Kolkata: Nokia which had slipped from the heights of mobile handset business in the country, has become profitable again in just over a year of relaunch of its phones, a top company official said here today. More models will follow to strengthen its foothold in India, one of the top three markets globally. "We want to be present in all the segments of the phone market. The future rollouts will also cater to diverse segments," he said adding Nokia aspires to be one of the top three handset brands in India and globally but did not give any timeframe.He said it was an exciting journey to create an infrastructure of 550 distributors that serves about a lakh retail points in such a short time.The company is yet to firm up any exclusive Nokia store strategy.The new Nokia 6 Nokia 7 Plus and Nokia 8 Sirocco were launched today.Only Nokia 8 Sirocco is not made in India, Goyal said.He said the company would follow one price strategy for both online and offline. "We will sell online through own company site and tie-ups with major e-tailers," Goyal added.
Source: Economic Times April 24, 2018 12:11 UTC