Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is expected to launch its Lumia smartphone line in China on March 28, according to multiple reports. DigiTimes says that China Unicom, China Telecom and China Mobile will all sell Nokia Lumia handsets; combined, these three operators have nearly 1 billion subscribers. That’s a huge opportunity both for Nokia and for Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), which developed the Windows Phone platform Nokia now uses on new smartphones.
This article originally appeared in GigaOm.

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