Nokia to add IBM’s Lotus email to smartphones
Nokia smartphones will be able to access IBM Lotus Notes corporate email starting from next month, the two firms said on Thursday, as the world’s top handset maker battles Blackberry-maker RIM. Nokia said thanks to the new software more than 80 million users of its smartphones can access IBM’s Lotus Notes email. In September Nokia signed a similar deal with Microsoft, the leading corporate email provider. “With this partnership we are able to mobilize close to 90 percent of corporate emails without any extra investments from corporations,” Ilari Nurmi, VP at Nokia, told Reuters. “A lot of companies have servers in place and a lot of Nokia devices on the premises. It’s an important factor in cost-conscious times,” Nurmi said. Nokia dropped development of its own corporate email product this year, opting to look for partners instead while focusing on developing phones for business users to better challenge RIM, the leading mobile email vendor. The announcement comes against a backdrop of falling demand for cellphones worldwide as the global economy falters, with Nokia warning last week that it expects industry volumes in 2009 to contract. Some analysts have tapped smartphones as the market segment with the best hope for growth in 2009.
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