Industry
Samsung Electronics beats Nokia in Finland
May 29, 2013
Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest smartphone maker, overtook Nokia Corp. in terms of handset shipments in its home country during the first quarter, data showed Wednesday.Samsung sold 211,000 handsets in Finland, where Nokia is headquartered, during the January-March period, accounting for 36.1 percent of the European country's handset market, according to the data by market researcher IDC Corp.Nokia came in second with shipments of 196,000 handsets or a 33.6 percent market share, the