Microsoft Mobile
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Microsoft Talo the headquarters of Microsoft Mobile.
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| Industry | Telecommunications equipment |
| Predecessor | Nokia Devices and Services division |
| Founded | April 25, 2014 Keilaniemi, Espoo, Finland |
| Headquarters | Espoo, Finland |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Terry Myerson Head of Windows & Devices. Panos Panay Head of Engineering Juha Putkiranta Timo Toikkanen Chris Weber |
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Smartphones Mobile software |
| Brands | Lumia |
| Parent | Microsoft |
| Website | nokia |
Microsoft Mobile is a multinational mobile phone and mobile computing device manufacturing company headquartered in Espoo, Finland, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft. It is a legal body that oversees and legally represents the activities in the design, development, manufacture and distribution of mobile phones, smartphones, tablet computers, related accessories and services. Microsoft Mobile was established following the acquisition of Nokia's Devices and Services division by Microsoft, which was completed in April 2014.
Microsoft Mobile had the right to sell mobile phones under the Nokia brand name as part of a 10-year licensing agreement, as long as those phones are based on the S30+ platform which comprises "feature phones". In October 2014, it was announced that future Lumia smartphones would carry the Microsoft name and logo instead of "Nokia". In mid-2016 Microsoft sold its feature phone business and rights to use the "Nokia" brand until 2024 to HMD Global, keeping the Lumia business intact.
With the acquisition of Nokia's devices and services division, Microsoft re-entered the smartphone market after its previous attempt, Microsoft Kin, a result of their acquisition of Danger, Inc., was poorly received.
In February 2011, Stephen Elop and Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer jointly announced a major business partnership between the two companies, which would see Nokia adopt Windows Phone as its primary platform on future smartphones, replacing both Symbian and MeeGo. The deal also included the use of Bing as the search engine on Nokia devices, and the integration of Nokia Maps into Microsoft's own mapping services. Nokia announced that it would still release one device running the MeeGo platform in 2011, but that it would devote fewer resources to future development of the platform, and that it would phase out Symbian entirely. Aligning with Microsoft had been considered a possibility by analysts due to Elop's prior employment with the company.
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