Telefonica Delives Nokia Messaging to Latin America

Espoo, Finland-based mobile phone maker and leading wireless service provider Telefonica announced on Wednesday an agreement through which Nokia's email solution Nokia Messaging will become available on the Latin American market through Telefonica's airwaves. According to the mobile phone carrier, the availability of the service to its users is another step it takes towards helping the development of mobile experiences in the region.

Nokia's Messaging solution is meant to offer users a simple method to simplify the mobilization of their email accounts. The solution enables mobile phone users to access a number of up to 10 email accounts directly from their handsets, and comes with a very simple setup process that eliminates unnecessary intermediate steps. Moreover, it also comes with push-email technology, so that users are prompted anytime a new message arrives in their inbox, delivering the emails directly to the mobile device.

According to Nokia, its email service is compatible with a wide range of Internet and email service providers (ISPs), including highly popular ones, such as Gmail, Yahoo!Mail, and Windows Live Hotmail, as well as local ones, such as Terra, telefonica.net, and thousands more. Nokia Messaging works on a variety of Nokia devices already available in the region, including QWERTY keyboard ones like Nokia E71, Nokia E63 and Nokia E75, or models that will soon become available for purchase in Latin America, such as the Nokia E72 and the Nokia 6790.

“With this service, Nokia and Telefonica seek to meet the growing demand from consumers to access their email accounts at all times, anywhere. With the adoption rate of mobile communications in the region at 80 percent, the potential to benefit millions of users with Nokia Messaging is extensive,” Marieta del Rivero, vice president of Nokia for Telefonica, stated on the occasion. “The goal is to democratize the use of electronic mail on cell phones and take the mobile e-mail to the largest possible number of users,” del Rivero also added.