End Of An Era, Deal Done Microsoft buying Nokia Phones

The deal between Nokia and Microsoft should have been done earlier this year but it was late by a hold-up in governing approvals.
Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella said "we welcome the Nokia devices and services business to our family".
Microsoft has agreed a deal to buy Nokia's mobile phone business for 5.4bn euros ($7.2bn; £4.6bn).


Nokia was the major supplier of Windows Phones and pretty much the only company that took the platform seriously. Other manufacturers like Samsung and HTC tried to make Windows Phones, but they were mostly duds.

Nokia was once the biggest smartphone maker in the world.Before  officially part of Microsoft, Nokia announced a new family of cheap Android devices called Nokia X. Those phones run a greatly modified version of Android and don't include Google services like the Play Store for apps and other digital content. Instead, Nokia made its own store and included a lot of Microsoft services like Skype and Bing search.

              Microsoft will acquire 25,000 Nokia employees in 50      countries.
              More than 4,000 employees in Finland will transfer to             Microsoft, and Nokia's headquarters Helsinki will be taken over.