Nokia and Yahoo! have decided to combine services on a world wide scale. Both companies will merge their strengths in email, IM, maps, and navigation services on both PC and mobile devices. Users can expect these services to be available in the 2nd half of 2010 and a global launch in 2011. More details and link to the official release below.
Nokia will be the exclusive, global provider of Yahoo!’s maps and navigation services, integrating Ovi Maps across Yahoo! properties, branded as “powered by Ovi.”
Yahoo! will become the exclusive, global provider of Nokia’s Ovi Mail and Ovi Chat services branded as “Ovi Mail / Ovi Chat powered by Yahoo!”
Nokia and Yahoo! plan to work on ID federation between their services, beginning by making it easy for people to use their Ovi user IDs across select Yahoo! properties to easily access the online content and services they need.
