The chief of Nokia has said that he can see his company following Apple's lead in demanding that mobile firms give them a cut of ongoing subscription charges when they secure custom because of a Nokia device.
As previously reported, word has it Apple's exclusivity deals with phone firms like O2 in the UK and T Mobile in Germany see the tel cos passing a cut on ongoing phone charges to the computer firm over and above the initial cost of the phone. Nokia chief Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo has said he can see his firm demanding similar cuts - not on basic phones - but on phones that come bundled with content services, such as phones which include the previously reported Comes With Music package (where phone owners get a year's free access to a big catalogue of tracks).
Speaking to German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, Kallasvuo said: "'When it involves mobile phones, we'll be staying with our existing business model, which means getting paid for the device itself. But where we provide new services [like Comes With Music], a turnover share is entirely possible".