Title
Churchill Club | From cell phones to software & services : one-on-one with Nokia's CEOCatalog Number
102792306Type
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It's no longer just about the phone. Cell phone manufacturers are moving beyond a focus solely on the hardware to develop new businesses based on robust software and innovative Internet-based services. Nokia, the world's largest manufacturer of mobile devices, including smartphones, is jumping deep and fast into these services and applications.But RIM, Apple, Microsoft and Google also see the rich opportunities of these multimedia computers that are expected to become the most common access to the Internet. In this uber-competitive landscape, how is Nokia planning to stay on top?
Does Nokia's customer base of more than 1 billion people give it an advantage as it spreads smartphone-like services and applications further down into its product lineup around the world? What is the impact of Nokia's success in the booming cell phone markets of the world, such as China, India and Africa?
And what is the company's plan for the U.S.? With over 40% of the global market, the company has struggled with just 10% of the North American market. What steps is Nokia taking to increase visibility, respect and market penetration in the U.S.?
Rich Karlgaard, publisher of Forbes, will sit down with Nokia President and CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo to get the answers to these and other questions. Kallasvuo has led the company for the past two years, but has held a variety of positions in his 28-year Nokia career, including heading its North American unit in the late 1990s.
If you compete in, invest in, or are influenced by the telecom industry, you won't want to miss what promises to be an in-depth, uncompromising and perhaps surprising conversation that will take you inside the mind of the one of telecom's most influential leaders.
Date
2008-10-01Participants
| Kallasvuo, Olli-Pekka, Speaker |
| Karlgaard, Rich, Moderator |