Yahoo! and Nokia have officially confirmed a global strategic alliance to extend the reach of their online services to provide consumers worldwide with integrated web services. The alliance will allow them to leverage their strengths in e-mail, instant messaging, maps and navigation across PC and mobile devices. As part of the alliance: 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'; and 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!'. The partners also 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. The companies will utilize their respective global distribution advantages and brand recognition across consumer audiences. Select, co-branded service offerings are expected to become available from second-half 2010, with global availability in 2011.
