokia (NYSE: NOK) today launched Mobile Millennium, a public pilot that wil= l collect and study traffic data received from GPS-enabled mobile devices, su= ch as the Nokia N96, Nokia N95 and Nokia E71. As part of its open innovation model, Nokia Research Center is collaborating with UC Berkeley's Calif= ornia Center for Innovative Transportation (CCIT), the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and NAVTEQ to design, execute and analyze the traffic system.

Based in part on the results of an earlier e= xperiment, Nokia believes that a community of users with GPS-equipped mobile devices can help reduce traffic and the amount of time spent on the road. Providing real-time information about traffic congestion helps drivers make more informed decisions - such as whether to take alternative routes, public transport or reschedule their journey.

"The global proliferation of GPS-enable= d mobile devices has driven tremendous growth in location-based experiences" said Henry Tirri, Vic= e President and Head of Nokia Research Center. "Mobile Millennium, with = its unique collaboration of private and public stakeholders, is designed to demonstrate that everyone can help address problems such as traffic congestion. Nokia is proud to be part of this research."

Traditional traffic monitoring systems inclu= de pavement-embedded sensors, roadside radar or cameras to provide data for changeable message signs or traffic reports. But such systems are costly to install and maintain and so they only cover limited stretches of today's roads and highways. Using GPS-enabled mobile devices can provide a richer, complementary source of traffic data without the need to invest in expensive new infrastructure. Traffic flow data can be expanded to include city side streets, rural roads or any roadway where a cell phone can get a signal. The Mobile Millennium traffic data is based in part on the backbone technology of NAVTEQ Traffic, which provides nation-wide aggregated traffic data in the US from a variety of sources, now including real-time data from GPS-enabled mobile phones in vehicles traveling on the highways.

Participation in Mobile Millennium is open t= o anyone with a GPS-enabled mobile phone from a range of manufacturers, an unlimited data plan and the ability to install and run Java applications. The Java application enables participants to receive real-time traffic data and incident reports for mai= n thoroughfares throughout much of the United States. In the Northern California area, a number of arterials and highways that are not currently equipped with sensors will begin to show traffic data as more users join th= e network. While the user-generated content is completely anonymous, each dat= a point contributes a piece to the traffic picture which can benefit the enti= re user community. The pilot will operate over four to six months and up to 10 000 members of the public community can participate.

Protection of personal privacy was built int= o the very core of the reporting technology used in Mobile Millennium. From inception, researchers built safeguards into the system, such as stripping individual device identifiers from the transmitted traffic data, using banking-grade encrypti= on techniques to protect the transmission of data, and drawing data only from targeted roadways where traffic information is needed. This Privacy By Design(TM) system continuously filters information to remove data that can = be tied to a particular phone, minimizing the amount of sensitive information ever created, transmitted or stored.

"Berkeley is contributing our expertise= in traffic modeling and systems engineering to help make this complex system come to life," said Alexa= ndre Bayen, professor of civil and environmental engineering at UC Berkeley. &qu= ot;As part of a public university, we are thrilled to be working on a project wit= h such enormous potential for public benefit," Bayen said.

Mobile Millennium is being funded in part by= a grant award from the US Department of Transportation under the SafeTrip-21 initiative. Locally, Caltrans, who is also assisting in the logistics of trial and enabling comparison with the data collected by the existing sensor networks, aims to find a lower-cost and more reliable solution than that which is available today. "Real-time traffic information collected through this community= -based technology is of great interest to transportation agencies," noted Ran= dell Iwasaki, Chief Deputy Director of Caltrans. "Our goal is to increase information flow to and from travelers in a cost-efficient, effective manne= r. We are excited about the potential benefits of a system such as Mobile Millennium," Iwasaki added.

Information about Mobile Millennium, support= ed devices and the software download can be found at http://traffic.berkeley.edu.

