That means Nokia has another ten days in which to get the service up and running in order to meet its self-imposed May deadline, and make a splash before Apple details the next iPhone at its Developer Conference on June 8th.

A Reuters report cites company officials as saying the launch is on-track, though they would not give an exact date for the go-live.

Last month Nokia said it has signed up "thousands" of content providers for Ovi Store, which its says will be accessible from 50 million handset globally.

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