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ASCI upheld complaints against 229 ads in March 19; over 100 about websites flouting DMR regulations

The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) has upheld complaints against 229 advertisements of 270 advertisements of which more than 100 pertained to advertiser’s websites violating DMR Regulations

In March 2019, ASCI examined complaints against 344 advertisements, advertisers of which ensured prompt corrective action for 74 of the ads once they received the complaints from ASCI. ASCI’s…

  In December 2018 and January 2019, ASCI investigated complaints against 415 advertisements, of which the advertisers ensured corrective action for 125 advertisements as soon as they received the complaints from ASCI.

ASCI’s Consumer Complaints Council (CCC) upheld complaints against 230 advertisements from a total of 290 advertisements evaluated by them. Of these 230 advertisements, 106…

  As per the latest information, Nokia’s D Shivakumar, who is serving the company as Operations Head for India, West Asia and Africa, has resigned from his post.

Shivakumar spend almost 8 years with the Finnish handset maker.  Presently, he is based in Dubai, and oversees Nokia’s operations in about 90 countries. Now, he is planning to come back to India after the June quarter.

Shivkumar said, "When I joined Nokia, India had about 80 million mobile phone subscribers. Today, there are over 900 million. I believe that Nokia too had a role to play in this along with mobile operators.”

  Nokia has unveiled the Asha Touch family of mobile devices in India, introducing the full touch experience at new price points. The two new phone models - the Nokia Asha 305 and Nokia Asha 311 - further expand the Asha smartphone family. 

"The Nokia Asha 305 and Nokia Asha 311 will provide the Indian consumer with full touch capabilities at new price points and also deliver attractive and intuitive experience for connecting to the internet, to their friends, and to a world of entertainment, web apps and content. We believe the Nokia’s Chennai manufacturing unit has been instrumental in helping us deliver on our commitment to connect the next billion of consumers by helping us meet the increasing demand for the Asha series of devices," said D. Shivakumar, Senior Vice-President, IMEA, Nokia.

Nokia Asha 311 is a fast and fluid 3.5G capacitive touchscreen device, powered by a 1GHz processor to provide a great internet experience, whereas Nokia Asha 305 is a fun phone, featuring the Easy Swap dual SIM.

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