Nokia Networks has announced that it has grabbed a 3G contract from Airtel to roll out 3G network in 5 new circles and network expansion in 3 existing circles. Under the 4-year contract, the company will provide its radio elements and services expertise to power Bharti Airtel’s infrastructure.
Nokia is going back to the start. The Finnish company is gearing up to enter the smartphone market and has officially announced its plans to design and license handsets from next year.
Nokia Technologies has announced that LG Electronics has entered into a smartphone patent licensing agreement with them to pay royalties for smartphones LG sells. LG becomes the major smartphone manufacturer to join the licensing program since Nokia’s devices and services business were sold to Microsoft in April 2014.
Nokia had launched the Z launcher for Android in June last year following which it was available for download in beta. Today, the mobile launcher has been updated with widget support.
First up, the Chinese smartphone maker Phicomm entered India this week with the launch of Passion 660 smartphone. It comes in Black and White colors and is priced at Rs. 10,999. It will be exclusively available from Amazon.in starting June 9.
Microsoft on Wednesday has announced new Nokia 105 and Nokia 105 Dual SIM feature phones for the global market. These are the successor feature phones of the popular Nokia 105 launched in 2013. Keeping its success in mind, company has decided to stick with the old name only.
Nokia’s N1 tablet is finally available outside China and is now up for purchase in Taiwan. Priced at TWD 8,199 (approximately Rs. 17,000), the tablet can be bought by an online retailer iSunfa.
Uber is among a number of other tech giants that are vouching for a hot property that is Nokia’s HERE Maps. The on demand taxi hailing service has now joined hands with Chinese Internet services giant Baidu and Apax Partners for the same.
Nokia’s Here Maps have suddenly become the talk of the town with an increased demand from a number of buyers. Now, Uber has become the latest interested buyer, as per a latest post from the New York Times.
So ‘Here’ it is. Now the three biggest German auto makers along with China’s Baidu are looking to purchase Nokia’s Here mapping unit, just like the tech giants – Google, Apple, and Facebook.
Facebook has partnered with Nokia to bring HERE Maps to its mobile version of its site, as well as Facebook Messenger and Instagram on Android, as per a report from Tech Crunch.
We reported a few days back that Nokia is planning to re-enter the phone market sometime in 2016. Now Nokia has issued a statement in China stating that all such claims are false.
Nokia is planning to re-enter the consumer phone market in the year 2016. It also plans to invest in a number of other technological projects such as the virtual reality space.
Nokia has confirmed that it was in advanced talks to buy Alcatel-Lucent. Now, the company has agreed to acquire telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent for $16.6 billion.
Nokia 215 Dual SIM, the company’s most affordable internet-enabled smartphone is now on sale in India through the official Nokia Store. It was announced last month and packs a 2.4-inch (320 x 240 pixels) QVGA LCD screen with numeric keypad, comes with built-in MP3 player, FM Radio, Opera mini browser, 2G (EDGE) connectivity, Bluetooth 3.0 with Slam sharing … Continue reading “Nokia 215 Dual SIM goes on sale in India for Rs. 2149”
