Nokia Likes VoIP After All

While Nokia took a walk on the dark side earlier this week announcing a solution for mobile operators that would allow them to effectively block certain types of traffic like (specifically P2P VoIP systems like Skype) on their networks, the company has now pronounced its love for all things IP. The Nokia announcement of an upgrade to its Flexi Intelligent Service Node (ISN) allows operators to identify and manage data streams according to its type of service.

Less than a week later the company is now singing the praises of IP saying the Internet is its saviour and will help the company drive its future growth.

Nokia CEO and President, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, told more than 2,000 people attending its Nokia World 2006 conference that the company expects the mobile Internet market to grow as high as 3 billion mobile subscriptions globally next year to as high as 4 billion subscriptions by 2010.