Nokia and Yahoo! Extend Relationship to Bring Yahoo! Go for Mobile 2.0 to Nokia Devices

Nokia and Yahoo! Extend Relationship to Bring Yahoo! Go for Mobile 2.0 to Nokia Devices

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) today expanded their relationship to make Yahoo! Go for Mobile 2.0 available on Nokia’s wide range of mobile phones operating on the Series 40 platform, the software user interface that powers Nokia’s broadest range of mobile devices. Beginning today consumers worldwide can download and enjoy Yahoo! Go for Mobile 2.0 on select Nokia devices including the Nokia 6103, Nokia 6131 and Nokia 5300 Xpress Music phones. In the first half of 2007, the companies will also make Yahoo! Go for Mobile 2.0 available for a wider range of devices and pre-load it onto millions of new Series 40 devices.

“The availability of Yahoo! Go for Mobile 2.0 for Nokia’s most popular mass-market devices will allow millions of consumers to unlock the power of their Nokia Series 40 device,” said Heikki Norta, senior vice president of Mobile Phones for Nokia. “The availability of familiar Yahoo! services on a mobile platform simplifies the Internet experience for these customers, who may otherwise not explore the full potential of their Nokia Series 40 device. This will allow more people to become part of the new generation of mobile Internet users, and to drive adoption of even more powerful devices in the future.”

Nokia and Yahoo! have worked together since April 2005 to give consumers the optimal Internet experience on their mobile devices. As a result, millions of Nokia mobile device owners are able to easily use Yahoo!’s innovative services to stay informed, entertained and in touch with their Internet community. The companies have expanded their relationship several times since then to include a wide range of Yahoo!’s services across the majority of Nokia’s mobile devices.

“As part of our goal of putting the Internet in every consumer’s pocket, Yahoo! is excited to expand its successful, long running relationship with Nokia to bring our groundbreaking Yahoo! Go for Mobile 2.0 service to consumers on their Nokia devices,” said Marco Boerries, senior vice president of Connected Life, Yahoo!. “Our innovative new service is designed to bring the Internet to the mobile phone and make it easy for the hundreds of millions of consumers with Nokia devices to stay connected to their community and the information that matters to them.”

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