Case Study of Nokia Distribution Network-Delhincr

India is one country which is developing rapidly at the moment along with China (Lal and Clement, 2005). The political, economic, social, cultural, technological and legal climate in India is extremely suitable for international entrepreneurs since business prospects in a country are heavily dependent on the above mentioned parameters. Since India is the second most heavily populated country in the world, British telecommunication company, Vodafone has enormous business opportunities in India. Mobile phone usage in India is increasing rapidly in recent times (Press Information Bureau: Government of India, 2010). A substantial portion of Indian

Therefore, the local company I will be discussing is Carphone Warehouse (http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/), a British mobile phone merchant, with more than 2,400 stores across Europe. Their objectives are to give

Nokia Corporation is the world's largest manufacturer of mobile phones, serving customers in 130 countries. Nokia is divided into four business groups: Mobile Phones, Multimedia, Enterprise Solutions, and Networks. The Mobile Phones group markets wireless voice and data products in consumer and corporate markets. The Multimedia segment sells mobile gaming devices, home satellite systems, and cable television set-top boxes. The Enterprise Solutions group develops wireless systems for use in the corporate sector. Wireless switching and transmission equipment is sold through the company's Networks division. Nokia operates 15 manufacturing facilities in nine countries and maintains research and development facilities in 12 countries.. Originally

2000-2006: HTC made first time profits when it engineered and developed PDA for Compaq computer. HTC made an alliance with top hardware companies and became best hardware maker which led to release of the XDA, the first Windows based smartphone by collaborating with Microsoft. HTC operated in ODM business and Mobile operator business. HTC designed customized phones for Mobile operators based on their specifications which led them to gain attractive contracts from different Mobile operators. HTC contracts with mobile operators was reason for HTC’s early success. HTC relationship with Handspring to develop Treo smartphone facilitated the opportunity to learn about software and User-Interface design. By 2006, HTC was shipping more than 70% of the world Windows Mobile smartphones.

Nokia’s aggressive strategy to dominate mobile communication cluster would be the main reason how Nokia could become a world leader in the sector among other reasons. Nokia’s passion for mobile communication industry was great enough to give up more than 40% of its revenue in is pre-owned communication industry to concentrate only in mobile communications. Nokia was also lucky enough to see the possibility of mobile communication early enough to predominate the industry and prevent any competition from

In the second quarter of 2007, Motorola had shipped 35.5 million mobile handsets whereby Nokia shipped 100.8 million handsets. Nokia emerged as a leader in the global mobile phone industry, holding a market share of 38.0 percent, by the 2nd quarter of 2007.

This report comprises of comprehensive analysis of the Moto G strategy in India focusing on the market segmentation and positioning strategy. Motorola is very effective in positioning Moto G as value for money product as survey results show that 81% of consumers perceive it as same. SWOT matrix prepared on the basis of Internal & external factors analysis reflects that Moto G being a new product in the market does not enjoy the same visibility as rivals like Samsung and Nokia.This has been strengthened by findings of survey: only 18% of consumers are willing to buy Moto G for its brand value.

From Nokia’s vision and mission statement it can be inferred that Nokia wants to be known for its credibility and to be a market leader again as it was before the year 2007 (Kess, 2014). Nokia understands that the company has to use innovation to offer products that are not yet

With Xiaomi launching Redmi brand of its smartphone and tagging them as its first “Made in India” smartphone from its plant in Sri City, it comes to light the plant that the plant still sources its

India was lucrative since the Indian handheld market is booming and slowly becoming one of the world’s biggest and fasted growing markets. There being a lack of certain technology, gives HTC the opportunities to fill new market gaps. The company’s products are standardized for the global market, while strategies are adapted to respected countries. HTC seems to be efficiency seeking when looking especially at the Indian market. HTC is selling phones globally and in India they are trying to succeed through International Specialization. The company was benefiting at first, from the lack of top of the line mobile phones in the Indian market. Its future strategy is to keep this trend going. The company is trying to take over the top and middle class mobile phone market in India by being the first to offer the latest and greatest technology available and ignoring the lower class mobile market. It managed to do so already by introducing the first fully touch phone and fully Android powered phone.

Microsoft is the most established software giant and Nokia is the company that is the icon for electronic and communication equipments. Microsoft had a partnership with the computer manufacturer IBM that made the software of Microsoft from DOS to modern Windows 8 famous and most used. The same underlying principle of symbiosis has been used inn this alliance. There are many reasons why Microsoft had to enter the cell phone industry. Arch Rival Apple came out with the iPhone and revolutionized the mobile world. Though the gadget was not a direct competitor, Microsoft was out of a huge potential market, namely the mobile segment.

In 2011, Nokia is still the top global mobile manufacturer but its market share is relatively low in North America with only 12%, including both smartphones and feature phones (Online Marketing Trends, 2011).

Intermediaries such as Carphone warehouse or network stores such as Orange also have other handsets readily available, which makes it difficult for Nokia to have a direct impact on the selling of their handsets2. Hence, bargaining power of buyers is high.

In 2011, Nokia joined with Microsoft to strengthen its position in the highly competitive smartphone market. Nokia adopted the Windows Phone OS for smart devices and through their strategic partnership Nokia and Microsoft set about establishing an alternative ecosystem to rival iOS and Android. In 2011, Nokia made number of changes to its operations and company culture in the course of two years lead to shortened product development times, improved product quality and better responsiveness to market demand.

The booming revolution in Information Technology sector has pushed the India’s telecom market significantly. India has shown tremendous growth in past few years in terms of mobile services. Mobile phones are a vast improvement over the telecommunications technology of the past, and now become an important asset in today’s busy life. Mobile phones have become the necessity in today’s competitive environment to meet the emerging global economy.