About Nokia Research Center

Nokia Research Center (NRC) looks beyond Nok= ia's existing business and product development to challenge current strategies and to stimulate renewa= l in the company's direction. Working closely with all Nokia business un= its, NRC's research explores new frontiers in digital services, physical-di= gital connections, human interaction, data and content technologies, device architecture, and access and connectivity. NRC promotes open innovation by working on research projects in collaboration with universities and researc= h institutes around the world. For more information, see our website: http://research.nokia.com

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Nokia is the world leader in mobility, drivi= ng the transformation and growth of the converging Internet and communications industries. We make a wide range of mobile devices with services and software that enable people = to experience music, navigation, video, television, imaging, games, business mobility and more. Developing and growing our offering of consumer Internet services, as well as our enterprise solutions and software, is a key area o= f focus. We also provide equipment, solutions and services for communications networks through Nokia Siemens Networks.

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} function getPosTop(theObj) { var theTop,thePar; theTop =3D theObj.offsetTop; while(theObj.offsetParent!=3Dnull) { thePar =3D theObj.offsetParent; theTop +=3D thePar.offsetTop; theObj =3D thePar; } return theTop; } function showHMenu(channel)= =20 { if (fdcsponsor =3D=3D 'noad')= =20 { if (document.getElementById('searchbox'))= =20 { document.getElementById('bigBannerDiv').style.height =3D 0; } } if ((typeof partner !=3D "undefined") && (partner !=3D "") && ((partner.in= dexOf("aol")>-1) || (partner.indexOf("msn")>-1) || (partner.indexOf("b365")= >-1)))= =20 { = =09 if(document.getElementById('column'))= =20 { if(attacheTopIsSet !=3D true) { setAttacheTop(); } } } if (document.getElementById('panel1')) { turnautocompleteoff(); = =09 if( is_searchtabs=3D=3Dtrue) { document.getElementById('panel1').style.display =3D "block"; } } = =09 if(document.getElementById('column')) document.getElementById('column').st= yle.display =3D "block"; keepMenu(); hideVMenu(); hover(channel); if ((typeof curChannel =3D=3D 'undefined') || (channel !=3D curChannel) ||= (channel =3D=3D fdcchannel)) { curChannel =3D channel; hideVMenu(); thisChannArr =3D eval(channel+'Arr'); thisChannStr =3D ""; thisWidth =3D 0; thisChannX =3D document.getElementById(channel+'S').offsetParent.offsetLe= ft; thisChannWidth =3D document.getElementById(channel+'S').offsetWidth; if (navigator.appName =3D=3D 'Microsoft Internet Explorer') thisChannWidt= h +=3D 8; for(i=3D0;i'+thisChannArr[i][0]+'<\= /span>'; } = =09 document.getElementById('hRO').innerHTML =3D thisChannStr; = =09 for(i=3D0;i=3DthisWidth) thisPadding =3D thisChannX; else if (thisChannX+thisChannWidth>=3DthisWidth) thisPadding =3D thisChan= nX + thisChannWidth - thisWidth -6; if (thisPadding<0) thisPadding =3D 0; = =09 = =09 document.getElementById('hRO').style.width =3D "790px"; document.getElementById('hRO').style.paddingLeft =3D thisPadding+"px"; = =09 if (document.getElementById('hRO').offsetWidth > 790) { document.getElementById('hRO').style.width =3D (790 - thisPadding)+"px"; } if(channel !