Nokia India a hub for innovation

INDIA – This morning I came across an interesting (though eye-cripplingly long) interview with Nokia CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, by the Indian bureau of The Economic Times. As emerging markets go, India is a 24-carat golden child – a hotbed of diverse mobile developments and innovation, Nokia has been at the heart of this rapid evolution. Sifting through this interview, Kallasvuo is clearly excited by what’s happening in India and highlights how bright the future is looking in terms of innovation.

MUMBAI, India – For years Nokia has been a presence in the collective consciousness of the Indian people, having helped establish India as one of the most exciting mobile technology regions on the planet. The recent emergence of sharable handsets such as the dust resistant Nokia 1208 with multiple phonebooks tailored for village life, encapsulates an approach to understanding communities and adapting technologies to adapt to suit the varying natures of communication.

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Flavour of future GPS services tasted today

INTERNATIONAL – GPS has achieved unprecedented buzzword status on the mobile scene of late. What with Nokia CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, last week sparking a vision of GPS as standard when he spoke of expecting to ship “35 million GPS-enabled Nokia devices in 2008, which is equal to the entire GPS device market in 2007″.