Nokia seeking share in mobile services turnover
Following Apple's example, globally leading mobile phone vendor Nokia seeks to take a turnover share for data services from mobile network providers. "As far as mobile phones are concerned we are sticking with our old business model - that is, we get paid for our devices. But for providing new services we are seriously considering a shared turnover model", said Nokia boss Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo in an interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung.
Mobile network providers already feared that the major mobile phone vendors, lead by Nokia with a market share of almost 40 percent, could start making demands of this kind. Apple receives a share of the data turnover for its iPhone mobile phone. According to industry sources that share is 30 percent, but no official statement has been made.
Nokia also increasingly wants to establish itself as a service provider. A few days ago, for example, the Finnish vendor announced the "Comes with music" program, which allows the owners of certain mobile phone models to download songs from the Universal Music catalog for a year. The vendor is also working on the "Ovi" multimedia platform, which among other things is to sell music and games. Navteq, the largest vendor of digital maps used, for example, in navigation devices, has also been taken over by Nokia.
In the interview, Kallasvuo announced that Nokia would acquire more Internet businesses in the future: "We are interested in Internet communities, navigation and all kinds of entertainment. We will look into these areas and strike when an opportunity arises."
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Mobile network providers already feared that the major mobile phone vendors, lead by Nokia with a market share of almost 40 percent, could start making demands of this kind. Apple receives a share of the data turnover for its iPhone mobile phone. According to industry sources that share is 30 percent, but no official statement has been made.
Nokia also increasingly wants to establish itself as a service provider. A few days ago, for example, the Finnish vendor announced the "Comes with music" program, which allows the owners of certain mobile phone models to download songs from the Universal Music catalog for a year. The vendor is also working on the "Ovi" multimedia platform, which among other things is to sell music and games. Navteq, the largest vendor of digital maps used, for example, in navigation devices, has also been taken over by Nokia.
In the interview, Kallasvuo announced that Nokia would acquire more Internet businesses in the future: "We are interested in Internet communities, navigation and all kinds of entertainment. We will look into these areas and strike when an opportunity arises."
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