Microsoft to complete acquisition of Nokia Brand today will retain

Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia Brand today will be retained (TechWeb) "TechWeb report" April 25 news, Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia Equipment and services will be officially completed today. The acquisition, which lasted nearly 8 months and amounted to $7.2 billion trillion, will be capped today. Microsoft has taken over Nokia's devices and services, including mobile phones, smart devices, and design teams, as well as the nokia.com website and related social media. At present, Nokia mainly has equipment and services, here map and network equipment three major business units, including the equipment and services sector is mainly responsible for mobile phone business, including Lumia brand and all products. The acquisition, Microsoft will pay Nokia € 3.79 billion, and additional 1.65 billion euros to buy patent assets, a total of 5.44 billion euros, about 7.2 billion U.S. dollars. In terms of human resources, about 32,000 Nokia employees, including manufacturing, assembly and packaging products, will come to Microsoft when the acquisition is completed. Many overseas media reported that the acquisition of Nokia will be renamed Microsoft Mobile. In this respect, Nokia Personnel said: "Microsoft Mobile is the name of the real company, and Nokia as a product brand will always be used." It is understood that Nokia's equipment and services unit in 2012 brought Nokia 14.9 billion euros in revenue, accounting for the company's total revenue of 50%. Through the deal, Nokia will profit 3.2 billion euros, about 4.22 billion dollars. Nokia Lumia hardware will also receive more support from Microsoft after Nokia joins Microsoft. Related reading: Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia handsets completed today: employee dissatisfaction betrayed