Nokia and FPT cooperate to promote growth of Nokia Lumia

The signing ceremony of the MOU was attended by leaders from both sides including Executive Vice President, Devices & Services, Nokia Corporation Mr. Stephen Elop, Chairman of FPT Corporation Mr. Truong Gia Binh and CEO of FPT Mr. Bui Quang Ngoc.

Accordingly, the two leading technology groups in Finland (Nokia) and Vietnam (FPT) will realize cooperation opportunities in various fields in which both parties have strengths and solid foundation.

The most important contents of the MOU between Nokia Corporation and FPT Corporation include:

• Enhancing Nokia Lumia distribution to corporate clients in the Vietnamese market;
• Developing mobile app ecosystem for Windows Phone in Vietnam.

In particular, Nokia and FPT together build Windows Phone applications for community and individual customers; localize compatible international applications for Vietnamese users; open up opportunities for Nokia Lumia users in Vietnam to preload related applications including games.

" We appreciate highly the partnership with FPT , the leading ICT Company in Vietnam ," Mr. Stephen Elop said . "This strategic partnership aims to enhance cooperation between the two parties towards providing attractive mobile products with exciting experiences for Vietnamese users ". 

Mr. Truong Gia Binh, Chairman of FPT Corporation said: "The Memorandum of Understanding expresses commitment of the most senior leaders of Nokia and FPT to promoting bilateral relationship. The event not only marks a new step of development in Nokia - FPT relation in the phone distribution, but also reaffirms commitment to development of new technologies such as Big Data, Cloud Computing and Mobility".

Thanks to the MOU, FPT has opportunity to earn a solid foothold in the Nokia/Microsoft’s ecosystem as an Eco-Partner - Partner develops applications for Windows Phone. This is one of FPT’s steps to enter the global market and approach business customers in the field of Apps development for Windows Phone, with the support of Nokia/Microsoft.

At the signing ceremony, the Nokia leaders visited FPT building and directly experience the latest technologies FPT is researching and developing, such as Big Data, Cloud Computing and Mobility.

Earlier on 28 October 2013, Nokia Corporation inaugurated the first phone factory in Bac Ninh province, showing its determination to dominate the mobile market in Vietnam. The factory is located in the area of ​​ 17 hectares with the initial investment capital of 200 million Euros and expected to generate jobs for about 10 thousand employees.

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Nokia profile:

Nokia is a multinational corporation headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, Finland.

Nokia’s main fields of operation include Mobile Phone Manufacture, Multimedia Entertainment, Networking Solutions and Enterprise Solutions.

Along with Microsoft, Nokia has built a global ecosystem to provide alternative solutions to users, different from iOS and Android. Accordingly, Windows Phone and vast Windows platform along with Nokia Lumia smartphones have brought unique and appealing experiences to millions of users around the globe.

Up to now, Windows Phone Store has owned approximately 175,000 applications and over 2 billion downloads of applications and games with the growth rate 6 times faster than the whole market.

FPT profile:

FPT Corporation is the leading ICT group in Vietnam, with 25 years of development. FPT stands out with more than $1.2 billion in revenue and the human resource pool of 15,000 employees across 14 countries worldwide.

FPT owns all technologies in its development directions with ISO certificates for all fields of operation, CMMi for software development and thousands of international technology certificates by leading technology partners.

The value-added services by FPT always meet the needs of customers and partners. To date , FPT has won the confidence of thousands of businesses and millions of consumers.

FPT started Nokia distribution in 2003. From a distribution center under FPT Distribution, FPT has become one of the main distributors of Nokia phones in the Vietnamese market, with a wide network of agents from Highlands to Northern region.