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Ajey Mehta (left), India vice-president, HMD Global, and Florian Seiche, CEO, at the launch of the Nokia 2 in Rapid Metro, Gurugram, on Tuesday. Photo: Sanjay K Sharma

Arnab Dutta New Delhi

Last Updated : Nov 01 2017 | 1:51 AM IST

When you are in conversation with the global leader of a renowned handsets brand on board a metro in Gurugram, you know this is not a common ride. That is how it turned out this afternoon when Florian Seiche, chief executive officer, and Pekka Rantala, chief marketing officer of HMD Global, makers of Nokia handsets, took a metro ride to introduce a new smartphone.

With the new Nokia 2 on full display in a specially redecorated Rapid Metro train, the Finnish company on Tuesday announced its global launch in Gurugram as the coaches travelled on elevated tracks among the high-rises of

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