T-Mobile and Nokia
collaborate on mobile services and personal social
networks
T-Mobile and Nokia are collaborating to accelerate
the availability of new Internet services and
personal social communities on mobile devices.
By signing this collaboration agreement, T-Mobile
and Nokia will be able to offer their European
customers faster and easier access to all of
T-Mobile's web'n'walk Internet services as well as
all to Nokia's Ovi Internet services on a wide range
of Nokia devices.
T-Mobile and Nokia will together drive the
mobilization of social networks. The companies will
partner to further enhance T-Mobile's
community-oriented MyFaves service, launched in
October 2007 in Europe, empowered by the well-known
Nokia user experience.
Widget cooperation is another focus area for the
companies, where T-Mobile's leading web'n'walk
offering will provide an even richer user
experience. T-Mobile's web'n'walk offers customers
an instant and customizable access to their most
preferred Internet and messaging services.
For T-Mobile customers, Nokia will customize its
devices to provide a dedicated suite of T-Mobile
services which will be seamlessly integrated to
Nokia devices. Similarly, T-Mobile customers can
access Nokia's Internet services, such as music,
maps and games, through their Nokia device, which
will offer T-Mobile customers a great opportunity to
enjoy best-in-class Internet services.
In March T-Mobile and Nokia announced the exclusive
Nokia 6650 device for T-Mobile which will be
available in July in Europe. This collaboration is
the next step in intensifying the good partnership
between the companies.
"We are pleased about developing our long-lasting
and successful cooperation with Nokia, which
underlines our position as an innovation leader,"
says Christopher Schläffer, Group Product &
Innovation Officer at Deutsche Telekom.
"High-performance devices and our broadband mobile
phone network are ideally suited for granting easy
access to our T-Mobile Services like MyFaves,
web'n'walk or Nokia-complementary service offerings
(e.g. Maps or Games), providing our customers with
an even wider range of mobile communication,
information and entertainment services."
"We are excited about further extending our good
cooperation with T-Mobile by supporting them in
their key propositions like My Faves and web'n'walk,
and we see this as a perfect match with our Ovi
services. Easy access to a wide variety of services
will enhance the way people use their mobile devices
and bring Web 2.0 experiences to life. We believe in
providing consumers with choice regarding which
Internet services they want to access from their
mobile device," said Anssi Vanjoki, Executive Vice
President, Markets, Nokia