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India is Nokia’s third largest sector in terms of volume. They obviously want to hold on to that and are doing it by dominating the retail space. Urpo Karjalainen, Head of Nokia’s Asia-Pacific business said:
“In India there are today about 93,000 retail outlets. It’s a huge amount, and our phones are being sold in every single one.”
When asked about competitors penetrating those 93k shops he replied:
“I’m not saying it cannot be done, but it needs quite a bit of investment.”
With a market share of 50% in a country that adds 6 million mobile phone users a month, one has to ask: how long can you be the top dog?
[Via: Reuters]
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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.
