There's a billion people in India, but most of them can't afford mobile phones, let alone HTC Touch Diamonds. Also, Nokia has a solid lock on this market. People naturally go to the most expensive nokia to show that they've arrived, which is what is boosting Symbian numbers compared to Windows Mobile.
Airtel has a decent EDGE network, but its really slow browsing and is crippled like T-Mobile's network. I'm guessing there are backhaul constraints rather than air interface constraints.
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There's a billion people in India, but most of them can't afford mobile phones, let alone HTC Touch Diamonds. Also, Nokia has a solid lock on this market. People naturally go to the most expensive nokia to show that they've arrived, which is what is boosting Symbian numbers compared to Windows Mobile.
Airtel has a decent EDGE network, but its really slow browsing and is crippled like T-Mobile's network. I'm guessing there are backhaul constraints rather than air interface constraints.