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Nokia and Vodafone Team Up for Robust Integrated Mobile Services

Nokia has reached an agreement with the world’s top mobile operator Vodafone that will soon pave the way for Nokia handsets loaded with an integrated Nokia and Vodafone Services. The accord promises to give Nokia and Vodafone customers more range of services that include communication, internet services, and high speed 3G and 3G broadband mobile browsing experiences.

Once these Nokia handsets are released, mobile users would have instant one-push-of-a-button access to a string of mobile services from Nokia’s Ovi site, which is a portal to various social networking tools such as mobile photo sharing, music downloads mobile games and maps. Some of these Nokia handsets would be released exclusively for Vodafone as agreed upon by both companies.

Vodafone Global Chief Marketing Officer, Frank Rovenkamp believes that the agreement was a logical step for improving Vodafone’s services to its million of customers. Likewise, Nokia’s Executive VP and General Manager Anssi Vanjoki say that they are excited to work with Vodafone. The partnership would enable the company to provide its customers a more robust mobile service that they can access anywhere, anytime.

“Web2.0 is all about social networking and enabling people to connect with each other in new ways. Bringing location and context awareness to web2.0 services is the next stage in the web development and Nokia multimedia computers enable people to participate to their favorite internet services on-the-go,” says Vanjoki.

Either this partnership would lead to success for both mobile companies or it will just result to nothing but mere tool for media mileage remains to be seen. Both companies are industry players. And it is but expected that once two major players team up; the results should be for the greater good of the mobile consumers.