Nokia and Samsung took 70% of the Indian mobile phone market revenues between January-November 2010 according to market data from GfK Nielsen. Nokia took 49.2 percent of the market revenues, while Samsung took 20.5% of the market revenues.

LG phones took 5.3 percent, while Indian handset manufacturer was just behind in fourth place with 5 percent of the market revenues.

The GfK Nielsen figures however noted that Samsung strengthened its dual-sim portfolio considerably during the period and was the leader in the touchscreen segment, with a 36 per cent market share – beating Nokia’s sales in the smartphone market.

A total of 156 million mobile phones were sold in India during the whole of 2010.