After the recent departure of Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer, almost everyone saw this coming in one way or another. Microsoft and Nokia have been in cahoots ever since Stephen Elop (former Microsoft executive) became the CEO of Nokia and have been crafting high-end Windows Phone device under the Lumia brand. And now the circle is pretty much complete.
This was the endgame for Ballmer & Elop as Microsoft & Nokia are now one.
This evening, Microsoft released a press release and open letter from the two executives. Microsoft has just paid close to $7.1 billion for Nokia’s hardware + services business along w/ licensing Nokia’s patents & mapping services. Although Elop will no longer be CEO over at Nokia, the long-term plan the two set out appears to be finally complete. Microsoft now has a ‘true’ in-house hardware + services for their platform Windows Phone 8.
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