Mobile handset sales in India grew 20.8 percent to 221.6 million units in 2012, thanks to a tremendous positive growth in the number of smartphone owners, according to a study by Cyber Media Research. The total mobile sales in India are 184.3 million in the year 2012. The research study’s objective was to track the shipments of major handset manufacturers in the country. “Although we see a...

D. Shivakumar, Senior Vice-President at Nokia (India, Middle East, Asia, Africa) has resigned after an 8 year stint at the company. He led Nokia’s India operations from 2006 till 2011, before moving to Dubai to lead the region. Shivakumar will continue in a consultancy role at Nokia till June 30. The reason of his resignation has not been clear yet but according to some reports he has decided...

Nokia has announced the financial results for 2012 and it shows that their Indian operations are not doing too well. Nokia India’s revenue dropped 23% in 2012 compared to the previous year. The total sales for the company in 2012 were 2,227 million euros, compared to 2,923 million euros in 2011 and 2,952 million euros in 2010. The sales figure is a total of all the business units that Nokia runs...

Nokia has always tapped the all round potential of its assets. Not just the strong company profile it holds on the telecom industry but also the auxiliary businesses that it could derive some revenue from. This is a nice strategy considering the smart phone revolution didn’t prove to be so good for the once number one mobile phone manufacturing company of the world. Nokia Growth Partners, Nokia’s...

Nokia is trying new innovative methods to get people excited about Windows Phone Apps. In association with media company NDTV,  Nokia India has launched an app reality TV show titled, ‘Nokia Lumia – Your Wish Is My App’ for its Lumia Range of Smartphones running Windows Phone OS7. The Windows App Ecosystem has to improve its app offering. Android & iOS smartphones have long been enjoying...

In the mobile phone game, one brand immediately comes to mind: Nokia. They have been around for over a decade and their phones are sold in virtually every corner of the world. Having shipped over a billion mobile phones over the years, from the legendary 3310 to the latest Lumia range, Nokia are one of the oldest players in the market. One of their biggest markets is India. Nokia India is their Indian...

At a press conference held in Chennai, Nokia India have introduced its new feature of Navteq mapping service to 3G users. This feature will provide the users to personalized ‘information on demand’. The Navteq mapping feature and navigation service will not only provide users with the information on destination but also lead them with the direction. For example: If you are a tourist and...

Few days back we reported how Nokia is looking for a smart revival and has decided to comeback With N8, C6, C7 And E7. The wait for these phones from Nokia’s kitty is over and the highly anticipated Symbain^3 based Nokia N8 has been launched in India. The Launch Nokia N8 was launched yesterday (12th Oct 2010) at an event in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Leading bollywood film actress Priyanka Chopra was...

Nokia has launched an exclusive service in India known as ‘Nokia Listings’. Nokia Listings (now in Beta phase) has been developed to connect buyers and sellers (or employers and job seekers) in the simplest manner. Nokia Listings is designed for three major categories of listings: 1.    Buy & Sell – Find or post items for sale 2.    Jobs – Find or post a job 3.    Local Services...

In a recent quarterly report released by AdMob on mobile hand sets used across the world, Nokia has emerged as the clear winner in India. Nokia owns 59% of the Indian handset market while its operating system is used on 94% of the smartphones used in India. The top 10 devices and smart phones used in this quarter in India also belong to Nokia. WATBlog has previously blogged about the competition that...