Monday, March 24, 2008

Nokia ''07 Sales Jump On Strong India Performance

Propelled by strong sales in emerging economies, including India, world''s largest mobile phone maker Nokia recorded a whopping sales worth 51,058 million euros in 2007. Sales in India shot up 36 per cent to 3,684 million euros as compared to 2,713 million euros in 2006. The country''s contribution to the total sales of the company is next only to China, which accounted for 5,898 million euros. Further, sales in India posted an 82 per cent jump as compared to 2,022 million euros in 2005. In Asia-Pacific, we continued to benefit from our brand, broad product portfolio and extensive distribution system. Moreover, the Finnish firm posted a 24.2 per cent jump in sales last year at 51,058 million euros as against 41,121 million euros in 2006. Meanwhile, in terms of sales, India is ahead of the United States and two European markets - Germany and Great Britain. During the same period, Germany and Great Britain had sales worth 2,641 million euros and 2,574 million euros, respectively.

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