State-run, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has entered into an agreement with Bharat Berry Technologies to offer push e-mail services to its subscribers across the country.

BSNL said in a statement that the service will be rolled out for all BSNL GSM mobile subscribers in all telecom circles in the country. The operator has already launched the Bharat Berry services with MTNL Delhi and MTNL Mumbai.

The Push e-mail feature, found on most smartphones, allows users to access latest emails on their handheld devices in real time. The feature actively transfers emails to the mobile devices and world uninterrupted.

The mobile communication service Bharat Berry is compatible with most mobile phones and offers an advanced push mail with cloud-based backup of the user's contacts, tasks, calendar and notes. The two companies are aiming to provide to service to handsets running on BlackBerry, Symbian, Android, Windows Mobile and J2ME covering most handsets in the country.

R. K. Upadhyay, chairman and managing director, BSNL said, "As the mobile data connectivity is improving and data usage is growing, more and more customers are looking for push e-mail solution on their mobile handsets as a productivity tool and as a means to remain connected."