14 DAY TRIAL // Wireless carrier Telecom Italia and Espoo, Finland-based phone maker Nokia announced today that the easy-to-use messaging service Nokia Messaging would come to mobile phone users in Italy starting with mid-September. Telecom Italia subscribers will be able to enjoy the Nokia Messaging push email service, along with new offers for sending and receiving emails directly from their handsets.
"With this service, Nokia and Telecom Italia join forces to drive mobile messaging adoption for their customers using Nokia solutions and Telecom Italia special data plans. We are glad to satisfy the growing consumer demand to access email accounts directly from the device whenever they want, wherever they are. The objective is to bring mobile email to everyone and make it easily accessible to the largest number of users possible," said Alessandro Mondini Branzi, General Manager, Nokia Italia.
Nokia Messaging is a service that enables users mobilize multiple emails in a simple manner. At the same time, it also comes with push technology that ensures the messages are sent automatically to the user's phone. Up to ten personal email accounts can be set up on a single device, and the service features support for Gmail, Yahoo!Mail, and Windows Live Hotmail, as well as for other email accounts, including alice.it, TIN.it, or virgilio.it.
TIM customers will have the opportunity to choose a new MAXXI Mail offering, which delivers them 1GB of storage a month. The possibility to check one’s email while on the road comes at only EUR 4 per month including VAT. Telecom Italia announced new offers for business customers as well, starting with the daily usage option that costs EUR 1 a day, and going all the way to monthly-subscription options.
The service can be enjoyed in Italy on a number of 30 Nokia Symbian devices, the duo announced, and the list includes the Nokia E75, Nokia E55, Nokia N97, Nokia E71 and Nokia N95 8GB, along with other popular handsets. All that users will have to do is to enter their email and password on their phone, and the emails will be pushed to the handsets. More details on the service can be found here.