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T-Mobile Announce Partnership On Mobile Services For N-Gage06
February 2003 T-Mobile International and Nokia announced
that they have agreed to co-develop innovative mobile services globally
for the Nokia N-Gage™ game deck. The Nokia N-Gage game deck enables
an enriched interactive gaming experience by introducing an innovative
wireless multiplayer platform for both local and remote gaming. As
part of this partnership, Nokia and T-Mobile are working to create
high quality games and integrated games services available globally
for N-Gage consumers via T-Mobile's network. T-Mobile will in addition
develop and offer this platform in the future to other operators in
the industry. As a result, mobile gamers will have
an easy to use experience that allows the download of games and game
related content using the latest technologies. T-Mobile's intent is
to be the first network operator in deploying games commercially for
the Nokia N-Gage game deck in Europe and in the US market, with online
functionality. Nikesh Arora, CMO, T-Mobile International
comments, "This partnership with Nokia emphasizes both T-Mobile's
commitment to significantly growing the mobile data market with pioneering
partnerships and a firm belief that gaming and entertainment will be
key drivers to mass market usage of mobile data. Mobile gaming represents
the next step in the evolution of the games industry, by adding interactivity,
and mobility to traditional gaming options." "Working
with a leading mobile operator like T-Mobile means that we can offer
N-Gage consumers a total package of both exciting,innovative games
as well as integrated mobile game services. Gamerswill be able to take
advantage of the unique capabilities that the Nokia N-Gage offers,
including multiplayer games over GPRS and mobile game services like
downloading game content or uploading high scores and screenshots,"
said Ilkka Raiskinen, Senior Vice President, Entertainment and Media
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