Nokia makes 20 million handsets in India

NEW DELHI  - World's top handset maker Nokia made 20 million handsets at its Indian unit in less than a year after the factory became operational.

India, the world's fastest growing wireless services market is adding 5.5 million users on average each month. India's wireless sector offers the world's lowest local call rates - as low as 2-3 U.S. cents a minute.

Nokia which controls more than half the Indian handset market has a unit in the southern port-city of Chennai.

The port city is also home to Flextronics, the world's top contracts electronics maker which started its factory on Saturday with total investments of over $200 million in phase one of the project.