Elcoteq SE                              
Press release                          
April 9, 2008, at 9.00 am (EET)
 
ELCOTEQ PARTICIPATES IN NEXT-GENERATION MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES SEMINAR 2008 IN TOKYO, JAPAN
  
Elcoteq SE, a leading integrated electronics manufacturing services (EMS) company with original design manufacturing (ODM) capabilities in the communications technology field, will introduce its electronics manufacturing services and present as one of the keynote speakers at Next-Generation Mobile Technologies Seminar, being held at the Embassy of Canada in Tokyo, Japan on April 17 and 18, 2008.  Dr. Folkert Wierda, Director, Business Development, Personal Communications Business Area at Elcoteq, will describe ways to profit in the burgeoning communications market with a paper "IEMS: From 'Quick Fix' to Best Total Cost of Ownership".
 
Using an EMS company that specializes in the communications technology market enables communications companies to have an asset-light corporation, increased flexibility, risk sharing, and it allows management to focus on products, brand, and sales.  It increases the speed of doing business and time-to-market, reduces complexity, and provides the best total cost of ownership.
 
"There are so many new technologies, opportunities, and companies involved in the mobile communications industry, especially with mobile computing, that we are happy to add our expertise and experience as participants in the  symposium," said Dr. Wierda. "Elcoteq has focused on communications technology for over 20 years. We are one of the three largest EMS mobile phone manufacturers in the world, with over 1 billion handset assemblies delivered. Elcoteq considers optimization of total cost of ownership to be a key factor for brand owners in ensuring their profit as the communications market moves forward. We are hoping that our participation in this symposium raises recognition of this issue."
 
Next-Generation Mobile Technologies Seminar 2008 is co-hosted by Inter-Embassies Mobile Forum (IEMF), The Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium (MCPC), and the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo. The event will share the latest mobile technology, products, and information among professionals of the wireless industry in Japan and overseas, including business executives, decision-makers, buyers, engineers from mobile phone carriers, handset manufacturers, and systems integrators.
 
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ELCOTEQ SE
 
Carsten Barth
Director, Marketing and Communications
 
For more details of the event (originally in Japanese), please visit the official website of Inter-Embassies Mobile Forum (IEMF): http://iemf.jp/Event/index.html
 
 
Elcoteq SE is a leading electronics manufacturing services (EMS) company in the communications technology field. Elcoteq's global service offering covers the entire lifecycle of products, from product development to after-market services. By further combining mechanics expertise into its service offering, Elcoteq's vision is to be a leading integrated electronics manufacturing services (IEMS) company.
 
Elcoteq provides global end-to-end solutions consisting of product development services, supply chain management, NPI, manufacturing, and after-market services for the whole lifecycle of its customers' products. These products include Personal Communications products such as mobile phones and their parts, Home Communications products such as set-top boxes and electronics for flat screen TVs as well as Communications Networks products such as base-stations, tower-top amplifiers, and microwave systems.
 
Elcoteq operates in 15 countries on four continents and employs some 24,000 people. The Group's consolidated net sales for 2007 totaled 4.0 billion euros. Elcoteq SE is listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange. For more information visit the Elcoteq website at www.elcoteq.com.