Press Releases

All-in-one business smartphone, the Nokia E7, arrives in South Africa

24 March 2011

Success is what you make it!

The highly anticipated Nokia E7 has arrived in South Africa.

Nokia’s Ovi Store Downloads Hit 3 Million a Day as Developer Support Surges

18 November 2010

More than 400,000 new developers in past 12 months; 92 developers each top 1 million download mark; 1.5 million downloads of Qt software development toolkits 

Pay for your favourite Ovi Store apps and content via SMS

08 July 2010

Buying applications via your credit card is now a thing of the past. Consumers can now pay for content from Ovi Store with their pre-paid and cellphone contract credit via the newly released integrated SMS service. Visit http://www.ovi.com on your phone and get your favourite apps today.

Nokia mobilises global network of music fans to support Haiti relief efforts

24 February 2010

Nokia is using its global network of online music stores to encourage music fans around the world to raise money for charities supporting the relief efforts in Haiti and download the official charity single, “Everybody Hurts.” 

Ovi Store by Nokia: Now open for business

16 July 2009

Customers can now visit store.ovi.com through their Nokia device browser, or via PC, to immediately begin downloading, personalising and making their Nokia devices smarter and more fun with applications, games, videos, podcasts, productivity tools, web and location-based services and much more.

Nokia announces South African developer contest

16 June 2009

Nokia today announced the South African Calling All Innovators competition, a contest for developers to create locally relevant, best-of-breed mobile applications for South Africans.

Nokia Music Store live in South Africa

24 April 2009

Nokia today opened the virtual doors of the South African Nokia Music Store at music.nokia.co.za. The store offers millions of local and international tracks including Prime Circle, Karen Zoid, Proverb and Simphiwe Dana.