Nokia Siemens Buys Motorola Unit for $1.2 Billion

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33 points·sonnym··11 comments

This press release is significantly better than the article, sorry I failed to look for it earlier.

http://www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com/news-events/press-room/p...

This ought to give Nokia a strong position on the emerging LTE markets, being able to co-design devices and networks. They need more than that however to break into US smartphone markets.

I wonder what OS the new smartphones will run. Android or MeeGo?

This deal is not for Motorola's mobile phone division.

Interesting that Motorola is willing to let go of its telecom equipment business.

Are they are going to focus more on their smartphone division? I mean they've celebrated big successes with their recent Android phones and have implemented all the necessary know how and workflows for integrating Android with their mobile phones. Now they could really start pushing them out!

Sounds like they are trying to spin off everything except for their Public Safety radio division.

They have been, and still are, talking about spinning off the smartphone division.

Ah, thanks for the clarification.

I don't think they have bought the consumer phone division, just the backed networking division.

The article on the WSJ is a bit confusing on that point... any good sources?

Nokia Siemens Networks is a backend provider, they definitely didn't buy a handset operations. Also this deal was speculated for several months.

Thanks!

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