Nokia announced today that it’s going to discontinue one more OVI service, or more accurately you are still able to sync and back up your data, but the web access to your contacts on ovi.com will no longer be available. You will still have access to Ovi Contacts website till January 24, 2012.

Here’s some instructions if you are still in a need for this kind of web-based contacts service.

Second, if you would like to continue using a web-based contacts service, here are the steps you need to follow so you can export your contacts to alternative services like Hotmail, Microsoft Outlook 2010, Yahoo! Mail, gMail or Apple Address Book (Lion OS):

Visit contactsui.ovi.com from your personal computer.Login to your Ovi account.Click the green button below the message text.Save the file to your local drive (take a note of the folder you put it in).Click on the file to review and access your data fileYour contact data is in .csv format.Once you have selected an alternate contact service, follow their import instructions.When you asked to select a file for import, select to your Ovi Contact data file.Further information on this transition is available on our support pages.

Why this change? This was a business decision to help us focusing on our core service offerings with the new business unit Location & Commerce, established in July 2011 at the center of our revised services strategy. Thank you for using Ovi Contacts on the web. We look forward to bringing you new and exciting services from Nokia in the future so check back here periodically for more news. And feel free to provide your feedback on what you would like to see from Nokia in the comments below.