China Set to Grant Nokia Digital Mapping Rights, Google Nowhere in Sight

Nokia's is on track to get an official license to offer online digital map services in China, according to some reports. It would become the first foreign company to win the right. Will this give Ovi maps a new lease on life? It just might--since Google won't be competing. 

China's been dropping the ban-hammer on many online operations this year, in an attempt to control how the Web influences its culture and government control over the society. And back in May the government placed an...