=3D fdcchannel) { for(i=3D0;i document.getElemen= tById(thisAdDiv).offsetLeft) && (eval(section + 'Arr').length>2)) { hideAd(); } } } thisSection =3D section; showMenu(section); } function keepMenu() { if (hTimer) clearTimeout(hTimer); if (vTimer) clearTimeout(vTimer); } function showSection() { if ((typeof displayedSection !=3D "undefined") && (displayedSection !=3D "= ")) { thisChannelArr =3D eval(displayedChannel + 'Arr'); count =3D 0; for(i=3D0;i-1) { displayedSectionVar =3D displayedChannel + i; break; } } } //stoopid failsafe switch (displayedSection) { case "wallstreet": displayedSectionVar =3D "business8"; break; case "beltway": displayedSectionVar =3D "business9"; break; case "enterprisetech": displayedSectionVar =3D "technology1"; break; case "infoimaging": displayedSectionVar =3D "technology2"; break; case "ebusiness": displayedSectionVar =3D "technology3"; break; case "entrefinance": displayedSectionVar =3D "entrepreneurs1"; break; case "entrehr": displayedSectionVar =3D "entrepreneurs2"; break; case "entrelaw": displayedSectionVar =3D "entrepreneurs3"; break; case "entresales": displayedSectionVar =3D "entrepreneurs4"; break; case "entremgmt": displayedSectionVar =3D "entrepreneurs5"; break; case "entretech": displayedSectionVar =3D "entrepreneurs6"; break; case "estate_planning": displayedSectionVar =3D "personalFinance0"; break; case "entertainment": displayedSectionVar =3D "technology1"; break; case "guruinsights": displayedSectionVar =3D "personalFinance2"; break; } if (document.getElementById(displayedSectionVar)) document.getElementBy= Id(displayedSectionVar).style.color=3DhiColor; } } function showMenu(section) { thisSectionArr =3D eval(section + 'Arr'); if((thisSectionArr.length>0) && (displayedSection !=3D "Video")) { keepMenu(); document.getElementById('vRO').style.display =3D 'block'; if(document.getElementById(section).offsetLeft>640) document.getElementBy= Id('vRO').style.left =3D '640px'; else document.getElementById('vRO').style.left =3D document.getElementByI= d(section).offsetLeft+"px"; vSection =3D section; dropStr =3D ''; for(i=3D0;i'+thisSectionArr[i][0]+''; } document.getElementById('vRO').innerHTML =3D dropStr; } } function hoverAct(section,on) { if (lastSection) { document.getElementById(lastSection+'L').style.color =3D '#369'; } document.getElementById(section+'L').style.color =3D '#000000'; lastSection =3D section; } function showAd() { if (searchTab =3D=3D 0) { if(document.getElementById(thisAdDiv) !=3D null) document.getElementById(= thisAdDiv).style.display =3D 'block'; } } function hideAd() { if(document.getElementById(thisAdDiv)) { document.getElementById(thisAdDiv).style.display =3D 'none'; }= =20 } // attache and members //var noattache=3D1; //var maintenance=3D1; // american dream var amrdrm =3D window.location + ""; if ( amrdrm.indexOf("dream0307") !=3D -1 ) { var noattache=3D1; } var phatcatId =3D '35415301490'; function isMember() { forbes0 =3D document.cookie.indexOf('forbesmemb=3D'); forbes1 =3D document.cookie.indexOf('forbesmemb_confirm=3D'); if (forbes0 !=3D -1 && forbes1 !=3D -1 && getStandaloneCookie('forb= esmemb') !=3D phatcatId) return true; else= =20 return false; } function hasOASAdPos(pos) { if (typeof OAS_listpos !=3D undefined) { if (OAS_listpos.indexOf(pos) !