Telenor Pakistan selects Nokia Intellisync wireless email

Mobile operator Telenor Pakistan will offer Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email to its consumer customers, small-medium enterprises (SMEs), and large corporations, branded as “SmartMail”.

Telenor Pakistan started mobile operations in March 2005 and owns the fastest growing and the largest mobile data network (EDGE based), in the highly competitive mobile market of Pakistan. According to Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) the mobile penetration rate reached 43% in August 2007. By comparison, Pakistan’s fixed line market is moving slowly, reaching only a tenth of the mobile teledensity.

“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.

“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.

Nokia’s wireless email is part of the Intellisync Mobile Suite that provides access to powerful collaboration tools such as email, contacts, calendar, device management and synchronization of files, data and enterprise applications. It works in any groupware environment – ISP, Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes or Groupwise and can run on any kind of device platform – Symbian, Windows, Palm J2ME, or Pocket PC.