'We were ahead of others when we launched our N-series in 2006 and 2007.'
Global beverages and snacks major PepsiCo on Monday roped in former Nokia head for emerging markets, including India, D Shivakumar as its Chairman and CEO, India Region.
According to a statement issued by the chief minister's office, the meeting will be held in Vidhana Souda conference Hall.
Behind a facade of calm Nokia is preparing for a bitter battle for market shares.
The company is already in the market with its flagship smartphone Nokia N8.
Nokia on Thursday announced installation of a server in India to enable security agencies lawfully intercept its email and messenger services, a move which may force BlackBerry to follow suite.
The company is in the process of testing solutions for these services.
Mobile handset prices will become more expensive as Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday announced one percent hike in the Central Excise duty for 130 items, including phones.
Finnish mobile handset firm Nokia on Monday said it will set up its enterprise server in India in November this year to adhere to the government's security concerns, a move that may force BlackBerry to also follow it.
We invited readers to send in thier experiences of meeting their idols and the lessons they learned from them. First up, Parag P Jain, a student of NMIMS, Mumbai, shares his experience of meeting D Shivakumar, managing director and vice president, Nokia India.
India will have 500 million mobile consumers by 2010 with 60 million mobile users having video capability, 100 million music capability, 200 million radio capability, 250 million camera capability and 250 million with Internet capability. These were some of the facts shared by D Shivakumar, vice-president and managing director, Nokia India, at the Goafest conclave. He said that in the next three years, India would add one and a half times more mobile users.
The company's reaction follows after some incidents of Nokia mobile phones exploding were reported from states such as West Bengal and Gujarat in the past few days.
During recession, consumers tend to vouch for safer choices, and that is where Nokia can build its brand during the downturn, says D Shivakumar, MD and VP-markets, Nokia India.
Valued at Euro 35 billion, Nokia is the world's fifth most valuable brand, after Coca Cola, Microsoft, IBM and General Electric. With annual turnover at 3.6 billion euro, India contributed nearly seven per cent to Nokia's total global revenues of 51 billion euro in 2007. Nokia has invested $ 210 million for setting up a manufacturing facility in Tamil Nadu and the Indian facility is 1 of the best among 9 Nokia factories. It has estimated 100mn new phone subscribers in India.
Nokia India is likely to ramp up its Chennai facility with an investment of $170 million over the next 18 months to upgrade machinery and enhance capacity.Nokia, which is planning to launch about 30 handsets in the next six months, expects its handset prices to fall by 20 per cent every year.
Pegging the growth of the Indian television market at about 10 per cent in the next five years, Philips India on Thursday said the biggest growth markets for TVs would be smaller towns and rural areas.
Karnataka goes to polls in about a fortnight and the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress is going toe-to-toe to win the elections, results of which will be announced on May 15. Here's a simple guide to all things about the Karnataka polls.
Beverage major PepsiCo, which pulled out as title sponsors of BCCI's Indian Premier League in October, on Thursday entered into a four-year partnership with the apex cricket body as an associate sponsor for all its international matches at home.
A large team led by Kumar Mangalam Birla has taken charge of the integration process.
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India was the flavour of the year, at least in the FMCG sector, as multinationals hiked stakes in their subsidiaries lured by long term potential of the country, while homegrown executives made their way to top hierarchy of global firms in 2013.
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