(6 May 2008 4:00 pm)

MUMBAI: German telecom company Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile is set to collaborate with Nokia soon.

The partnership aims to accelerate the availability of new internet services and personal social communities on mobile devices.

With the signing of the agreement, T-Mobile and Nokia hope to offer their European customers faster and easier access to all T-Mobile's web'n'walk internet services and Nokia's Ovi Internet services on a wide range of Nokia devices.

T-Mobile's web'n'walk offers customers an instant and customisable access to their most preferred Internet and messaging services.

The partnership is also taking place to enhance T-Mobile's community-oriented MyFaves service, launched in October '07 in Europe.

Widget cooperation is another focus area for the two companies, where T-Mobile's web'n'walk offering will provide an improved user experience.

For T-Mobile customers, Nokia will customise its devices to provide a dedicated suite of T-Mobile services which will be integrated to Nokia devices.

Similarly, T-Mobile customers can access Nokia's internet services, such as music, maps and games, through their Nokia device.

In March, T-Mobile and Nokia announced the Nokia 6650 device for T-Mobile, which will be available in July in Europe.

Deutsche Telekom Group product and innovation officer Christopher Schlaffer said, "High-performance devices and our broadband mobile phone network are ideally suited for granting easy access to our T-Mobile services like MyFaves, web'n'walk or Nokia-complementary service offerings (e.g. Maps or Games), providing our customers with an even wider range of mobile communication, information and entertainment services."

Nokia executive VP Anssi Vanjoki added, "We are excited about further extending our good cooperation with T-Mobile by supporting them in their key propositions like My Faves and
web'n'walk. We see this as a perfect match with our Ovi services. Easy access to a wide variety of services will enhance the way people use their mobile devices and bring Web 2.0 experiences to life."