For the Americans that don’t understand what Nokia means, this is an alliance of utterly galactic proportions.
For example:
- Nokia owns NAVTEQ is a leader in comprehensive digital mapping and navigation services
- Nokia owns Nokia Ovi, a mobile services provider for music, maps, apps, email, etc.
- Nokia has operator billing agreements in virtually every country to facilitate phone purchases in places where credit cards are rarely used.
Oh yeah. And they’re the world’s #1 marketshare leading phone manufacturer.
Two major posts about this were made on each company’s sites respectively:
- Nokia and Microsoft Announce Plans for a Broad Strategic Partnership to Build a New Global Mobile Ecosystem
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2011/feb11/02-11partnership.mspx - Open Letter from CEO Stephen Elop, Nokia and CEO Steve Ballmer, Microsoft
http://conversations.nokia.com/2011/02/11/open-letter-from-ceo-stephen-elop-nokia-and-ceo-steve-ballmer-microsoft/
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