Reliance Comm enters into a tie-up with Nokia

Reliance Communications entered into a tie-up with Nokia to market 'Nokia 1255' mobile handsets across the country at a price of Rs 1999, which is targeted at first time mobile users.

"This initiative will provide a new impetus to the burgeoning Indian telecom market by providing consumers a high quality mobile experience at an affordable price level", Reliance Communications CEO Sajive Kanwar said.

With this partnership with Nokia, we are expecting to sell about 2 million handsets in the next six months, Kanwar said.

Nokia sales director Sunil Dutt said, "this offer will help our company to enter the emerging markets by providing consumers affordable solutions."