The company might launch a dual sim phone in 2010.
Nokia will launch four Lumia smartphones in India starting with its first dual SIM handset Lumia 630 in May for around Rs 10,000 excluding taxes.
India is hopeful of attracting about $900 million investment from global telecom suppliers, including Nokia, Alcatel, Motorola and Ericson to set up manufacturing facilities in the country.
Eyeing emerging markets for its affordable smartphones, Microsoft launched its first Lumia device without the iconic brand name of Nokia.
India is crucial for Nokia's attempt to hold on to global market share.
Targeting the 43 per cent of the Indian population that understands Hindi, Nokia on Tuesday showcased three handsets with predictive text input to enable users to send and receive messages (SMS) in Hindi, besides announcing a Hindi mobile portal.
Targeted at fast growing low-cost smartphone markets like India, Nokia launched the much anticipated Android-based smartphones starting at Rs 7,600.
World's largest cell phone maker Nokia on Wednesday said up to 300 jobs would be cut in India by end of 2012, as the company embarks on restructuring that would affect 7,000 employees worldwide.
Microsoft simply lacks Nokia's retail and supply chain experience in the Finnish company's most important markets.
With a view to augmenting its market in emerging India, Nokia, the world's largest handset manufacturer, will start a design facility in Bangalore.
Pre-booking of Nokia Lumia 1020 with 41 MP camera starts in India
Nokia is bullish on India as the fastest growing wireless market has emerged as the third biggest location for the company in terms of sales.
Nokia, the phone handset manufacturer, on Wednesday announced an investment of up to $150 million over next four years to set up a manufacturing facility in India, which would also give employment to about 2,000 people.
Handsets Major Nokia on Monday entered the dual sim handset market when it launched its first dual sim set- Nokia C1.
Going forward, the Korean company's real competition could be nimble-footed Indian companies, more than the Nokia-Microsoft combine.
Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, has signed an agreement with Hutchison India for supplying GSM equipment to its nine of the 13 circles.
Indian pacer Ashish Nehra was trolled for his comments that he is still 'using his old phone' and doesn't have social media accounts like Facebook and Twitter.
Nokia launched on Wednesday a theme design competition -- Art Meets Intelligence Design Fest -- for consumers across India in association with magazine Elle Decor.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's desire to showcase India as a destination for manufacturing is well understood.
The high court court on Thursday accepted Nokia's appeal to release its local factory after its seizure by authorities in a tax dispute, removing a hurdle for the sale of the company's mobile phone business to Microsoft.
Ahead of the entry of the much-awaited iPhone in India, leading mobile phone manufacturer Nokia is looking at strengthening its marketing, branding and distribution network to maintain its position in the domestic market.
Making the Pixel 8 in India will not necessarily bring the price down -- witness iPhones made in India that are more expensive than those in the US and Dubai.
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.
While Nokia X is armed with good looks and brings freshness to the low end Android segment, the Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 has better features.
Investors have been looking forward to hearing about Nokia's next steps since it announced the 5.4 billion euro ($7.5 billion) Microsoft deal in September.
The application can be downloaded for free from Google's mobile website m.google.co.in.
Finnish phone maker Nokia may have to exclude its Chennai plant from the $7.2 billion deal with Microsoft if tax issues facing the India unit are not resolved by next week.
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The two companies have received most of the required regulatory approvals, including clearances from the European Commission and the US Department of Justice.
Having trebled its market share in the CDMA based handset, cellphone major Nokia has said the company would be working closely with leading service providers like Reliance Infocomm and Tatas to up its share further.
Nokia's Chennai plant is under freeze over tax dispute.
India's third-largest IT services firm, Wipro Ltd, has acquired the enterprise mobile TV unit owned by Finland-based leading mobile phone manufacturer Nokia for an undisclosed sum.
Company has plans to launch its latest 4G enabled phone Lumia 830 priced at around Rs 26,000 before taxes by Oct.
Dairy major Amul, Life Insurance Corporation of India and mobile manufacturer Nokia have emerged as India's top three brands according to Asia's Top 1000 Brands
World's largest mobile handset seller Nokia on Wednesday announced the launch of a new mobile game deck -- N-Gage QD -- aimed at tapping the mobile gaming enthusiasts market in India.
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