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Nokia's New Portal Takes On Tech's Biggest

New Ovi.com platform will go head-to-head with likes of Google

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 4, 2007 11:59 PM CST
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(Newser) – Nokia has announced bold plans to move beyond mobile phones and compete head-on with big tech and Internet names like Apple, Google and Microsoft, PC World reports. Its Ovi.com site will act as a gateway to all of its music, photo-sharing and games services: "Ovi" is the Finnish for "door".

Nokia sells more than a third of the world's mobiles and is gambling that mobiles will become the main way people access the net in the future—giving Nokia a new source of revenue to offset the falling price of phones.  "It's the foundation from which we'll expand Nokia in new directions," said Nokia's CEO.

Nokia's chief executives. Nokia's announced ambitious plans to take on the big names of the Internet through it's new Ovi.com platform.
Nokia's chief executives. Nokia's announced ambitious plans to take on the big names of the Internet through it's new Ovi.com platform.   (Getty Images (by Event))
Kai Oistamo, Executive Vice President and General Manager of...
Kai Oistamo, Executive Vice President and General Manager of...   (Getty Images)
Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, Chief Executive Officer of Nokia. Nokia's aiming to become as big a name on the Internet as it is in the world of mobile phones.
Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, Chief Executive Officer of Nokia. Nokia's aiming to become as big a name on the Internet as it is in the world of mobile phones.   (Getty Images)
Security guards look at the new building of Nokia's flagship store after its opening ceremony Friday Oct. 26, 2007 in Shanghai, China. Nokia is the biggest mobile phone maker in the world, but it's look to expand its presence on the Web as well. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Security guards look at the new building of Nokia's flagship store after its opening ceremony Friday Oct. 26, 2007 in Shanghai, China. Nokia is the biggest mobile phone maker in the world, but it's look...   (Associated Press)
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