In an interview, Rick Simonson, mobile phone unit chief for Nokia has stated that in 2010 Nokia will ship in excess of 500 million handsets over 3 platforms, which is roughly 40% of the global market share reports an article over on Reuters.

In November Reuters conducted a poll whereby analysts average predictions was Nokia would shift 458 million mobile phones in 2010.

However, a spokesperson for Nokia has stated that Simonson’s comment is not a new forecast, and Nokia’s last forecast was given on the 2nd of December 2009.

On the other hand, Simonson’s comment did help Nokia shares to go up roughly 3%. Simonson, who stepped down as CFO in October 2009 also says he expects about half of the mobile phone operating systems in use to survive the competitive global market.