Tag: Nokia
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That time when Microsoft bought and killed Nokia phone unit – “Barely two years after it was announced, the whole thing fell apart and Microsoft wrote the whole thing off as a tax loss.” And: “Elop was right, but his solution wasn’t.” // “Disruption” is an easy word to say, but a very difficult one…
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Link: Are security concerns over Huawei a boon for its European rivals?
Between 2015 and 2018 Huawei’s share rose from 24% to 28%; Nokia’s dipped from 20% to 17% and Ericsson’s from 15% to 13%. An escalation in the war on Huawei might prompt Beijing to retaliate by kicking Western firms out of China. That would be a blow to the Nordic duo. China accounted for…
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Link: Finland government buys a slice of Nokia
“Between 1998 and 2007, Nokia was responsible for nearly 4 per cent of Finland’s annual GDP, while also being responsible for 30 per cent of the nordic country’s research and development spend and some 20 per cent of its annual exports.” Original source: Finland government buys a slice of Nokia
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The vast majority of people do not have, nor will they ever have a personal computer. They haven’t been exposed to Windows or Office, or anything like that, and in their lives it’s unlikely that they will. Stephen Elop, Microsoft’s new executive vice president of Devices, in the post announcing the completion of the deal…
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