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To pursue its domination in the developing countries, Nokia plans to build two new design facilities – one in Rio de Janerio, Brazil and another one in Bangalore, India. According to Nokia CEO and President Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, by 2010, there will be 4 billion mobile subscribers in the world, most of them coming from the Asia-Pacific region.
Nokia is already a market leader in India, and with the growth in number of mobile subscribers in the country, the company plans to further strengthen its position. At present, India has around 136 million mobile subscribers, but the telephone penetration is about 16% only. Furthermore, Indian telecom industry’s monthly subscriber addition of new mobile users is around 7 million.
The situation with the Brazil is similar. The country’s growing telecom industry opens new opportunities and Nokia wants to be there to offer its handsets and business solutions to all interested parties.
Now what does all that have to do with Symbian? Well, I find it interesting that at some point in the future two new design centers could design the smartphones. And I’m not talking about cheap and mid-range devices. Nokia will certainly hire the best people in its design centers, and who knows – maybe we’ll get a new range of smart devices with Latino or Hindu touch. 
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Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
