Nokia began searching for a new CEO

Nokia, a mobile phone maker, began a search for a new executive director, according to Wall Street Journal , citing informed sources inside the company. The decision will be made before the end of July.



According to analysts, the current head of Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo (Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo) can not help Nokia to find its niche in the market for high-end smartphones.

The company retains the first place in the number of sales of mobile phones among active phones in the world (40%), but in the most profitable segment of smartphones, competitors in the face of Google and Apple began to threaten it. In the II quarter. In 2009, Apple for the first time overtook Nokia in terms of profits from the sale of smartphones ($ 1.6 billion versus $ 1.1 billion), although during that period Nokia sold 108.5 million devices, and Apple - only 7.4 million.
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Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo worked for the company for 30 years, he became CEO in 2006, just before Apple entered the market with his iPhone.