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Nokia to collaborate with Telecom Italia to accelerate the adoption of new Internet services on Mobile
:: 04 December, 2007
Nokia today announced a collaboration with Telecom Italia to accelerate the adoption of new Internet services on mobile. Ovi, the gateway to Nokia's Internet services, will be enabled on Nokia handsets offered by TIM. The agreement will make it easy for people to find and enjoy best-in-class Internet services, from TIM, Nokia or from other Internet service providers.
As part of the collaboration, Nokia will customize the new Nokia handsets to provide easy access to TIM services. Similarly, TIM customers can access all Nokia services through the customized Multimedia Menu embedded into their Nokia device. The collaboration also includes areas such as technology and billing co-operation.
The Nokia N95 8GB and the Nokia N81 will be the first devices offered that will have customized menus to provide easy access to both services. Nokia and TIM have also agreed on a sustainable business model for both parties in a mutually beneficial approach.
"We want to provide TIM mobile customers with the best mobile experience and by working with Nokia, we ensure that our customers have access to the best in internet services. Nokia and other Internet services will be able to take advantage of TIM's high quality mobile broadband network," said Riccardo Jelmini, Telecom Italia Executive Vice President VAS - Domestic Mobile Services.
"We're extremely excited about this collaboration as I believe it can pave the way for a new way of working throughout our industry," said Jyrki Salminen, Senior Vice President, Nokia Multimedia. "Ease of use has always been at heart of Nokia devices and this collaboration is an important step in creating the same for Internet services. Nokia devices and services are based on open standards making it easy for us to work with forward thinking operators such as TIM to provide consumers with a choice about which internet services they want to access from their mobile device."
About Telecom Italia
Telecom Italia is an Italian telco. It was founded in 1994, by the merger of several state-owned telecommunications companies, the most important of which was SIP, the then monopolist telephone operator. Originally state-owned, it is now mainly privately-owned. It has the largest user base in Italy.
Telecom Italia operates landline telephone services (in Italy), GSM phone services (as TIM, present in Italy and Brazil) and ADSL services with the brand Alice in Italy, Germany (Hansenet, bought by Telecom Italia in 2003, accquired the internet access branch of AOL Germany in 2006/2007), France (after the acquisition of Liberty Surf in 2005) and the Netherlands (through the controlled company BB Ned).
Telecom Italia also owns shares in Telecom Argentina and Telecom Personal, fixed and cellular networks in Argentina.
Telecom Italia Media also controls three Italian TV networks: La7, MTV Italia and QOOB.
In May 2007 Telecom Italia won the Big Brothers Award Italia 2007 as the Worst Private Company for poor respect of Privacy.
About Nokia
Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and growth of the converging Internet and communications industries. Nokia makes a wide range of mobile devices and provides people with experiences in music, navigation, video, television, imaging, games and business mobility through these devices. Nokia also provides equipment, solutions and services for communications networks.
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