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Nokia Smartphones to Return in 2017

posted by janrinok on Saturday December 03 2016, @06:25PM   
from the room-for-another? dept.

mrpg writes:

A company set up by former Nokia employees called HMD Global has licensed the Nokia brand name from Microsoft, struck partnerships with device manufacturer Foxconn and intends to launch an Android smartphone in the early part of 2017.

The head of HMD Global, Arto Nummela, said: "Consumers may be carrying different smartphones now, but are they really in love and loyal to those brands?"

HMD Global will be looking to stir nostalgia in an effort to challenge the big and small players of the highly competitive smartphone market, dominated by Samsung and Apple, as well as Chinese brands such as Huawei.

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• Don't expect too much Don't expect too much (Score: 3, Informative) by bitshifter on Sunday December 04 2016, @06:09PM

  by bitshifter (2241) on Sunday December 04 2016, @06:09PM (#436939)

  I had a quick look at the website of HMD and found the following in the About us page, and found out that the majority of the management is ex-Microsoft - see excerpts from bio's below.
  What does this mean about the spirit of the new company?

  Florian Seiche - President - Former Co-Founder of HTC’s branded smartphone business and Global Director of Orange Devices. Most recently he has been Senior Vice President at Nokia and Microsoft, responsible for the Sales and Marketing of Mobile Device in the Europe Region.

  Arto Nummela - Chief Executive Officer - Arto Nummela is the Chief Executive Officer at HMD Global. Previously, he was Vice President at Microsoft Mobile Devices Sales group in Greater Asia, Middle East and Africa region.

  Pia Kantola - Chief Operating Officer - Pia has over 20 years of experience in telecoms and the automation industry and holds two MSc (Electrical Engineering and Financial Administration). She was Senior Director of Product Management at Microsoft and Vice President of Customer Logistics at Nokia.

  Anssi Rönnemaa - Chief Finance and Commercial Officer - ...He was recently Director of Finance for Microsoft Mobile Devices Sales Asia, China, India, Middle East and Africa.

  Juho Sarvikas - Chief Product Officer- ...The past 6 years have been spent in the US, where Juho worked in various roles driving Nokia and Microsoft’s business. His accomplishments include introducing Nokia Windows Phone to US carriers and building strategic partnership with carriers resulting in strong product line-ups and most recently leading Microsoft’s entry to Sprint as the general manager for the business.

  Ajey Mehta - Vice President India - Ajey has worked with Nokia and Microsoft Devices for over a decade. He’s held various senior leadership positions in business, sales and retail and served as Head of Microsoft Mobile Devices, India; Head of Sales Operations, India, Middle East & Africa; Vice President- Middle East & North Africa; Head of Branded Retail Sales Asia Pacific; and Director of Global Retail Sales Development.

  Nestor Xu - Vice President Greater China - Nestor has worked in the Microsoft Devices Sales Group for many years, and has also worked with Whirlpool, Sony Ericsson and Coca-Cola.

  Jon French- Vice President West Europe - For the last 12 months Jon has served as General Manager of Microsoft Mobile Asia Pacific.

  James Rutherfoord - Vice President Asia Pacific - An accomplished leader, James has held senior management roles at Microsoft, Nokia, Altech and MTN.

  Per Ekman - Vice President Middle East & North Africa - Per has worked with Saab, Nokia and Microsoft for over 20 years, in Head of Finance roles in Nokia APAC and most recently Head of Sales Operations with Microsoft, looking after sales optimization and channel strategy across Europe.

  Justin Maier - Vice President Sub Sahara Africa - Justin was most recently Head of Sub Sahara Africa at Microsoft Mobile Devices Sales group. Prior to this, he was Head of Marketing Sub Sahara Africa at Microsoft Mobile Devices Sales group.

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• Re:Don't expect too much (Score: 2) by Murdoc on Monday December 05 2016, @04:00AM

  by Murdoc (2518) on Monday December 05 2016, @04:00AM (#437054)

  Jolla [jolla.com] is more of a successor to Nokia than this company will ever be.

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