KOLKATA: Come June, the new owners of Nokia<\/a> and BlackBerry<\/a> are going to invest Rs200 crore each to re-enter the Indian smartphone market trying to build on the nostalgia of consumers, said two senior industry executives. 加尔各答:6月的新主人诺基亚和黑莓要投资Rs200印度卢比的每个重新进入智能手机市场试图建立在消费者的怀旧,两个行业高管说。
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\nFinnish start-up HMD Global, which has the Nokia brand licence, will launch its iconic feature phone 3310 later this month. However, the company plans to use the model as a strategic move to re-build the buzz around the brand with limited supplies to the trade since it wants to push sales of its smartphones. The company plans to launch three smartphone models including making the mid-end Nokia 6 online exclusive, the executives said.
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\nThe BlackBerry brand licence owner in India, Optiemus<\/a> Group, will spend Rs200 crore to relaunch the brand and will initially target enterprise customers and selling through retail chains before expanding penetration in the market, said chairman Ashok Gupta. The company will launch one model at sub-Rs40,000 next month and another at sub-Rs20,000 in July, he said.
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\nGupta said the company will launch BlackBerry through 4,000 retailers which includes the retail chains and even the premium neighbourhood stores. “We are expecting Rs2,000 crore sales in this fiscal,” he said.
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The attempts to re-enter India by these two legendary brands come at a time when the market is dominated by Samsung and the Chinese brands such as Oppo, Vivo<\/a>, Xiaomi, Lenovo<\/a>, Motorola<\/a> and Gionee. Samsung and the Chinese brigade together control more than 70% of the Indian smartphone market.
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\nNokia will market its handsets on the durability factor which was associated with the brand and guaranteed software updates, BlackBerry will build the security buzz of smartphones.
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\nThis is at a time when the Chinese brands are trying to capture market on the selfie craze. Both the brands will also manufacture its line-up in India. While BlackBerry will be manufactured in Optiemus’ own plant, Nokia has started manufacturing of 3310 and plans to make the smartphones too through Foxconn in India. Both handset brands will run on Google’s Android operating system.
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\nA HMD spokesperson said that a significant portion of its $500 million marketing spend will be in India.
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\nHMD Mobile India vice president Ajey Mehta recently told ET that the company plans to rope in over 400 distributors who can reach out to the nook and corner of the country and set up 300 service centres. It also has plans to setup exclusive brand stores. “We will not be the cheapest smartphone brand but our pricing will be benchmarked against competition,” he said.\n\n<\/p><\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":58526006,"title":"Why the tussle between Jio and incumbent telcos will only get nastier","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/why-the-tussle-between-jio-and-incumbent-telcos-will-only-get-nastier\/58526006","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[],"msid":58526064,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"Nokia, BlackBerry to mark return with Rs 200-crore bets","synopsis":"The BlackBerry brand licence owner in India, Optiemus Group, will spend Rs200 crore to relaunch the brand and will initially target enterprise customers.","titleseo":"telecomnews\/nokia-blackberry-to-mark-return-with-rs-200-crore-bets","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[{"author_name":"Writankar Mukherjee","author_link":"\/author\/8447\/writankar-mukherjee","author_image":"https:\/\/etimg.etb2bimg.com\/authorthumb\/8447.cms?width=100&height=100&hid=268","author_additional":{"thumbsize":true,"msid":8447,"author_name":"Writankar Mukherjee","author_seo_name":"writankar-mukherjee","designation":"Senior Editor","agency":false}}],"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"ET Bureau","artdate":"2017-05-05 08:54:08","lastupd":"2017-05-05 08:56:22","breadcrumbTags":["Nokia","BlackBerry","Motorola","Lenovo","Vivo","Devices","Optiemus"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/nokia-blackberry-to-mark-return-with-rs-200-crore-bets"}}" data-authors="[" writankar mukherjee"]" data-category-name="" data-category_id="" data-date="2017-05-05" data-index="article_1">
芬兰启动HMD全球,诺基亚品牌许可,本月晚些时候将推出其标志性的功能手机3310。然而,该公司计划使用模型作为战略举措来重建围绕品牌供应有限的贸易,因为它想推智能手机的销售。该公司计划推出三种智能手机模型包括使庞大的诺基亚6在线独家,高管表示。
黑莓品牌执照所有者在印度,Optiemus集团将Rs200卢比的重新品牌,最初将目标企业客户和销售通过零售连锁店在市场扩张渗透之前,主席Ashok古普塔说。公司将在下个月推出一个模型在sub-Rs40,000和另一个sub-Rs20,000今年7月,他说。
古普塔表示,该公司将推出黑莓4000通过零售商包括零售连锁店甚至溢价邻里商店。“我们预计Rs2,000卢比的销售在这个财政,”他说。
试图重新进入印度,这两个传奇品牌之际,市场是由三星和中国品牌,如朋友、体内、小米、联想,摩托罗拉和金立。三星和中国人一起旅控制超过70%的印度的智能手机市场。
诺基亚将市场上的手机耐久性因素与品牌相关联,保证软件更新,黑莓将构建的安全buzz智能手机。
这是当时中国品牌正试图捕获市场有问题开裂。这两个品牌也将在印度制造它的阵容。而黑莓将在Optiemus生产的工厂,诺基亚3310年开始生产,并计划使智能手机也通过富士康在印度。手机品牌都将运行谷歌的Android操作系统。
HMD发言人表示,其5亿美元的营销支出的很大一部分将在印度。
HMD移动印度副总统Ajey Mehta最近告诉ET,该公司计划在400多个分销商绳谁能伸出个角落的300服务中心,建立国家。它还计划设置专属品牌商店。“我们不会最便宜的智能手机品牌,但我们的定价将会以竞争为基准,”他说。
KOLKATA: Come June, the new owners of Nokia<\/a> and BlackBerry<\/a> are going to invest Rs200 crore each to re-enter the Indian smartphone market trying to build on the nostalgia of consumers, said two senior industry executives.
