Report: Yahoo teaming with Nokia on new mobile services

Yahoo is reportedly poised to introduce a series of new mobile services developed in conjunction with handset maker Nokia (NYSE:NOK). All Things Digital reports Yahoo will officially confirm the Nokia partnership during a press event Monday--dubbed "Project Nike" in reference to the Greek goddess of victory, the collaboration is expected to yield Yahoo search, email and related applications integrated across a range of Nokia devices. Sources indicate Yahoo and Nokia have circled around such a deal for several years but only recently fast-tracked their negotiations--a Yahoo-themed Nokia phone was previously under discussion, but is not expected to be part of next week's announcement.

A Nokia spokesperson told FierceMobileContent "We don't comment on market rumor or speculation." At press time, Yahoo had not responded to a request for comment.

The Nokia deal follows weeks after Yahoo announced it will extend its global partnership with Samsung, launching a host of mobile services across devices running the handset maker's own bada operating system as well as Google's Android. Per terms of the agreement Samsung will preload branded Yahoo solutions including Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Messenger, Yahoo Front Page, Yahoo Search, Flickr and Yahoo News. Yahoo and Samsung first partnered in 2007--the firms say the new deal will enable millions of additional Samsung device owners to access Yahoo services.

For more on the Yahoo/Nokia agreement:
- read this All Things Digital article

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