Nokia to Rival Apple

Nokia – the world’s top mobile phone maker – has unveiled a new online music store, new top-end handsets and a global gaming service as it takes on US rival Apple.

The Finnish firm, which sells more than one third of the world’s moble phones, is looking for new sources of revenue from services and content as the industry matures and voice prices continue to decline.

Chief executive Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo said the company would start to sell touch screen phones – Nokia’s answer to Apple’s iconic iPhone handsets – using its popular S60 software next year.

US consumer electronics company Apple, which broke into the mobile phone industry in January, saw its iPhone handsets fly off shelves in June.

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