Mobile: Nokia is to intensify its efforts in mobile services in the next few years

[ft] Nokia on Thursday pledged to accelerate its efforts to sell mobile phones that come equipped with services such as e-mail, maps and music.

Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, Nokia’s chief executive, unveiled a target for the company to have 300m users of its mobile services by the end of 2011.

Nokia’s new statement of intent was partly a response to scepticism by some industry analysts about whether the company can move beyond its position as the world’s largest mobile phone maker to also become a successful services company.

But it also underlines the intensifying battle over the mobile internet.

Nokia to accelerate mobile services push