Going forward, the Korean company's real competition could be nimble-footed Indian companies, more than the Nokia-Microsoft combine.
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.
Nokia has launched a new series of cell phones that also double as navigation devices.
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.
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.
Nokia suffered a jolt on Friday when the Supreme Court refused to lift the restraint on sale of its Indian assets, including the Chennai plant, as part of the handset maker's global deal with the Microsoft.
Mobile phone-maker Nokia on Tuesday announced the beginning of a new era.
The cellphone giant is slowly turning into an Internet services firm.
Nokia India has seen exports from its telecom Special Economic Zone at Sriperumbudur near Chennai reach Rs 1,650 crore (Rs 16.50 billion) in 2006-07, according to figures provided by the Madras Exports Processing Zone.
Loss-making Nokia gains full control of the profitable venture Nokia Siemens Networks for $2.2 billion, a cheaper than-expected price, analysts said, although they also noted the acquisition would put pressure on Nokia's balance sheet.
Nokia is hiring software experts, testing new products and seeking sales partners.
Nokia launched on Wednesday a theme design competition -- Art Meets Intelligence Design Fest -- for consumers across India in association with magazine Elle Decor.
Pre-booking of Nokia Lumia 1020 with 41 MP camera starts in India
According to a release issued by Nokia, the investment is geared towards enhancing the capacity of the manufacturing plant. The plant currently employs approximately 6,000 people.
With a view to augmenting its market in emerging India, Nokia, the world's largest handset manufacturer, will start a design facility in Bangalore.
Don't be surprised, for the Nokia Asha series smartphones offer better gaming, music, Internet and social experience than phones that come under the Samsung Rex brand.
In the factory, workers said Friday was the last day as far as production was concerned.
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.
The phone is lighter than Lumia 920 and will hit the market in June.
Nokia, the dominant force in the handset industry, has spent the major part of 2009 guarding its turf against resurgent rivals like Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson and Motorola, and also tech powerhouses like Research in Motion, Apple and HTC.
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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.
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One of the first business phones from the stable of Nokia, the Communicator, which was popularly called the 'brick' for its bulky demeanour, was a status symbol among business tycoons.
The sale is expected to close in the first quarter of next year after regulatory clearances.
India is one of the fastest growing markets right now in terms of mobile phone consumption and usage.
The application can be downloaded for free from Google's mobile website m.google.co.in.
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.
Nokia Lumia 520 at just 139 euros or Rs 9,800 has potential to challenge its Android rivals.
In a major outsourcing deal, Nokia has bagged an order to manage Hutch-Essar's mobile network in nine circles for five years
Nokia's Chennai plant is under freeze over tax dispute.
New Asha 310 to come with a full-touch 3-inch display, 2 MP camera and Wi-Fi.
Declining to give any figures of its 'Onam' sales, Nokia India's Regional Manager (South), T S Sridhar, said the company was optimistic that the new venture would draw good response from Kerala. To deliver the most updated content, Nokia has tied up with leading international music labels such as Universal Music Group, Sony Music, EMI and Warner and major independent Indian record labels, Sridhar told reporters in Kochi.
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.
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.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's desire to showcase India as a destination for manufacturing is well understood.
The initiative aims at inducing behavioural change among Indian mobile users to recycle their used handsets in an environmentally sustainable way.
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