Nokia, the global leader in mobility, and Handango, the leading provider of mobile downloads, have announced that Handango will be a key content provider through the Preminet Solution, making its best-in-class mobile content available as part of the end-to-end content distribution and transaction service for mobile network operators worldwide.

Designed to streamline the distribution process for innovative and fully certified mobile content and applications, Preminet consists of the Preminet Master Catalog, Preminet Service Delivery Platform and Preminet Purchasing Client, an innovative software application that makes it easy for end-users to discover, try and buy mobile software. Under terms of the new agreement, operators using the Preminet Purchasing Client can choose to complement the content offered in the Preminet Master Catalog with select content and applications from Handango's catalog of more than 11,000 Symbian OS(TM) and Java(TM) titles, including games, business applications, productivity titles, ringtones and more. Handango will optimize its data feeds to be compatible with the Purchasing Client and will also provide commerce services to those operators utilizing Handango's content through the client.

"We're excited to be working with Nokia as part of Preminet," said Randy Eisenman, president & CEO of Handango. "The integration of our content catalog, which has been chosen and endorsed by leading mobile operators worldwide, into the Preminet Purchasing Client provides operators with the greatest selection of premier content for their customers."

Developed and operated by Forum Nokia, Nokia's global developer support program, Preminet provides a flexible, operator-brandable platform for launching new applications and services to consumers, including a complete solution for delivery, billing and revenue distribution.

"Integrating access to industry-leading content from Handango into the Preminet Purchasing Client is a very important step," said Steen Thygesen, director, platform solutions, Forum Nokia. "Working with Handango delivers on Preminet's promise to offer an open, flexible content delivery solution that operators can customize to meet the needs of their end-users."

Preminet sources premium Java and Symbian OS software from leading developers and content aggregators around the globe, giving them access to the wireless industry's largest addressable market. Java is the leading platform for mobile software worldwide with over 350 million handsets in the marketplace, while Symbian is the most popular smartphone platform in the world, running over two-thirds of the world's www.nokia.com/preminet.