\n
\nFinnish start-up HMD Global, which has the Nokia brand licence, will launch its iconic feature phone 3310 later this month. However, the company plans to use the model as a strategic move to re-build the buzz around the brand with limited supplies to the trade since it wants to push sales of its smartphones. The company plans to launch three smartphone models including making the mid-end Nokia 6 online exclusive, the executives said.
\n
\nThe BlackBerry brand licence owner in India, Optiemus<\/a> Group, will spend Rs200 crore to relaunch the brand and will initially target enterprise customers and selling through retail chains before expanding penetration in the market, said chairman Ashok Gupta. The company will launch one model at sub-Rs40,000 next month and another at sub-Rs20,000 in July, he said.
\n
\nGupta said the company will launch BlackBerry through 4,000 retailers which includes the retail chains and even the premium neighbourhood stores. “We are expecting Rs2,000 crore sales in this fiscal,” he said.
\n
The attempts to re-enter India by these two legendary brands come at a time when the market is dominated by Samsung and the Chinese brands such as Oppo, Vivo<\/a>, Xiaomi, Lenovo<\/a>, Motorola<\/a> and Gionee. Samsung and the Chinese brigade together control more than 70% of the Indian smartphone market.
\n
\nNokia will market its handsets on the durability factor which was associated with the brand and guaranteed software updates, BlackBerry will build the security buzz of smartphones.
\n
\nThis is at a time when the Chinese brands are trying to capture market on the selfie craze. Both the brands will also manufacture its line-up in India. While BlackBerry will be manufactured in Optiemus’ own plant, Nokia has started manufacturing of 3310 and plans to make the smartphones too through Foxconn in India. Both handset brands will run on Google’s Android operating system.
\n
\nA HMD spokesperson said that a significant portion of its $500 million marketing spend will be in India.
\n
\nHMD Mobile India vice president Ajey Mehta recently told ET that the company plans to rope in over 400 distributors who can reach out to the nook and corner of the country and set up 300 service centres. It also has plans to setup exclusive brand stores. “We will not be the cheapest smartphone brand but our pricing will be benchmarked against competition,” he said.\n\n<\/p><\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":58526006,"title":"Why the tussle between Jio and incumbent telcos will only get nastier","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/why-the-tussle-between-jio-and-incumbent-telcos-will-only-get-nastier\/58526006","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[],"msid":58526064,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"Nokia, BlackBerry to mark return with Rs 200-crore bets","synopsis":"The BlackBerry brand licence owner in India, Optiemus Group, will spend Rs200 crore to relaunch the brand and will initially target enterprise customers.","titleseo":"telecomnews\/nokia-blackberry-to-mark-return-with-rs-200-crore-bets","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[{"author_name":"Writankar Mukherjee","author_link":"\/author\/8447\/writankar-mukherjee","author_image":"https:\/\/etimg.etb2bimg.com\/authorthumb\/8447.cms?width=100&height=100&hid=268","author_additional":{"thumbsize":true,"msid":8447,"author_name":"Writankar Mukherjee","author_seo_name":"writankar-mukherjee","designation":"Senior Editor","agency":false}}],"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"ET Bureau","artdate":"2017-05-05 08:54:08","lastupd":"2017-05-05 08:56:22","breadcrumbTags":["Nokia","BlackBerry","Motorola","Lenovo","Vivo","Devices","Optiemus"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/nokia-blackberry-to-mark-return-with-rs-200-crore-bets"}}" data-news_link="//www.iser-br.com/news/nokia-blackberry-to-mark-return-with-rs-200-crore-bets/58526064">
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