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'Nokia doesn't want to be just a device maker'

Sreejiraj Eluvangal / DNA
Thursday, April 9, 2009 3:40 IST
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Mumbai: If there is anything more difficult than getting to the top, it is staying there. As the head of Nokia India and a veteran of the consumer business in India, D Shivakumar is busy keeping the brand's two-thirds market share intact while pursuing new avenues for growth. Shivakumar, managing director and vice president at Nokia India, shares with DNA the strategy and plans of the world's largest mobile-phone maker for its second-largest market. Excerpts from the interview:

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