VodafoneandNokiahave agreed to launch a new
range of integrated Vodafone services on Nokia handsets to improve
connectivity and communications for Vodafone
customers.
The integrated suite of Vodafone services will be combined with
the Nokia Ovi Services range on a variety of Nokia handsets.
These services will offer customers a greater choice of
communications, internet services, content and browsing through a
range of premium handsets on high speed 3G and 3G broadband
networks.
Vodafone and Nokia have also agreed that a number of these
handsets will be exclusive to Vodafone. Ovi, meaning "door" in
Finnish, enables people to easily access their existing social
networks, communities and content from a single place, as well as
acting as a gateway to Nokia services.
Customers will get faster and easier access to all of Vodafone's
internet and entertainment services as a result of the deal.
Frank Rovekamp, global chief marketing officer for the Vodafone
Group, said, "This is a logical step for Vodafone to make, further
improving our customer experience with many of the services already
launched with leading internet partners."