Nokia has announced the launch of a new service in India. Known as "Nokia Listings". The service has been developed for the purpose of connecting buyers and sellers (or employers and job seekers)and making this process as simple as possible.
According to a blog post on Nokia Beta Labs announcing the service, Nokia highlights the fact that almost 60 percent of the hiring and consumer-to-consumer transactions, like apartment rentals, in emerging markets (like India) currently occur via word-of-mouth or through middlemen who charge a hefty commission for their services. Nokia aims to bring a digital marketplace of sorts to users of basic mobile phones (Series 40) without the need of GPRS connections. Nokia Listings enables users to buy and sell things on a digital market place, look for jobs and access local services such as auto repairs, driver services, plumbers, etc - all using their basic phones either using GPRS or SMS.
The service is currently available only in India and as of now, no registration is required to use the service. Nokia has coded a Java application which can be used to access listings. Note that while the app should work on most Java ready devices, it has been optimized for S40 handsets.
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