Nokia helps French Telecom subscribers access content on their home pc’s

Nokia and France Telecom have signed a contract that will see Nokia integrate a customized remote content service and related platforms into the operator’s network.  Nokia will also host the commercial service, thus enabling France Telecom to roll out the solution more quickly and efficiently.

The service, developed with France Telecom according to its broad market and customer understanding, will enable France Telecom’s Orange mobile customers to remotely access their personal photos, videos and music stored on their PC at home, as well as to watch, view and listen to them from anywhere on their Orange mobile device. The service marks the first convergent application implemented by Nokia to France Telecom.

"Mon PC à distance" users simply need to download client software from Orange’s web site to their PCs at home.  No specific client is needed on their mobile devices.  Indeed, any mobile device having standard browsing and multimedia capabilities is compatible with "my remote PC" service, although the advanced browsing, image and sound capabilities of the Nokia Nseries will leverage this new exciting "place & time shift" experience even further.

Source: Nokia PR

BRILLIANT

A carrier who has come to the realization that people should find content themselves and that their role is purely as the pipe that data must travel thru.

This is what the future is my friends, carriers selling features based around their network, not around content deals with media companies. Why would a carrier want to provide content is beyond me, the money is better spent improving and expanding the network.