October 3rd, 2008
Churchill Club podcast: From Cell Phones to Software & Services: One-on-One with Nokia's CEO
Rich Karlgaard, publisher of Forbes, sat down with Nokia President and CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo to discuss the mobile market. 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.
Kallasvuo talks about how Nokia is launching services and applications and doing battle against RIM, Apple, Microsoft and Google.
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.?
