Nokia and Italian operator, Wind Telecomunicazioni announced they have signed a contract that puts Nokia in charge of integrating a customized remote mobile email platform into Wind's network, and hosting the commercial service. The hosting model will allow Wind to focus on marketing and developing its customer relationship, while Nokia takes care of mobile email operations and service availability.

The service, branded as Leonardo Mail and Leonardo WEB Mail, is based on Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email solution and provides mobile email, attachment handling, calendar, contacts and tasks to Wind enterprise customers. Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email provides operators with a range of email solutions that address the needs of all market segments, from basic consumer email to a sophisticated, enterprise-class mobile email server for large group environments.

"Our strategy is to provide innovative services to our customers and Nokia's hosted mobile email solution allows us to do exactly that," said Maximo Ibarra, Marketing Mobile Director of Wind Telecomunicazioni. "We will provide Leonardo services to our enterprise customers and are confident that this cooperation with a reliable supplier like Nokia will further strengthen Wind's competitive position in the Italian market."

"We are pleased to support Wind in bringing new services to the market," said Roberto Bagnoli, Account Director, Networks, Nokia. "Nokia's common platforms and integration services allow us to help the operator to bring new services to the market faster, while Nokia Mobility Hosting ensures that the operator benefits from lower up-front capital expenditures and risk exposure."

Managed Services, including Mobility Hosting, and Consulting & Integration are the main growth areas of Nokia's Services business unit. Nokia is a major player in the Managed Services and Mobility Hosting business with close to 60 contracts globally.