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.
It was launched globally in October.
Rajeev Suri, the head of Nokia's telecoms network equipment division, is likely to become the Finnish group's next chief executive following the sale of its handset business to Microsoft.
The service is available not only on high-end Symbian smartphone devices, but also on Nokia's Series 40 feature phones and Series 30 entry level devices. The service is supported by keyboard devices, touch devices and a combination of the two.
"Our partnership with Nokia is an important step forward ... The key there is not only to innovate on software, which we will work together over time, but also work on next- generation hardware innovations with them," Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said.
Nokia has signed a $24 million deal with Idea Cellular for supplying GSM and GPRS network equipment and multimedia services in India.
Global telecom equipment maker Nokia Siemens Networks on Monday announced plans to invest US$ 100 million in the country over the next three years to set up a high-end wireless products manufacturing facility in Tamil Nadu, among other initiatives.
Nokia has expanded its research and development facility in Bangalore with the inauguration of a 210,000 sq ft development centre at the Prestige Tech Park in the IT corridor.
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Aimed at strengthening its position in the smart phone segment, Finnish handset giant Nokia on Monday launched the 'Lumia 800' and the 'Lumia 710', the first devices from its partnership with software major Microsoft.
Mobile handsets maker Nokia has claimed that there has not been any drop in sales due to the recent incidents of explosion of BL-5C batteries, used in its phones but manufactured by the Matsushita Company of Japan. Following the Nokia product advisory, many consumers in India using BL-5C batteries have received replacements and the rest were being accessed.
Nokia is hiring software experts, testing new products and seeking sales partners.
The company will soon bring two more similar devices to the Indian market.
In yet another setback to Finnish handset maker Nokia, the Tamil Nadu government has slapped on it a Rs 2,400 crore (Rs 24 billion) tax demand notice related to the devices sold from its Chennai factory.
The Nokia plant near Chennai started operations in 2006.
Fintech major PhonePe on Wednesday announced the launch of its homegrown Indus Appstore specifically for the Indian market, in a bid to compete with global incumbents like Google Play Store and Apple's App Store. The Indus Appstore is PhonePe's attempt at creating a more competitive and localised mobile app store economy for India, which is already the world's largest market for mobile apps.
Amid scare of batteries heating up, Nokia mobile phones users on Thursday thronged the company showrooms seeking information and replacement of the batteries covered under the product advisory issued early this week.
Once the requisite approvals have been received, the joint venture would be primarily engaged in selling value added services for mobile devices.
With wages rapidly rising in China, all is still not lost. Wage costs in India are significantly lower and this fact could still help us turn the tide in our favour.
The world's largest mobile handset maker Nokia on Thursday said it will pump in an additional $150 million in the company's private equity and venture capital arm to focus on investment opportunities in the emerging markets of India and China.
With a plethora of smartphones in the market to choose from, you are spoilt for choice.
Bharti Airtel on Tuesday said it has signed a $400 million contract with Nokia to expand its network in eight circles and deploy a pan India WAP solution.
The X family of handsets include Nokia's range of affordable smartphones that run Android apps.
Nokia on Tuesday announced that it will establish a high-end base station controller (BSC) manufacturing unit in Chennai, India.
All future smartphones from Microsoft will be under the Microsoft brand, which means Nokia brand will now be phased out.
Indians can look forward to availing Internet services even on low-cost mobile handsets as the world's largest cell phone maker Nokia is gearing up to offer such handsets through which the web can be accessed. Nokia also aims to be the number one in bringing the Internet to mobile devices. According to estimates, the total internet services market will be approximately euro 100 billion in 2010.
Top officials of the Finnish mobile handset maker Nokia, which is planning to set up a manufacturing facility in India, met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Wednesday.
The centre will offer network operation services to its global customers, which will be operational in the first quarter of next year with 100 professionals.
Onida's entry into mobile phones a year and a half ago has been a low-key affair. But not any longer, courtesy its television advertisement which plays on the brand name Nokia phonetically.
The government believes firms which are subject to China's laws could be forced to hand over information to Beijing's security services.
Smart phone leader Samsung is following a multi-platform strategy to win over the Indian mobile phone market; Nokia has upped the ante with differentiated products.
Nokia Money works with basic feature phones. It allows most basic monetary transactions ranging from mobile top-ups to ticket booking, without the necessity of having a bank account. But are we ready?
Nokia Lumia 630 will soon be launched in India.
Gartner expects manufacturers like Samsung to launch a whole range of budget devices that will drive Android into mass market segments.
Stretching its reservations on imports from India to multinational companies, Pakistan is understood to have informed mobile handset maker Nokia not to sell phones made in India in the Islamic nation.
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