Microsoft to acquire Nokia mobile phone devision?
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[quote author="kidproquo" date="1305549680"]The question there is: why would they bother?
They've already got an agreement to get Nokia to use WP7 for their phones. The other mobile companies who are currently making WP7 phones would almost certainly abandon and unify even more behind android.
Plus, there would be a number of issues getting approval for any buyout I imagine.[/quote]
Control, for one. Controlling both the hardware and the software seems to work very well for Apple. In that strategy, MS would want those other companies to abandon WP7. I also think there may be interesting synergies to be gained from Microsofts recent Skype acquisition.
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Apple do not own a manufacturing unit. Apple outsources and chinese comps manufacture it. Why should MS buy Nokia mobile division then?
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Mark Squires, Comms Director for Nokia via "Twitter":https://twitter.com/#!/DrPinball/status/70119002344660992:
"We typically don’t comment on rumors. But we have to say that Eldar’s rumors are getting obviously less accurate with every passing moment"
Who knows though... MS is on a bit of an expansionist binge these days.
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[quote author="gedd" date="1305650926"]Can you imagine the ticket price ??
Skype 8,5 Md$ : never win a dollar
Nokia XX? Md$ : Major actor in mobile phone, about 29 MD$ CA [/quote]This is a quote from the link Dieter provided:
[quote]What’s fascinating about this rumor is the numbers. After last week’s $8.5 billion Skype acquisition, Microsoft has about $32 billion left in cash reserves. And, as The Guardian points out, Nokia’s market capitalization is just shy of $32 billion. Coincidence?[/quote]
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[quote author="qtrahul" date="1306761894"]It was just rumor Nokia is Big company, Largest handset manufacturer, they won't do it.[/quote]
Well they just dropped their hands off of Qt (major role in their new platform) what would hold them in selling anything that makes kching??
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A new rumor on the subject on tweakers.net:
"Microsoft buys Nokia phones division for 19 billion U.S. dollars":http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://tweakers.net/nieuws/74813/microsoft-koopt-telefoonafdeling-nokia-voor-19-miljard-dollar.html&usg=ALkJrhjhlcUZBT6y3uwKi_MIQk7qzOlmlQ
"Tweet the article refers to":https://twitter.com/#!/eldarmurtazin/status/75664430670680065
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From the D9 interview with Stephen Elop:
Stephen: "We will remain in possession of the hardware business. The rumors are baseless."
Stephen: "It doesn't make sense when you think about it. Look at the synergies between the companies -- if you sell, you destroy value in the process."
I think that settles that rumour, at least for now.
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"Tomi Ahonen":http://communities-dominate.blogs.com/brands/ has recently published an interesting article about possible Nokia buyouts: "Quick Thoughts on Nokia as Takeover Target":http://communities-dominate.blogs.com/brands/2012/06/quick-thoughts-on-nokia-as-takeover-target-samsung-facebook-microsoft-and-others.html.
