Nokia’s Ovi door is opening for T-Mobile

This is kinda old news, as I’ve found it at PCW Business Center article while searching for news on Nokia. I feel compelled to, since lately all of the mobile news I’ve covered are mostly about iPhone…

Nokia and T-Mobile have announced that they will work together to accelerate the development of Internet services on mobile devices. Ovi is Nokia's portal for Internet services, which amongst other things includes music, maps and games. T-Mobile customers will be able to access all of all to Nokia's Ovi services, and Nokia will also customize its devices to provide T-Mobile services.

Mark Newman, chief research officer at market-research company Informa Telecoms and Media, said that this partnership wasn’t surprising at all: “Nokia has already signed Ovi deals with Telefonica, Vodafone and Orange, so it was expected that T-Mobile fell into line. I think Nokia will have an easier time working with T-Mobile, since it has a more open strategy to services, compared to the other operators."

Nokia and T-Mobile will also work on

widgets, web-based applications that give access to information, and the mobilization of social networks. Together they plan to enhance T-Mobile's community-oriented MyFaves service, according to a statement.

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