=3D -1) { return true; } } return false; } ///////////// BEGIN ENCODING FUNCTS ///////////////// var END_OF_INPUT =3D -1; var base64Chars =3D new Array( 'A','B','C','D','E','F','G','H', 'I','J','K','L','M','N','O','P', 'Q','R','S','T','U','V','W','X', 'Y','Z','a','b','c','d','e','f', 'g','h','i','j','k','l','m','n', 'o','p','q','r','s','t','u','v', 'w','x','y','z','0','1','2','3', '4','5','6','7','8','9','+','/' ); var reverseBase64Chars =3D new Array(); for (var i=3D0; i < base64Chars.length; i++){ reverseBase64Chars[base64Chars[i]] =3D i; } var base64Str; var base64Count; function setBase64Str(str){ base64Str =3D str; base64Count =3D 0; } function readBase64(){ = =20 if (!base64Str) return END_OF_INPUT; if (base64Count >=3D base64Str.length) return END_OF_INPUT; var c =3D base64Str.charCodeAt(base64Count) & 0xff; base64Count++; return c; } function encodeBase64(str){ if (typeof str =3D=3D 'undefined' || str =3D=3D null || str =3D=3D '') return ''; setBase64Str(str); var result =3D ''; var inBuffer =3D new Array(3); var lineCount =3D 0; var done =3D false; while (!done && (inBuffer[0] =3D readBase64()) !=3D END_OF_INPUT){ inBuffer[1] =3D readBase64(); inBuffer[2] =3D readBase64(); result +=3D (base64Chars[ inBuffer[0] >> 2 ]); if (inBuffer[1] !=3D END_OF_INPUT){ result +=3D (base64Chars [(( inBuffer[0] << 4 ) & 0x30) | (inBu= ffer[1] >> 4) ]); if (inBuffer[2] !=3D END_OF_INPUT){ result +=3D (base64Chars [((inBuffer[1] << 2) & 0x3c) | (in= Buffer[2] >> 6) ]); result +=3D (base64Chars [inBuffer[2] & 0x3F]); } else { result +=3D (base64Chars [((inBuffer[1] << 2) & 0x3c)]); result +=3D ('=3D'); done =3D true; } } else { result +=3D (base64Chars [(( inBuffer[0] << 4 ) & 0x30)]); result +=3D ('=3D'); result +=3D ('=3D'); done =3D true; } lineCount +=3D 4; if (lineCount >=3D 76){ result +=3D ('\n'); lineCount =3D 0; } } return result; } function readReverseBase64(){ = =20 if (!base64Str) return END_OF_INPUT; while (true){ = =20 if (base64Count >=3D base64Str.length) return END_OF_INPUT; var nextCharacter =3D base64Str.charAt(base64Count); base64Count++; if (reverseBase64Chars[nextCharacter]){ return reverseBase64Chars[nextCharacter]; } if (nextCharacter =3D=3D 'A') return 0; } return END_OF_INPUT; } function ntos(n){ n=3Dn.toString(16); if (n.length =3D=3D 1) n=3D"0"+n; n=3D"%"+n; return unescape(n); } function decodeBase64(str){ if (typeof str =3D=3D 'undefined' || str =3D=3D null || str =3D=3D '') return ''; = =20 setBase64Str(str); var result =3D ""; var inBuffer =3D new Array(4); var done =3D false; while (!done && (inBuffer[0] =3D readReverseBase64()) !=3D END_OF_INPUT && (inBuffer[1] =3D readReverseBase64()) !=3D END_OF_INPUT){ inBuffer[2] =3D readReverseBase64(); inBuffer[3] =3D readReverseBase64(); result +=3D ntos((((inBuffer[0] << 2) & 0xff)| inBuffer[1] >> 4)); if (inBuffer[2] !=3D END_OF_INPUT){ result +=3D ntos((((inBuffer[1] << 4) & 0xff)| inBuffer[2] >> = 2)); if (inBuffer[3] !=3D END_OF_INPUT){ result +=3D ntos((((inBuffer[2] << 6) & 0xff) | inBuffer[= 3])); } else { done =3D true; } } else { done =3D true; 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'); } if (position =3D=3D 'BigBanner') { document.write ('\n'); document.write ('\n'); document.write ('

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\n'); document.write ('\n'); document.write ('

'); } if (position =3D=3D 'x5') { document.write ('

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\n'); document.write ('\n'); document.write ('

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'); } if (position =3D=3D 'LeftBottom2') { document.write ('\n'); document.write ('\n'); document.write ('\n'); document.write ('

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'); } if (position =3D=3D 'x102') { document.write (''); } if (position =3D=3D 'StoryLogo') { document.write ('

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