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Chapter 697
Before the appearance of the Alcatel P1 mobile phone, the leader in the mobile phone industry has become Nokia, which is leading the trend of the times.

In my impression, Nokia's mobile phones seem to have little impression except for roughness resistance, but in fact, Nokia was the most willing to try new things in those years when it was the mobile phone hegemony, and launched various bold new mobile phones Design is far more playful than a certain fruit, and it is much more courageous!
But now, Nokia is going to start referring to the design of another mobile phone brand. Ollila is naturally very dissatisfied with this situation. He has spent several years rebuilding Nokia from the ruins, not for Nokia to follow It was picked up behind other mobile phone brands.

But form is better than people, whether Ollila is willing or not, the Alcatel mobile phone is leading the trend of mobile phones now!

All the people present were Nokia executives, including the vice president of Nokia, who had fought side by side with Ollila for many years. Piedilla, who was in high positions in Nokia's persuasion, Chief Strategy Officer Marty Alahuta, Nokia's phone department Head Karasvaugh et al.

In addition to these candidates for the head of Nokia who have attracted attention from the outside world, there is another person present. Kallasvuo Kallasvuo, who was the head of Nokia North America last year, was transferred back to Nokia headquarters by Ollila to serve as Nokia's chief operating officer!
This step made the outside world think that Kallasvuo had officially joined the candidate list for the head of Nokia. Although he seemed not as famous as Marty Alahuta and Karaswo, Ollila's promotion made him Kallasvuo's fame increased greatly.

Faced with Ollila's question, everyone was a little silent. In the past, Alcatel mobile phones were used by Nokia in Europe. Nokia never thought about using Alcatel mobile phones as opponents.

But now, the name Alcatel mobile phone has officially become a headache for Nokia. In terms of sales, Nokia is still far ahead, but it is aggressively chased by Alcatel mobile phone.

"In terms of design, P2 does not have such a major change as last year's P1. As long as it is still functional, Alcatel mobile phones show signs of shifting to mobile phone systems and network functions!"

The one who spoke was Adam Grind, head of Nokia's mobile phone design department. As the design director of Nokia, Grind saw the changes in the P2 mobile phone at a glance.

MP3 music, e-books, ring tones, and MMS functions seem to be quite a lot, but they are all extensions of the Internet functions of mobile phones. In terms of mobile phone design, to be honest, the changes are not too great, that is to say, the biggest change of P2 mobile phones , not those designs, but the functions of the mobile phone. What it sells to users are these novel functions, not the weight of the mobile phone, how durable it is, how long the battery can last, and so on.

To describe it in one sentence, the P2 mobile phone is not only providing food and clothing for users, but also paying more attention to the spiritual needs of users...

Whether this change is good or bad, whether users will accept it, and whether Nokia will follow up are all questions.

"If Nokia's next mobile phone launches MP3, CRBT and those games, how long will it take to develop?!"

Ollila frowned, and still asked, this week, the Alcatel P2 mobile phone will go on sale. Is it selling well? In fact, I will know tomorrow morning that the Alcatel P2 mobile phone has begun to accept orders from users around the world. .

There will definitely be moisture in this kind of reservation, but some clues can also be seen from the scheduled amount of P2. Now it depends on whether Nokia will follow up.

Hearing Ollila's words, Grindel looked a little embarrassed, and didn't speak for a while, which made Ollila a little impatient, "What's going on?"

Facing Ollila's urging, Grindel said, "These functions are not technically difficult, the key is..."

Seeing Ollila, Piedilla, Marty Alahuta, Karasvuo and other Nokia bigwigs looking at him with dissatisfaction, Grinder dared not delay any longer.

"Patents and Telecommunications Technology!"

"I just had someone check it out. Alcatel mobile phone has obtained the global patent of MP3 player. Any manufacturer who wants to install MP3 on mobile phone for sale must obtain the authorization of Alcatel mobile phone and pay the fee!
Mobile phone technology is only the most basic thing for functions such as color ring tones and multimedia messages. The key is the support of mobile communication manufacturers. Among the telecom companies in the world, only American Telecom supports the functions of color ring tones and multimedia messages!
Those games on P1 are not difficult, if they are imitated, find a game manufacturer, and they should be able to develop them within seven weeks, but..."

When Grindel said this, he clearly felt that something was wrong with Ollila's expression, but he could only bite the bullet and continue, "All new games need to be reviewed by the Symbian system before they go online. All right, unless Nokia withdraws from the Symbian System Alliance and WAP Forum agreements, etc., it does not have to abide by these agreements!"

Hearing this, Ollila finally laughed angrily, "Withdraw from the Symbian alliance, what system should Nokia use, Microsoft's paid WP system, or beg Plam's Hawkins?

