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Nokia to start production in Iran

By: , IntoMobile
Friday, February 9th, 2007 at 11:09 PM

An Iranian consortium has reached preliminary agreements with mobile phone producer, Nokia to launch a cellular phone production plant in Iran, early next year (Iranian year begins March 21, 2007).

Three Iranian companies are negotiating with Nokia Co. to launch a cellular phone production plant in Iran, the Persian service of ISNA said. Meanwhile, the companies are in talks with other major cell phone producers on the issue, the report added.

Production of the cell phones will begin with the partial assembly of the imported semi knocked-down (SKD) sets however, at the second stage of the operation, the output will shift to semi knocked-down (CKD) importing.

The consortium will produce four mln cell phones in the next year, noted Hamid-Reza Monji, a member of the board of directors of the consortium.

He also commented on the negotiations carried out between an Iranian company with the South Korean producer, LG and announced that domestic production of LG mobile phones is expected to commence by the end of the year.

Source: Iran Mania

Seems a little odd to me, Iran of all places. Maybe that’s just what American news does to you. They’re practically tell us we’re going to extend the war effort over there within a year.

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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.

  • Eric

    Three of mine made it. woohoo!

  • Henrikki

    Make phones not war!..:)

  • elham

    dear sir
    i have french translation diploma from ALLAMEH TABATABAEE UNIVERSITY and i translate english to persian too.i also can talk in both languages easily.i would like to know how can i cooprate with this CO..
    i appreciate your attention to this letter…
    ELHAM SEHATGHOL
    23 TEHRAN

  • Farzin Solisian

    Hi

    Please, Can anyone tell me who are those 3 three Iranian companies which are negotiating with Nokia regarding Co. to launch a cellular phone production plant in Iran?

    I appreciate your feed-back.

    Best regards
    Farzin Solisian

  • ali

    hehe nokia in iran hehe
    it cant be