Nokia to set up server in India to promote email service

Nokia said in Monday that it would set up a server in India in November to promote its electronic http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/12489.html "> Mail Service in India under conditions of compliance with Indian government policies."

The Indian government has previously asked the BlackBerry maker rim to allow Indian law enforcement agencies access to some BlackBerry services before August 31. Nokia has the largest market share in the Indian smartphone market, according to data from Market research institute Gartner. Nokia has been running a beta version of Nokia's HTC service in India since last year.

The Indian government has asked the relevant service providers to provide BlackBerry Enterprise servers and timely information applications to ensure that the information services can be obtained by Indian security agencies, otherwise the services will be closed.

Reports say Indian officials are meeting in Delhi later today to make final judgments about the various solutions proposed by RIM. Security agencies ' access to corporate services is key to negotiations between the Indian government and rim, according to people familiar with the matter.

Nokia said earlier this month that it was ready to assist the Indian Government in its high level of security requirements and was setting up the required infrastructure. Nokia said in Monday that the company would comply with all the local regulations and policies put forward by the Indian authorities.

Anshul Gupta, Gartner's chief analyst, Ansour Gupta that India's handset sales will reach 140 million this year, with about 6% of its handsets being smartphones. India's telecoms regulator said India had added 18 million mobile subscribers in June and the total number of Indian mobile users reached 636 million.

Some companies that have previously used BlackBerrys are now considering allowing employees to use phones such as Apple's iphone and Nokia to access corporate mailboxes. IBM allows company employees in India to access company mailboxes from other permitted devices.