Newkia announces its CEO and began production of its first smartphone

Company resulting from the divestiture of Nokia devices , the Newkia just announced who will be the first CEO in its history : Urpo Karajalainen . Besides having worked in the Finnish company , the executive played an important role in the BlackBerry at the time that the company has not passed through a situation as worrisome as the current .

According to an official statement issued by the new company , Karajalainen is the "most successful executive in Asia for the past 15 years." As president of Newkia , Zilliacus Thomas , the executive was responsible for making Asia the largest and most lucrative market in which Nokia operates. " No other executive has the contacts , the appeal and credibility among operators , distributors and Asian vendors ," he explains.

The establishment of the company is the result of dissatisfaction of several former Nokia employees who disapproved of both the adoption of the Windows Phone operating system as selling the company to Microsoft. The idea of the company is using this talent and knowledge among employees of Nokia to create quality appliances that adopt Android as a platform - something that should bear fruit results very soon , according Zilliacus .

" I see many opportunities for Newkia in the current market , and I am very excited to be part of creating something that will be built upon the amazing legacy of Nokia . We are building a team that keeps the knowledge and qualities that have made Nokia a leading market for 14 years, " says CEO Karajalainen .

Source : ZDNet