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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