In an update on the performance of Ovi, Nokia has laid claim to being "the largest single source of digital downloaded music revenue in Brazil, Mexico, India, Finland and South Africa." That's a pretty bold claim, but then how many sources of downloaded music revenue are there anyway? This needs to be put into context - CRBT, which is probably larger than digital downloads as a category in India, isn't downloaded. Airtel had earlier laid claim to being the largest music company in India, but this is just positioning. (Also read: Airtel Claims To Be India’s Largest Music Company; We Do The Math ) Other stats from Ovi: - Ovi Store downloads are at 2.3 million per day - 70 developers have crossed 1 million download mark each (including the three mentioned below) - Ovi Mail and Ovi Chat have surpassed 17 million accounts - Nokia Messaging currently delivers push email and instant messaging to an active user base of 4 million people - Ovi Life Tools and its agricultural, educational and entertainment services for entry markets has attracted more than 4.7 million subscribers in China, India and Indonesia. Nokia plans to offer to developers, free Java and Symbian signing, in-app purchase and beta in-app advertising programs, improved revenue share and advanced developer analytics, and offer users an updated Ovi store experience on the N8. Indiagames, Spice Labs And PlayBuff Shine Three Indian companies - UTV owned Indiagames, BK Modi's Spice Labs and little known Arch Mobile Solutions (Playbuff) from Chandigarh have crossed…
