Indian Handset Market Size

Economic Times has an article on Nokia India’s strategy to not go down against its rivals like Apple, Google and Indian brands. The most important part of the article is the numbers.

• Nokia’s market share reduced from about 64% in 2008-09 to nearly 52% in 2009-10


• Samsung gained from 10% to above 17%


• In the past 3 years, Micromax, Spice and Karbonn have emerged from nowhere to become number 3, 4 and 5 respectively


• Nokia India, which is second biggest market for the company after China, contributed  Rs 18,000 crore to the company’s worldwide sales in 2009


• The Indian mobile handset market has grown by 30.17 % from 116 million handsets in 2008, to 151 million handsets in 2009, as per Analysys Mason data


• As per a CyberMedia Research report, the Indian mobile handset market will grow 25% by volume in 2011 to 210 million units with smartphones contributing sales of nearly 12 million units in 2011

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Nokia 1GHz Series 40 Handset Leaked – Might Be Announced Next Week

Nokia's Manager of Marketing Services in Argentina suggests that there is a Series 40 handset in the works with a 1GHz processor.
The device reportedly runs on the Series 40 OS and is powered by a 1GHz processor. It is also said to have a Clear Black Display. if the rumours are true, this will be the first Nokia handset with a 1GHz processor.
The tweets that led to the leakage of the information has been taken off the net and we are only left with the retweet and a screenshot. The removal of the tweet suggests that the rumours might be true.
The device might be announced at Nokia Connection 2011 to be held in Singapore next week where the event will showcase devices for emerging markets. But we have no further confirmation on that.
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