Nokia tweaks services strategy, embraces third party partners
April 29, 2009 Written by James Middleton
Finnish handset giant Nokia is refocusing its services strategy to make better use of third parties as a way of cutting costs.
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Nokia opens door on underwhelming app store experience
May 26, 2009 Written by James Middleton
Nokia, the world’s biggest handset vendor joined the fray on Tuesday morning by opening the doors to its own app store as an extension of the Ovi services platform.
Apple takes 12% of mobile apps market
May 22, 2009 Written by James Middleton
Application store trailblazer Apple managed to capture 12 per cent of the mobile apps market in 2008, according to figures released this week.
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Heroes to open door on Nokia app store
April 3, 2009 Written by James Middleton
The world’s biggest handset vendor, Nokia, gave some indication of its ambitions for the application store known as Ovi this week, announcing a content deal with Tim Kring, creator of the TV show Heroes.
Nokia worries operators with Oz acquisition
October 1, 2008 Written by James Middleton
Finnish handset vendor Nokia has significantly beefed up its Ovi mobile services offering with Tuesday’s acquisition of Canada-based mobile email shop Oz. Nokia didn’t say how much it paid for the firm, but analysts say $100m is probably close to the price. With the acquisition, the world’s biggest handset vendor has shifted the focus of [...]
Nokia thinking of befriending Facebook
January 22, 2008 Written by James Middleton
The big rumour doing the rounds this week is that Finnish handset giant Nokia is looking to buy a stake in social networking website Facebook. Although Nokia is cultivating its own social networking site, Mosh, as part of its Ovi mobile services initiative, it appears that a deal is underway that will see Facebook plastered [...]
Voda opens up to Nokia’s Ovi platform
November 7, 2007 Written by James Middleton
While Google is still getting its mobile strategy underway, Nokia is steaming ahead with its web services offensive, signing a deal with Vodafone on Wednesday. The “world’s largest mobile operator by revenue” and the world’s largest handset manufacturer have agreed to launch an integrated suite of Vodafone services combined with Nokia Ovi services on a [...]
Nokia plots services route with Navteq buy
October 1, 2007 Written by James Middleton
Finnish handset vendor Nokia continued its march into the services arena on Monday, through the acquisition of US mapping and location based services (LBS) firm Navteq. It is beleived that “deep discussions” have been ongoing for some weeks and Nokia just confirmed that it will pay $8.1bn for the firm, making it Nokia’s largest acquisition to [...]
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