Snapdeal.com partners with Jolla to promote Sailfish OS ecosystem in India

Details: James Barton; Category: Devices & Platforms; 10 March 2015; 7744 views

Finnish smartphone firm Jolla has partnered with the Indian e-commerce marketplace Snapdeal.com to form the Sailfish OS Alliance.

The alliance is a partner network designed to create opportunities for regional device vendors and premium internet service providers, who may not be able to develop their products with other mobile operating systems, such as 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.

Jolla and Snapdeal.com are aiming to address the increasing demand for differentiated mobile user experiences in the Indian market. Sailfish is the only commercially available mobile OS that offers the 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 via Android compatibility.

Sami Pienimäki, Co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Jolla comments: “This is a great opportunity for Indian brands to start offering differentiated products to the fast-growing Indian mobile market. With Sailfish OS, we can offer a new level of software user experience differentiation."

OEMs and ODMs, as well as leading internet, eCommerce, and content players have been invited to join the Sailfish OS alliance. Partners will get a privileged license to Sailfish OS to build a unique mobile offering, and to take full advantage of the flexibility and versatile features of Sailfish OS.