“Emerging Markets” Articles

With a great user experience, an aggressive global rollout plan and a focus on local relevance, Nokia felt that it was time to commend some of the key milestones the Nokia services have achieved. Taking a look at some of the Ovi services, there has already been more than three million Ovi Maps downloaded to date, the average person using Comes With Music downloads 500 free songs in the first few weeks of using the service, which would cost about EUR 450 from iTunes, and the Ovi Store experiences more than one million downloads a day. Nokia also highlighted the success of its Messaging, Money and Life Tools services. Check out the full press release after the break.

Amongst the commotion of Nokia, Intel and MeeGo at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Nokia also announced that it has teamed up with YES BANK to introduce a live commercial pilot scheme of Nokia Money in India. Nokia Money will see its test debut in Pune, one of the largest metropolitan areas in India, and will be called ‘Mobile Money Services by YES BANK’. Check out the video of Gerhard Romen, Nokia’s Director for Alliances, after the break, to find out more.

Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo told attendees at the International Consumer Electronics Show that the world’s developing economies are places of increasing opportunity and upward mobility, where wealth is being created at an incredible rate and business opportunities abound – in part due to the spread of mobile communications. Mobility has brought hope and higher living standards to billions of people.