Lanka, a healthy base for mobile phones

Shirajiv Sirimane

Mobile Phones: Sri Lanka is one of the most potential markets for mobile phones in Asia Pacific and this is very encouraging for a small country like Sri Lanka said Nokia Senior Vice President Customer and Market Operations Urpo Karjalainen at the Nokia Showcase 2007.

"Asia-Pacific will contribute significantly to the new billion subscribers who are being connected daily. Both India and Indonesia are among the top ten biggest markets for Nokia worldwide. India moved from the fourth place to number three in 2006," he said. Nokia is bullish on India, as the fastest growing wireless which market has emerged as the third biggest location for the company in terms of sales.

Sri Lanka is one of the foremost potential markets in the Asian region along with Bangaladesh, China and India. "These countries have helped us achieve a significant growth in the volumes," he noted.

Nokia launched six new models removing barriers for widespread adoption of business. The phones are to be launched later in the year in Sri Lanka.

The company announced a trio of new Nokia Eseries devices, designed for business professionals, including 'Nokia E61i' E mailer device and the 'Nokia E65' slider. In addition the company also launched 'Nokia E90 Communicator' 'Nokia E65' 'Nokia 6110 Navigator.'

Nokia also showcased three new CDMA phones for the APC market Nokia 6088, 1325 an 1265. 'Nokia 6088' is a camera phone with Internet browsing.