Espoo, Finland - Nokia and Italian operator, Wind Telecomunicazioni S.p.A. (Wind), have signed a contract that will see Nokia integrate a customized remote mobile email platform into the operator's network and host the commercial service.

The hosting model allows 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.
 
"Our strategy is to provide innovative services to our customers and Nokia's hosted mobile email solution allows us to do exactly that," says Maximo Ibarra, Marketing Mobile Director, Wind Telecomunicazioni S.p.A. "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," says 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 CAPEX and risk exposure."
 
Nokia Services feels that their broad business solution portfolio coupled with nearly 20 years experience in the field provides a good fit for operators who want to increase their efficiency and differentiate their offerings. Managed Services, including Mobility Hosting, and Consulting & Integration are the main growth areas of Nokia's Services business unit. Nokia has close to 60 contracts globally in the Managed Services and Mobility Hosting business.
 
Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email provides operators with a range of email solutions that spans virtually all market segments, from basic consumer email to a sophisticated, enterprise-class mobile email server for large groupware environments.
 
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