[telecom] Microsoft is now a phone company, as Nokia deal closes

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Microsoft is now a phone company, as Nokia deal closes Another 25,000 staff come aboard.

by Peter Bright Apr 25 2014 Ars Technica

As announced earlier this week, Microsoft's purchase of Nokia's Devices and Services division has closed almost four months later than expected.

Redmond is paying about $5 billion for the Nokia division, now named Microsoft Mobile Oy, and some 8,500 design patents. The software giant is also paying another $2 billion for a ten-year license for

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