Yahoo!, Nokia Extend Wireless PactYahoo! is once again delving deeper into the wireless space. In its latest deal with Nokia, the company will make additional Yahoo! services, such as e-mail and messaging, available on select Nokia handsets.
The service offers the ability to synchronize Yahoo! contacts, tasks and calendars on the PC and wireless phone.
At launch, Nokia will offer the Yahoo! services on the Nokia 6300, the Nokia 5300 XpressMusic and the Nokia 5200. The company, however, plans to extend the reach of the services to additional Series 40 devices in the future.
“The Internet has transformed the way we live our lives and communicate with each other, and we expect it to play a key role in the next phase of Nokia’s growth. The next wave of the Internet will be to make it truly mobile, creating new ways for people to connect to others and find information from wherever they are,” said Nokia CEO and President Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo at the Nokia World 2006 conference.
Nokia and Yahoo! first began working together in April 2005 in the mobile space. In January, they announced a partnership to make Yahoo! Go Mobile available on select Nokia phones.
Yahoo! also recently unveiled a beta version of its graphical advertising support for its Yahoo! Mobile Web service. Mobile Web is available on most mobile phones across all major mobile operators in the United States, Yahoo! says. The company also recently launched beta search advertisements.
In other Nokia news, the company was awarded a contract to operate Indosat’s W-CDMA 3G/HSP network. As part of the agreement with the Indonesian operator, Nokia will supply the W-CDMA 3G/HSPA radio network, including the modular, high-capacity Nokia Flexi W-CDMA base station in Bali, Batam, East Java and Sumatra. Nokia’s 3G devices also are being delivered as part of the contract.
Nokia also has a contract to provide managed services for the network. Terms were not disclosed.
Source- wirelessweek Wireless Mobile Telecom
