 Nokia has seen sales of its more expensive models improve |
Quarterly sales at Nokia have hit their highest level for five years helped by strong business in emerging markets. Global sales between April and June rose by 28% on the same period a year ago to 12.6bn euros ($17.2bn; �8.5bn)
Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone company, increased its share of the mobile handset market to 39%, according to research firm Strategy Analytics.
It expected Nokia's momentum in countries such as India to give it a 40% market share by the end of 2007.
'Encouraging sales'
Nokia said it had sold 100.8 million phones in the quarter, up 29% on a year ago.
The Finnish firm's results are in contrast to US rival Motorola, which saw its sales fall during the quarter.
Nokia chief executive Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo said that sales of some of its more expensive handsets had been "particularly encouraging", and had boosted profitability.
The success comes despite a slide in average handset prices as cheaper and lower to middle-range devices are the most popular in emerging markets.
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