T-Mobile and Nokia collaborate on mobile services and personal social networks

T-Mobile and Nokia today announced that they 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.

 

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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

 

About T-Mobile International

T-Mobile
International is one of the world's leading companies in mobile
communications. As one of Deutsche Telekom's three strategic business
units, T-Mobile concentrates on the most dynamic markets in Europe and
the United States. Almost 120 million mobile customers were served by
companies of the Deutsche Telekom group by end of 2007. The common
technology platform is based on GSM, the world's most successful
digital wireless standard. This also makes T-Mobile the only mobile
communications provider with a seamless transatlantic service.

For more information about T-Mobile International, please visit www.T-Mobile.net

 

About Nokia

Nokia
is the world leader in mobility, driving 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 of focus. We also provide equipment, solutions
and services for communications networks through Nokia Siemens Networks.