Jolla partners with Snapdeal; expects high growth of ‘Sailfish OS Alliance’ in India
Jolla has partnered with Snapdeal.com to introduce the aim to introduce ‘Sailfish OS Alliance’ and promote the Sailfish OS based mobile ecosystem in India . ‘Sailfish OS Alliance’ can create new opportunities for regional device vendors and premium internet service providers, who may not be able to develop their products with other mobile operating systems, like with Android OS.
The ‘Sailfish OS alliance’ also secures higher and more sustainable average revenue per user (ARPU) throughout the whole lifetime of the product or service. Sami Pienimäki, Co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Jolla said, “With Sailfish OS, we can offer a whole new level of software user experience differentiation, currently unseen in the mobile industry.”
With ‘Sailfish OS Alliance’ in India, Jolla and Snapdeal.com are answering to the increasing demand for creating differentiated mobile user experiences in the market. Jolla's Sailfish OS is the only commercially available mobile OS that offers the unique opportunity for local businesses to integrate their services on a prominent location in the user interface, while offering a ready access to a wide range of applications thanks to its Android app compatibility. Integrating local payment solutions, and the Snapdeal.com service, the offering is perfect for successful mobile business.
Tony Navin, Senior Vice President of Snapdeal.com, comments: “We see a strongly growing demand for differentiated and versatile mobile offerings in India, and for this Jolla and Sailfish OS offer a solution that will be appreciated by all. We are very excited about this new level of partnership with Jolla.”
Open industry invitation to the Sailfish OS alliance
Earlier this week, Jolla announced that it is inviting OEMs, ODMs, and leading internet, eCommerce, and content players to join the ‘Sailfish OS alliance’. By joining the alliance, partners will get a privileged license to Sailfish OS to build an own unique mobile offering, and to take full advantage of the flexibility and versatile features of Sailfish OS.
Jolla also invites regional internet leaders especially from Russia, India, China and Japan, which are large enough markets and have strong interest to build their independent mobile ecosystems. Jolla is currently working in close cooperation with leading software companies Tieto Corporation and The Qt Company to provide full-scale system integration and solution capabilities for partners in the development of Sailfish OS based mobile products.
