Nokia Officially No Again Producing Mobile

Today Friday, April 25, 2014 , Microsoft officially completed the purchase of the business units of Nokia mobile phones and services in the acquisition agreement worth 7.2 billion U.S. dollars .

First announced in September 2013 the acquisition process was hampered regulatory issues that can not be resolved early before finally approved by governmental agencies around the world .

" Today we welcome business hardware and services Nokia to our family . Ability of mobile and assets they bring will continue our transformation , " said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella cited by the BBC .

The two units of Nokia's business was renamed Microsoft Mobile Oy and operated as a separate subsidiary . " Oy " is a word in Finnish ( Osakeyhtiö ) which refers to a company whose shares are not publicly owned , such as " Ltd. " or " Limited " in English .

Completion of the acquisition process that marks the end of the gait Nokia as a mobile phone manufacturer after it was dominating the market for more than a decade .

It is not yet known whether Microsoft will maintain the brand Nokia and Lumia phones produced after the acquisition . Microsoft said that the decision about that will be made at a later date .

Nokia itself will continue to live as a company that concentrates on three business areas : networking infrastructure ( NSN ) , the service maps ( maps HERE ) and Advanced Technologies ( development and technology licensing ) .

So the big manufacturers

The Verge notes that Microsoft Nokia employees also bring as many as 25,000 people , fewer than the 32,000 figure previously announced .

Manufacturers of Windows that once transformed so giant handset manufacturer ( through Nokia's business units purchased ) with an annual pengkapalan figure reached more than 250 million handsets , the second highest after Samsung .

Of these , only 30 million phones based on Windows Phone ( Lumia ) fib Microsoft . The rest is a series of feature phones and Android Nokia Asha X. Microsoft will now have to think about the management of all devices that are not running Windows Phone .

On the other hand , Microsoft's purchase of top Nokia made ​​the company turn out to be the most dominant hardware manufacturer in the business realm of Windows Phone handsets , the platform of its own .

Line of Nokia's Lumia series smartphones so far mastered 90 percent market share of Windows Phone handsets . Microsoft was placed in an awkward position , in which the company is trying to expand the adoption of Windows Phone among other mobile phone manufacturers , but now also compete directly with them at the same time .