Surprising news last week was the buzz that Nokia is sort of pulling out of the Japanese market for the majority of its products. Care to guess why Nokia conceded the battle on mobile phones in Japan? Nokia Executive VP Timo Ihamuotil was quoted saying "We have concluded that the continuation of our investment in Japan-specific localised products is no longer sustainable". Nokia conquers the global mobile market with about 40% of all handsets in its name but in Japan, Nokia has less than 1% market share. That's is certainly very small until you learn that only 5% of the mobile phones in Japan are coming from foreign manufacturers. So it's not just Nokia but every other non-Japanese brand. Just that Nokia was first to call it quits. Not surprisingly, Nokia will still sell a couple of its high-end phones in Japan -- something like the $30,000-a-pop Nokia Vertu. Read more in our articles including "Why Nokia is pulling out of Japan?" and "Infinix HOT 70 now available with Dynamic Shine design".
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Dec 11, 2008Surprising news last week was the buzz that Nokia is sort of pulling out of the Japanese market for the majority of its products. Care to guess why Nokia conceded the battle on mobile phones in Japan?
Nokia Executive VP Timo Ihamuotil was quoted saying "We have concluded that the continuation of our investment in Japan-specific localised products is no longer sustainable". Nokia conquers the global mobile market with about 40% of all handsets in its name but in Japan, Nokia has less than 1% market share. That's is certainly very small until you learn that only 5% of the mobile phones in Japan are coming from foreign manufacturers.
Our coverage of nokia japan includes: "Why Nokia is pulling out of Japan?"; "Infinix HOT 70 now available with Dynamic Shine design"; "Nokia E51 Review". Each article provides unique insights and information.