Nokia brand licensee HMD Global recently announced that the company is establishing itself as a new smartphone brand, as per an announcement from HMD\u2019s CEO and Chairman Jean-Francois Baril.<\/p>\n
On LinkedIn, he wrote that HMD-branded mobile devices and Nokia will co-exist. \u201cWe are establishing an original HMD brand. You can expect to see a new portfolio of HMD branded mobile devices, as well as Nokia devices and collaboration with exciting new partners,\u201d the post read.<\/p>\n
Another report states that this \u201cannouncement\u201d and a potential HMD brand was on the cards, as per EUIPO filings. The company hasn\u2019t moved its HQ and it continues to be a Finnish brand.<\/p>\n
Notably, HMD Global first launched a Nokia-branded smartphone in 2017 when the Nokia 6 was debuted, and Indian consumers paid respect to the legacy of Nokia. The company soon shifted to flagship smartphones. However, seeing the competition, it chose to stick to mid-range and entry-level smartphones which is a big market in India.<\/p>\n
Another report states that this \u201cannouncement\u201d and a potential HMD brand was on the cards, as per EUIPO filings. The company hasn\u2019t moved its HQ and it continues to be a Finnish brand.<\/p>\n
Notably, HMD Global first launched a Nokia-branded smartphone in 2017 when the Nokia 6 was debuted, and Indian consumers paid respect to the legacy of Nokia. The company soon shifted to flagship smartphones. However, seeing the competition, it chose to stick to mid-range and entry-level smartphones which is a big market in India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nokia brand licensee HMD Global recently announced that the company is establishing itself as a new smartphone brand, as per an announcement from HMD\u2019s CEO and Chairman Jean-Francois Baril. On LinkedIn, he wrote that HMD-branded mobile devices and Nokia will co-exist. \u201cWe are establishing an original HMD brand. You can expect to see a new portfolio of HMD branded mobile devices, as well as Nokia devices and collaboration with exciting new partners,\u201d the post read. Another report states that this \u201cannouncement\u201d and a potential HMD brand was on the cards, as per EUIPO filings. The company hasn\u2019t moved its HQ […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-800489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-telecom"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=800489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800489\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}