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HMD
said the Nokia 150 and Nokia 150 Dual SIM would go on sale in
selected markets early next year.
The company, led by former Nokia executives, earlier this month
took over the Nokia basic phone business from Microsoft and has
struck a licensing deal with Nokia Oyj to bring the brand back
to the smartphone market next year.
The basic phone business currently makes most of its sales in
India, elsewhere in Asia and eastern Europe.
Nokia was once the world's dominant cellphone maker but missed
the shift to smartphones. It sold all the handset activities to
Microsoft in 2014 and is now focused on telecom network
equipment.
Microsoft struggled to compete with the likes of Apple and
Samsung in smartphones and has largely quit the phones business.
(Reporting by Jussi Rosendahl; Editing by Mark Potter)
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