At the Nokia Growing Together conference we had had a close interview with Alex Lambeek, who is the Vice President for Entry-Level devices, and has been with Nokia since 1994. In our interview we questioned about some of the steps Nokia is taking in order to secure dominance in the emerging markets, and we also questioned about some of the steps we feel Nokia has missed. You can catch our coverage of the event here.

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Nokia bets on emerging entry-level markets by adding four new mobile phones and by launching mobile email, as well as internet connections for remote villages

Nokia on Wednesday released four mobile phones and gave an in-depth press conference about its strategy in the entry-level emerging markets, following the speeches by Nokia's Vice-President for Sub-Saharan Sales Loren Shuster, and by Nokia's Vice-President for entry-level devices Alex Lambeek, there were three workshops where Nokia demonstrated the need for mobile internet and email in rural areas, as well as interesting remarks by Paul Griffith, Nokia's Head of entry-level phones design, and to end the day, there was a lecture on the partnership of Nokia Siemens to provide internet connectivity for rural areas through their Village Connection Internet Kiosk project.

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