Comments on: Nokia gives up Japan (almost), will possibly focus more on China and India

By: Technology blog » Nokia starts offering VERTU mobile phone services in Japan

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:20:02 +0000

[...] Nokia, had to give up its Japan operations after having failed to gain a foothold in this country (in November last year). But they’re trying again, this time with their luxury brand [...]

By: Nokia starts offering VERTU mobile phone services in Japan

Nokia starts offering VERTU mobile phone services in Japan — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:00:26 +0000

[...] Nokia, had to give up its Japan operations after having failed to gain a foothold in this country (in November last year). But they’re trying again, this time with their luxury brand [...]

By: Vertu opens uber-awesome flagship store in Tokyo

Vertu opens uber-awesome flagship store in Tokyo — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:33:36 +0000

[...] In November 2008, Nokia gave up Japan (where its market share hovered around a mere one percent for years) but now comes back with Vertu Japan [JP], its luxury brand. Vertu today opened a flagship store in Ginza, Tokyo’s upmarket area. [...]

By: jayaprakash

jayaprakash — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:20:18 +0000

Nokia is the world’s leading mobile phone maker and stop selling and marketing its handsets to japan because the market share was down over too many years. Nokia will create its own cellphone service in Japan, piggybacking on NTT Docomo’s infrastructure there.It’s scheduled to launch in the springtime. Nokia is expected to use the service to market its high-end phones, presumably including its N96. Nokia is very successful in China and India so they might not need the Japanese.

By: Serkan Toto

Serkan Toto — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:36:23 +0000

Sharp and Panasonic are leading the market over here. Also, there is NEC and Toshiba.

By: Marshall Sponder

Marshall Sponder — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:48:10 +0000

Listen, I don’t know why Nokia phones aren’t popular in Japan, but the graphic is pretty interesting – anyway, what do they buy in Japan … if it ain’t Nokia?