Nokia venture pushes phone payments
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Nokia, one of the first handset makers outside Japan to turn a phone into a wallet, now wants to sell services that will make these kinds of devices useful.
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Enterprises seeking higher security for their growing number of mobile devices may be interested in new encryption technology that Nokia Corp. is deploying in its smart phone products.
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Courtesy of Nokia, mobile content distribution and transaction will reside in a one-stop-shop, making life easier for mobile networks and perhaps more interesting for the owners of some 350 million Java-enabled handsets (at last count.
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Nokia (NOK1V.HE), the world's  largest cellphone maker, sees content for the wireless Internet  as key to snapping up more mobile phone users, including in  emerging markets, the head of its key unit said on Tuesday.
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Finland's Nokia (NOK1V.HE),  the world's top cell phone maker, on Tuesday unveiled a pair of  media phones and a music service in a bid to increase revenue  and win back popularity lost to rivals.
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Brightpoint , a U.S.  distributor of mobiles and other wireless devices, sees Nokia   on its way to reaching 40 percent of the global  market and strong in all price ranges, Brightpoint's CEO said.
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Nokia (NYSE:NOK), a world leader in mobile communications, announced recently that more than 750 mobility, business voice and security companies worldwide have joined the Nokia for Business Channel Program since its introduction just three months ago.
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Nokia Corp., the world's largest mobile phone maker, plans to bring 40 new handsets to the market next year as it seeks to expand its already dominant market share amid increased competition from rivals Motorola Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. and Sony Ericsson.
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Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, reports surging profits as it takes market share from rivals.
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'Gpay' would support payments from vending machines and retailers by text message or SMS.
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Nokia continued its push into the Internet services industry on Monday, announcing it had acquired Enpocket.
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Serial entrepreneur plans discount mobilephoneco
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(InfoWorld) - Nokia appears to be trying to work increasingly close with operators as a way to push its S60 mobile phone software. The strategy could result in more Symbian phones available to U.S. users. Last year at theÂ 3GSM World Congress, Vodafone Group announced that it would build a software package that could be adopted by S60 licensees that would make it easier for Vodafone to introduce new services on a wide range of phones without having to customize the software for each handset. On Tuesday, Vodafone released the software package and Nokia and Samsung Electronics said they plan to use it in new devices this year. Vodafone says the software will help it speed up the delivery of new services to users. S60 is user interface software created by Nokia for the Symbian operating system. It is primarily used by Nokia but LG Electronics and Samsung also license S60. Symbian competes with Microsoft's Windows Mobile and Research In Motion's operating system. Nokia may be near a similar deal to the Vodafone collaboration in the U.S., where the world's largest mobile phone maker has continued to struggle for a foothold. Symbian is the most popular smartphone operating system in the world but has a very small user base in the U.S. "We are in active dialog with Cingular," said Matti Vanska, vice president of mobile software sales and marketing for Nokia. An agreement with Cingular, now called AT&T, that is similar to the collaborations Nokia has made with European operators could result in more Symbian devices on the U.S. market. Nokia is also working to try to encourage U.S. developers to work on products for Symbian phones, which could also spur more demand for the handsets in North America. "There are a lot of interesting developers in North America," said Lee Epting, vice president of Forum Nokia, the developer community for S60 and other Nokia software. "They tend to look just at North America even if the global prospects are better." Nokia is trying to encourage those developers to notice the large market for Symbian devices in Asia-Pacific, China and Europe, she said. Other operators have also begun collaborations with Nokia on S60. On Monday, Nokia said that it will work closely with Telecom Italia Mobile's internal application development team and address its requirements for S60. Nokia also announced last week that it would collaborate with T-Mobile International to improve the ability of S60 licensees to develop phones for T-Mobile.
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NEW YORK Nokia&#39;s purchase last week of Enpocket is yet another sign that the Finnish company plans on becoming much more to consumers than a seller of cell phones and multimedia devices.
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(InfoWorld) - NokiaÂ is enlisting systems integrators and value-added resellers in its drive to deliver more complete mobile systems to enterprises. The Nokia for Business Channel Program follows the mobile phone giant's expansion of its enterprise product line through the acquisition of Intellisync last year. Nokia has long sold security products through enterprise channels and its handsets through mobile operators and retail stores. The company announced Thursday it is expanding its business offerings with more mobile communications and IP (Internet Protocol) telephony products, including e-mail, device management and file synchronization products. Nokia got some channel partners through the Intellisync acquisition, but it wants to add more partners and make sure they are all qualified. The entry of more channel partners will give enterprises greater choice in whom to buy Nokia products from, said Mary McDowell, executive vice president and general manager of the company's enterprise solutions business. The partners can also deliver the type of support that enterprises are used to getting with complex systems, she said. Nokia wants to expand its enterprise scope beyond smartphones and e-mail to more complete mobility offerings supporting office phone systems and a variety of applications for use on the road. For example, it has partnerships with several vendorsÂ to make business-class eSeries Nokia phones work with those vendors' office phone systems. When an enterprise buys a set of handsets along with a service such as mobile e-mail, it's much more complicated than just getting phones and a calling plan, McDowell said. There is a server and software to install and integrate into the organization's security infrastructure, and a need for long-term IT support. Nokia wants systems integrators and resellers to fill that void. As part of its program, Nokia will train and certify channel partners and offer them incentives that are tied in part to how much help they give enterprises setting up new systems. The program will have three tracks. Mobility partners will be able to sell Intellisync Mobile Suite and other software for functions such as device management. Security partners will be licensed to resell firewall, IP VPN (virtual private network), intrusion prevention and other products. Voice partners will sell Nokia's enterprise voice systems. All the partners will be licensed to sell Nokia's eSeries business handsets, although Nokia expects most of its handset sales to continue going through operators and retail stores. Nokia will encourage partners to specialize in more than one track. There will also be two levels of certification, Authorized and Expert, with different levels of training provided by Nokia. The partners will get products through Nokia's authorized distributors. The Finnish mobile giant made the right decision to expand its channel instead of trying to build its own sales force, which is expensive and time-consuming, said Gartner Inc. wireless analyst Michael King. He applauded one feature of the program, a mechanism for enterprises to tell Nokia how good a job the systems integrator or reseller they are working with is doing. It's rare for a vendor to have this type of check on its channel partners, he said. Â
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Nokia has unveiled a system for hosting, delivering and charging for entertainment and application content for mobile phones, called Preminet.
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IN ANOTHER SIGN that Nokia is facing up to harsh realities, Nokia has performed something of a volte face by signing up to the SD Card Association.