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Fornebu, Norway and Espoo, Finland - Telenor and Nokia today
announced cooperation on mobile services to accelerate the adoption
of new Internet services on the Ovi services platform provided by
Nokia. The agreement will enable Telenor customers to experience one
of the best Internet services on their devices in the simplest way.
The Telenor and Ovi services will be offered to Telenor customers in
Norway, Sweden and Denmark as well as in Hungary.
As part of the collaboration, specific Nokia devices will be
customized to provide easy access to both companies' selected
services, such as Nokia Maps, N-Gage and Telenor Music Store and
Mobile TV, with more exciting services to follow. The services will
be launched during the second half of 2008 across a wide range of
devices. Nokia and Telenor have also agreed on business models and
further collaboration on mobile Internet services to reinforce the
two companies' leadership positions in the market.
"Our ambition is to be a leading operator providing new and
user-friendly services accessible on mobile devices. The agreement
with Nokia is the beginning of an exciting collaboration where we
will extensively deploy the capabilities of our high-speed third
generation mobile network," said Morten Karlsen Soerby, Executive
Vice President and Head of Telenor Nordic.
"We are pleased to announce this cooperation with Telenor and
strongly believe that it will lead the way in the Scandinavian market
in integrating devices and services together. Openness is at the core
of the Ovi environment and we are constantly looking for new ways to
offer consumers a great variety of experiences that they can choose
from according to their own preferences," said Timo Ihamuotila,
Executive Vice President of Sales, Nokia.
About Telenor
Telenor is one of Norway's largest listed companies, with revenues of
NOK 105 billion in 2007 (including Kyivstar). Telenor has more than
35 800 employees, with 25 600 outside Norway. Telenor leads the
market in Norway within telecommunications, data services and media
distribution and has extensive international operations, especially
within mobile communication. Telenor is listed on Oslo Børs. Read
more about Telenor at www.telenor.com
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.
Media Enquiries:
Nokia, Markets Communications
Liisa Nyyssönen
Tel. +358 7180 34564
Email: liisa.nyyssonen@nokia.com
Nokia
Communications
Tel. +358 7180 34900
Email: press.services@nokia.com
Telenor
Elisabeth Evjen
Tel. +47 41 27 00 00
Email: elisabeth.evjen@telenor.com
www.nokia.com
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