T-Mobile has agreed to support Nokia's own mobile content portal, Ovi on its network and handsets. Under the agreement, Nokia will customise its handsets to support both its own platform as well as T-Mobile's own web'n'walk Internet services.
The two companies say that they will also cooperate on improving T-Mobile's existing social networking and Instant Messaging platforms.
For T-Mobile customers, Nokia will customize its devices to provide a dedicated suite of T-Mobile services which will be integrated to Nokia devices. Similarly, T-Mobile customers can access Nokia's Internet services, such as music, maps and games, through their Nokia device.
There had been reports last month that T-Mobile was considering dropping Nokia handsets due to its Ovi platform competing with its own web'n'walk service. The reports were denied at the time by T-Mobile, and this announcement is the final nail in that particular coffin.
Last November, Vodafone agreed to work with the Finnish handset giant to integrate a number of Internet services, including Nokia's Music Store, on to devices that will begin selling early next year. Vodafone, which is increasingly trying to offset declining voice call prices by launching new Internet-based services, will combine its own software services, with Nokia's Ovi portal and will launch a number of exclusive "premium" Nokia handsets in 2008, the company said at the time.
Although no financial details were provided by T-Mobile, it is known that Vodafone entered into a revenue share deal with Nokia for the maps and computer games sales, but not for music sales - so we presume a similar agreement was signed with T-Mobile.
Posted to the site on 2nd May 2008
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