Nokia, Bridge sign deal

Nokia, Bridge sign deal

JAKARTA (JP): Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia announced on
Saturday a partnership agreement with Bridge Information Systems
to provide BridgeConnect, a financial information service for
mobile phone users.

The vice president for Asia Pacific at Nokia Mobile Phones,
Nigel Litchfield, said BridgeConnect, which initially is
targeting the Asia Pacific market, would enable Nokia mobile
phone users to access real-time financial information, including
stock quotes, market movers, local and foreign currencies, news
headlines and stock indices, while on the move.

"We believe that value added services such as BridgeConnect
respond to the increasing demand among mobile phone users to
access critical business information while on the move. More and
more, today's consumers are using mobile phones for data as well
as voice communications," he said.

Litchfield said BridgeConnect delivered the most recent
information from around the world using the Wireless Application
Protocol codeveloped by Nokia. (gis)