Do Nokia phones still need to go online? ! "

Now there are only a few mobile phone operating systems. If you don’t use Zhang San’s, you have to use Li Si’s. Compared with the more mature and stable Symbian system that has been developed and is free, Plam and WP are all charged.

In addition, the most important point is that the WAP forum protocol that allows mobile phones to access the Internet is dominated by Symbian. Now all mobile phones in the world want to enable the Internet function, they must be authorized by the WAP forum protocol. Systems such as WP and Plam are now They are still black households, and they have not been allowed to join the WAP forum yet!
The Symbian system did not say that it would be bound to the WAP forum, but it was choked to prevent WP, Plam and other systems from joining the WAP forum. They can join in the future, but the right to speak must belong to the Symbian system.

Internet access has become a standard feature of mobile phones, and quitting the Symbian system alliance means quitting the WAP forum, and the mobile phone will no longer even think about surfing the Internet!
At this time, Ollila discovered that Nokia had fallen into the Alcatel mobile phone and Symbian system. The big web weaved was like a spider web. With various patents, technologies, and exclusive agreements, Nokia was It's getting tighter and tighter, and now I can't get out of it!

"That is to say, if Nokia wants to launch MP3 functions, e-books, ring tones and other functions, it still needs permission from Alcatel mobile phones?!"

Pierre asked with wide-eyed eyes, it's not that Nokia hasn't filed a patent lawsuit for so many years, and now Nokia is the world's largest mobile phone patent provider, even Alcatel mobile phones have used some Nokia patents to pay Nokia with patent fees.

Nokia has always been the one who cuts the wool, but now it is going to be cut by someone, how can Piedilla bear it.

"Actually, not only MP3, mobile email, mobile ICQ, mobile alarm clock, etc., must be authorized by Alcatel mobile phones before they can be installed on Nokia mobile phones!"

Grinde resigned to his fate and said, of course Nokia made their own cellphones, but the content on the cellphones, from the moment Nokia accepted the Symbian system, was almost given over by Alcatel Mobile Phones and a number of brother companies, ICQ, Fortinet Antivirus, etc. contracted.

There was silence in Ollila's office. Only now did Nokia feel the influence brought by the free operating system, and once again verified a sentence, the free one is the most expensive.

With the Symbian system, even if Nokia wants to make small moves, develop some games and software imitating Alcatel mobile phones, it will not pass the review of the Symbian system...

"I think that Alcatel mobile phones should not be stuck with patents such as MP3, but they may need to pay a fee!" Grindel said.

Ollila took a deep breath. This situation is not a good thing for Nokia, but at most it is a hidden danger. Compared with when he took over Nokia, Nokia was going to collapse at any time, it was just a little trouble.

"Now is not the time to withdraw from the Symbian system alliance, before there is no new mobile phone system that can completely replace the Symbian system!"

Ollie said calmly, not in a hurry to turn his face, "Go talk to Alcatel mobile phone and Symbian system, get the MP3 patent authorization, let Nokia start cooperation with American Telecom, the next generation of Nokia mobile phones must have P2 function!"

"Kamperike, you have to be responsible for developing the North American and Asian markets for Nokia. This is the most important market for Nokia in the future. Nokia must not lose these markets!"

Ollila said to Kallasvuo that Europe is the home of Nokia, and Alcatel mobile phones in Europe cannot affect Nokia's position, but in North America and emerging mobile phone markets such as Asia, the competition between Alcatel mobile phones and Nokia is much more intense. Yes, he transferred Kallasvuo back to let him help Nokia win the war in these places, not just to make him a candidate for the head.

"Nokia has set up a software department. It must have its own mobile phone system and software, and go to Microsoft to cooperate with WP system. Nokia will not always use Symbian!"

Ollila said categorically that she was unwilling to let Nokia stay under the Alcatel mobile phone for a long time.

In the same situation as Nokia, as well as Motorola, Ericsson, Sony, Samsung and other mobile phone manufacturers, they have actually been taught a lesson by Alcatel mobile phones. If they want to launch the same functions as P2, they must obtain the approval of Alcatel mobile phones. Okay, but even if they are disgusted, they can only bite the bullet and cooperate with Alcatel mobile phones. Otherwise, why would they fool users into buying a new generation of mobile phones?

After the launch of the P2 mobile phone, the official website and Amazon, eBay and other e-commerce platforms opened up the pre-order function. As long as you pay, on the day of the P2 release, these users who have paid will be the first to get the phone, so you don’t have to worry about buying it. less than.

On the day of the press conference, apart from P2, the most spectacular websites were Scour, whose valuation soared dozens of times overnight...

(End of this chapter)