Nokia just announced that Telenor Pakistan, one of the leading mobile operators in Pakistan, will offer from now on the Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email solution to personal users, small to medium enterprises and large corporations. The Nokia service is branded by Telenor Pakistan as "SmartMail" and is available as of today.

Since March 2005, when Telenor Pakistan started its mobile operations, the company reached a top position in the competitive mobile market of Pakistan, where there are six major mobile operators for a population of more than 160 million. The mobile penetration rate reached about 43 percent in August this year, according to PTA (Pakistan Telecommunications Authority), which means there are about 70 million mobile subscribers in the country. Telenor Pakistan currently owns the largest and the fastest growing EDGE-based mobile data network and the Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email solution will probably make its subscribers base larger.

"Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email supports all kinds of mobile devices from entry level phones to high-end smartphones for professionals, this together with Telenor Pakistan's largest EDGE coverage in Pakistan will provide customer convinence to all service subscribers", said CMO Telenor Pakistan Sigvart Voss Eriksen. "A fast growing market such as ours demands a flexible solution that offers not only the possibility to host the solution for consumers and SMEs, but also to meet the special requirements of large corporations."

"Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email supports more than 100 devices from various vendors - the broadest support in the industry - allowing Telenor Pakistan to deploy email on a range of devices to meet the needs of various customers", said Scott Cooper, senior vice president, Mobility Solutions, Enterprise Solutions, Nokia. "Given the highly scalable platform, Telenor Pakistan is well prepared for further fast growth of their customer base, followed by increasing demand for mobile access to email."