New Delhi, March 31 -- Telecom gear maker Nokia announced that supply chain pressures due to the West Asia war, with component shortages such as memory chips, are increasing costs for devices, including wireless access equipment and network infrastructure.

"We started seeing the cost creeps happening. As soon as the supply shortage starts, the first thing is the cost changes, and that is what is happening right now," Vibha Mehra, country manager - designate for India at Nokia, told reporters.

Mehra, who will take charge as Nokia's country manager in India on 1 April, said discussions about the cost increases have also begun with telecom operators.

To be sure, memory chip prices had already been increasing before the war, as manufacturi...