Nokia and T-Mobile Collaborate on Mobile Services

Nokia and T-Mobile announced on Friday they will work together to accelerate the development of Internet services on mobile devices.

The deal will work both ways: 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.

Ovi is Nokia's portal for Internet services, which amongst other things includes music, maps and games. Ovi is at the heart of Nokia's push to supply content for its customers.

The announcement doesn't come as a surprise to Mark Newman, chief research officer at market-research company Informa Telecoms and Media.

"Nokia has already signed Ovi deals with Telefonica, Vodafone and Orange, so it was expected that T-Mobile fell into line," Newman said. "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.

The companies didn't supply any details over how they will share revenue.

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