T-Mobile Eschews the Easy Life and Accepts Ovi

Recently announced was the news that T-Mobile will carry Ovi, but only, it appears, after a long negotiation with Nokia (reports MoCoNews). The software and services space, traditionally the exclusive realm of the carriers is opening up to the handset manufactures, and specificallyNokia . "My life would be simpler if they would have not come to my space. It is still not the happiest thing to have someone try and take your cheese away," was the quote from T-Mobile CEO Hamid Akhavan.

"To ask Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and others to stay out is not reasonable," was the viewpoint from Frank Esser of SFR. And part of me can see their point, why should they help a competitor in a space where the carriers have traditional dominance? The simple answer is already in that statement, ie that the carriers had dominance. That's not to say that Nokia will be able to handle the integration of the handset to numerous web services than the carriers, but offering the option to the consumer is a good thing for the consumer, even if it leads them away from Nokia's Ovi, T-Mobile's T-Zones or any other carrier portal.

More at MoCoNews.

Published by Ewan Spence at 15:33 UTC, May 26th

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News Discussion

krisse

Comment: I don't think anyone, manufacturers or networks, should have the power to exclude any kind of online service. All that exclusion would do is reduce the choice for consumers and so decrease competition, which means lower quality services for everyone.

You wouldn't let a PC maker or ISP have any say in which websites you visit or what software you install, so why should the phone world be any different?

viipottaja

Comment: Well, you could draw a comparison to something else, say, cable or satellite tv provider that is also controlling strictly which content and with which package you can enter.

Having said that, I too think it should be free for all - I am an end consumer after all.

In any case: EAT THAT Akhavan! :D Great to hear Nokia was able to crack this nut at least partially open.

krisse

Comment: [quote]Well, you could draw a comparison to something else, say, cable or satellite tv provider that is also controlling strictly which content and with which package you can enter.[/quote]

Good point, but you don't have to use your television set with a particular service, TVs work with pretty much any content provider, so at least the hardware is unlocked (though I suppose some decoders are locked to one service).

xerxes

Comment: [quote=krisse;378570]I don't think anyone, manufacturers or networks, should have the power to exclude any kind of online service. All that exclusion would do is reduce the choice for consumers and so decrease competition, which means lower quality services for everyone.

You wouldn't let a PC maker or ISP have any say in which websites you visit or what software you install, so why should the phone world be any different?[/quote]

Anyone who uses Virgin Media allows their ISP to dictate which services they can access, or at least which services they can access at full speed.

snoyt

Comment: Kudo's for t-mobile and of course Nokia for taking the first step. This is definitely going the right way.

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