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Nokia says to sell 35 million GPS phones in 2008

Thu May 8, 2008 9:02am EDT

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HELSINKI, May 8 (Reuters) - Nokia (NOK1V.HE), the world's top cellphone maker, expects to sell 35 million Global Positioning System (GPS) equipped phones this year, its chief executive said on Thursday.

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"We expect to ship about 35 million GPS-enabled Nokia devices in 2008, which is equal to the entire GPS device market in 2007," CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo told the annual shareholders' meeting. (Reporting by Sami Torma, Writing by Sakari Suoninen)



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