Microsoft may pay Nokia $1 billion for Promotion and Development of Nokia Windows Phone

Source: Internet
Author: User

According to foreign reports, Microsoft will pay Nokia $1 billion to promote and develop Nokia Windows Phone, part of the two companies' smartphone software agreement, however, the software agreement has not yet been finalized yet.

The message also said that Nokia had to pay Microsoft Windows for copyright authorization after adopting the Windows Phone operating system, so Nokia would cut its software development budget to offset the cost. The source also said that the contract period has exceeded 5 years.

Microsoft declined to make remarks about the rumor. Nokia spokesman Laurie Armstrong said that the two sides have not signed the final contract, and the details of the contract will be announced after the contract is signed.

Microsoft has always had abundant funds. This $1 billion support will play a crucial role in its cooperation with Nokia. It also shows that Microsoft attaches great importance to Nokia. Before Microsoft cooperated with Nokia, the TechCrunch website quoted Jonathan Goldberg, A Deutsche Bank telecommunications analyst, as saying that Microsoft would spend $0.4 billion to promote WP7 this year alone, if the development of WP7 is included, the total amount of money Microsoft has spent will reach $1 billion. Microsoft's partners think the figure will be bigger. Goldberg learned from Microsoft's operators, equipment vendors and other partners that Microsoft will spend more than 1 billion yuan in the first year. However, when Microsoft won the Nokia partner, it can be seen that almost all the promotion budgets were spent on Nokia.

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