Later, he joined Ericsson India where he handled corporate affairs and communication.
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HC restrains Nokia from selling, transferring ownership rights in India.
Income Tax Department has slapped fresh tax notice on Nokia India, tax authorities said.
Nokia India, however, stuck to its offer and said it is for the department to decide if they are better off with the proposed amount or without it.
Tax authorities had already sent a notice to Nokia India for failing to collect tax deducted at source.
The cellphone giant is slowly turning into an Internet services firm.
Microsoft is lucky to dodge Nokia's tax bill in India. On Dec. 12, the Delhi High Court allowed the Finnish group to transfer its Chennai factory to the U.S. software giant as part of its planned $7.4 billion sale of its mobile handset business.
Success of Nokia in India has motivated Finnish companies to look at the country as an attractive investment destination, especially its lucrative telecom sector.
he company said that though Katama has decided to quit, he would play a consulting role for a 'fixed' period.
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Employees at Nokia's Chennai plant are not so keen to shift their base.
About 900 employees would lose their jobs following the suspension of operations at the plant.
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On March 14, the Supreme Court had ordered Nokia India to give Rs 3,500 crore (Rs 35 billion) as guarantee before it transfers the plant to Microsoft.
Last Friday, the apex court had ordered Nokia to give a Rs 3,500-crore (Rs 35-billion) guarantee before it transferred its Sriperumbudur facility, one of its biggest plants globally.
5G networks in India can be deployed in three months but in limited areas as the optical fibre based infrastructure to support the technology is not ready yet, telecom industry players said on Tuesday. Nokia India head of marketing and corporate affairs Amit Marwah said that India has to take a call on deployment of 5G services otherwise it will miss to take advantage of the next generation technology that it can bring for the economy.
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.
Nokia-Microsoft transfer deal transaction is now subject only to certain customary closing conditions.
The Department of Telecom on Tuesday approved applications of telecom companies -- Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and MTNL -- for conducting 5G trials but none of them will be using technologies of Chinese entities. The list of telecom gear makers approved for trials include Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung, C-DOT and Reliance Jio's indigenously developed technologies.
The phone has the ability to store up to 6,000 songs on a 32 GB memory card.
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.
Nokia has tied up with Citibank, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, Standard Chartered, HSBC, ICICI Bank and SBI Cards for the EMI scheme and the offer will be available to consumers with credit cards from any of these banks.
Nokia is keen to shift its Chennai plant to Vietnam.
Cell phone manufacturer Nokia India said on Friday it has started negotiations with various state governments to finalise the location of its proposed mobile handset manufacturing plant.
The warning came after Nokia Chairman and interim chief executive officer Risto Siilasmaa met Commerce Minister Anand Sharma and tax authorities in a bid to resolve the Rs 21,153-crore (Rs 211.53 billion) liability it faces.
Union Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said she will pursue the matter with the finance ministry
This is the third meeting between the two parties, including one in which the Company Law Board had taken part.
The price of the device will be disclosed on October 10 but as per estimates, it will be available in the range of Rs 47,000-Rs 48,000.
Lumia 925 costs Rs 33,449 and 625 will be available for Rs 19,999.
The Income Tax department has informed the Delhi High Court that Nokia India and Nokia Corporation owe it Rs 21,153 crore (Rs 211.53 billion) as total tax liability (existing and anticipated), including penalty during a seven-year period from 2006-2013.
Authorities have put forward a tax demand of Rs 2,080 crore.
Last week, Nokia offered financial help to employees who wished to explore opportunities elsewhere
The application has been launched for its Lumia series of phones and other smartphones.
Union sources claimed production at the Chennai plant, considered one of the biggest for Nokia, had declined from 13 million handsets per month to four million per month.
Nokia has also included 'Slam' feature in Asha 205. Slam allows consumers to share multimedia content like photos, music and video with nearby friends almost instantly.
The East District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum gave the order relying on uncontested affidavit of Delhi resident Susham Lata Bhulania, who said the Nokia service centre had failed to rectify the defects in her phone.
Although the company did not divulge the exact price but said it will be priced below Rs 11,000.
Ernst & Young is appointed as valuer for Nokia India's Chennai mobile making plant
The Department refused to allow transfer of the plant till the dues claimed by the department are not remitted by the company.
The Income Tax department on Friday moved the Delhi High Court seeking "directions/clarifications" of the December 12 order by which the assets of mobile phone handset maker Nokia in India were defreezed.
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Besides staging a hunger strike on March 31 in Chennai, the Nokia India Employees Union have decided to further step up their protest post the Lok Sabha elections.
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