MUMBAI: Nokia have announced that their Ovi Store has received a boost, with downloads increasing to 2.3 million per day.

With this Nokia has seen an increase of over 300K downloads over the past couple of weeks. The number of active users has also increased to 140 million worldwide, with more than 200,000 users signing up each day.

This rise in popularity has also led to 70 developers and publishers each surpassing the million download mark for their content in the Ovi Store, including major names such as Gameloft and Electronic Arts.

Nokia Services executive VP Tero Ojanper?¤ said, With a new generation of amazing devices, like the Nokia N8, developers are looking at Ovi as a good business decision and a chance to innovate and create next-generation mobile experiences for our family of new Symbian smartphones....

Looks like Nokia could be ready to give a tough fight to its competitors once again.