Microsoft to acquire Nokia mobile phone devision?
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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.
