abhay 0 Report post Posted November 24, 2005 Nokia ties up with Reliance, TataMobile phone major Nokia has set an ambitious target to triple its share in the CDMA-based cell phone market in Asia Pacific including India and to achieve it the company has decided to work closely with two major Indian operators -- Reliance Infocomm and Tata Telservices. "We shall be working very closely with these two CDMA based mobile operators in India. We shall leverage our brand name to up our market share in the Indian market. Currently we have 20 per cent of the market," Nokia's CDMA business unit (Asia Pacific) Director Markku Virtanen said. Claiming to be a market leader in Australia, Indonesia and New Zealand, he said: "Nokia ranks among top three players in India and Bangladesh." He, however, said that Nokia had aggressive plans for India in the months to come. Asked whether Nokia would accept the bulk orders for handsets as done by Reliance Infocomm, Virtanen said: "No, we will only go through our distribution network and this has been discussed with service providers." Nokia is setting up a handset manufacturing facility in Chennai in southern India, primarily the GSM-based handsets. On the issue of manufacturing CDMA-based handsets at the same facility, the top official said it was possible but no decision has yet been taken in this regard. Following the business model practiced by Nokia for their GSM handsets, the company has launched four new handsets in the CDMA segment offering a variety to its consumers including Bluetooth enabled phones -- Nokia 2855 and 6165. The new handsets would target the mid-tier customers and would be made commercially available in the Indian market during first half of 2006. Other two handsets are Nokia 1255 and Nokia 2355, phones which combine modern design with an attractive price front for growth markets and they would also be commercially available during the first quarter of 2006, Virtanen said. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articl...784,curpg-1.cms Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
@ksh@T 20 Report post Posted November 24, 2005 arre to mere bhaiyon yeh phones ko main RELIANCE MEIN KAB DEKH SAKTA HOON!..koi muhurat vagairah nikaalo...pandit ko bulaao...kuchh karoo yaar Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saurav 22 Report post Posted November 24, 2005 may be end of 2006 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RajanPERT 0 Report post Posted November 24, 2005 I think it will launched till HOLI. As also given in this news. They would also be commercially available during the first quarter of 2006 Thanks and Take Care! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ashoksoft 83 Report post Posted November 24, 2005 hmm .. a tie up at last. so what were all those nokia handsets available till now ? something without a tie up ? this is just old cane used for new sugar... wait and watch Cheers Ashok Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashokjp 15 Report post Posted November 24, 2005 Any new nokia cdma phone reaches Reliance ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ashoksoft 83 Report post Posted November 24, 2005 even if they do ... they come crippled... do u think Nokia will love to sell crippled handsets ? they did that earlier too only coz they have a tie up Cheers Ashok Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
linuxguy 0 Report post Posted November 25, 2005 another wave of crippled handsets roars towards RIM users! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
@ksh@T 20 Report post Posted November 25, 2005 yaar.....yeh holi unn baaki diwaaliyon ki tarah hi hogi jin diwaali pe netway launch karna tha..yeh main nahin sara forum kehta hai Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
linuxguy 0 Report post Posted November 25, 2005 reliance is slowly going down the drain! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RajanPERT 0 Report post Posted November 25, 2005 yaar.....yeh holi unn baaki diwaaliyon ki tarah hi hogi jin diwaali pe netway launch karna tha..yeh main nahin sara forum kehta hai There is no chance that reliance launch there Netway service. This is not due to working condition of reliance, but due to govt behaviour, who change there policy everyday. I think, reliance should wait for the govt. final decisio over EVDO and 3G policy. Thanks and Take Care! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
abhay 0 Report post Posted November 25, 2005 yaar.....yeh holi unn baaki diwaaliyon ki tarah hi hogi jin diwaali pe netway launch karna tha..yeh main nahin sara forum kehta hai There is no chance that reliance launch there Netway service. This is not due to working condition of reliance, but due to govt behaviour, who change there policy everyday. I think, reliance should wait for the govt. final decisio over EVDO and 3G policy. Thanks and Take Care! 48172[/snapback] i think govt is totally clear with 3G and EVDO! but no company is acting to it! some technical issues have to sorted out viz spectrum etc etc Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ashoksoft 83 Report post Posted November 25, 2005 yeah I second abhay on that part. ... but reliance will give nail to nail ... since from previous experience we can see that reliance has been proven to take the first step Cheers Ashok Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RajanPERT 0 Report post Posted November 25, 2005 No company want to pay some extra money. So every company want to make more clarification from Govt. side. Second thing is that Anil will not take financial risk at this time, Because, Anil working on his dream project name "Reliance Energy". So it will take time. something in next year? Thanks and Take Care! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anujit 0 Report post Posted November 26, 2005 Well the 6255 and the 6235 are now available on Tata Indicom too!!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
