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| Pakistan Worried Over Indian Nokia Handset Imports |
| 2006-07-28 |
| Mobile phone traders in Pakistan have moved to dispel concerns that Indian made Nokia handsets could end up being sold in the country. Pakistan has a limit on the items which can be traded with India, and mobile phones are not on the permitted list. An executive of one of the largest mobile phone distribution companies (authorised distributor of Nokia handsets), who asked not to be named, told the local Dawn newspaper that the government of Pakistan had not allowed the entry of the Indian-made mobile phones and it may not allow it in future. Most distributors in Pakistan order their handsets via Nokia Middle East Africa, importing handsets manufactured in Finland, Hungary, Germany and China. Chief Operating Officer of United Mobile, Azad Lalani said "I do not see future of the Indian-made Nokia phones in Pakistan because the Chinese-made Nokia phones have started arriving," adding that the Indian-made cell phones might be cheaper in terms of lower transportation cost, cheaper raw materials etc but the Pakistani customers had already developed a taste for handsets made elsewhere owing to their quality and reliability. Nokia recently started manufacturing low-end handsets at a facility at Sriperumbudur, India. Due to the ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan, trade between the two countries is heavily restricted. |
| Posted by:john |
| #3 The irony is that their beloved "Made in China" phone may have chips in it designed in India, or its software developed there (or in Israel). A lot of MNCs have engineering and design facilities in places like Ireland, Israel, India. Bechtel has a seamless 24 hour operation where a project, say a petrochemical plant, may be designed both in Houston and Delhi. |
| Posted by: john 2006-07-28 18:52 |
| #2 Maybe they could just put little Israeli flag stickers over the "Made in India" label... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-07-28 18:23 |
| #1 Nokia India has started exporting mobile handsets from its plant at Sriperumbudur, about 50 km west of Chennai. The company now produces 10 different models at the plant and has started exports of some to Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam. Nokia India employs about 2,700 people, 80 per cent of them involved in production. At the end of 2006, the plant is likely to employ more than 3,000. The Chennai plant, Mr Lehtela said, was close to becoming on par with any other Nokia facility in other parts of the world, in terms of key performance indicators. |
| Posted by: john 2006-07-28 17:49 |