Microsoft to buy Nokia Phone Unit (Nokia Yauzwa)

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Microsoft has agreed a deal to buy
Nokia's mobile-phone business for
5.4bn euro ($7.2bn; £4.6bn). Nokia will also license its patents and
mapping services to Microsoft. The companies said in a joint news
release that the deal will be finalised
in early 2014, when about 32,000
Nokia employees will transfer to
Microsoft. While Nokia has struggled with
competition from Samsung and
Apple, Microsoft has been criticised
for being slow into the mobile market. "It's a bold step into the future - a
win-win for employees, shareholders
and consumers of both companies,"
said Steve Ballmer, chief executive
officer of Microsoft. The transaction is subject to approval
by Nokia shareholders and
regulators. 'Number one priority' Microsoft, one of the biggest names in
technology sector, has struggled as
consumers have shunned traditional
PC and laptops in favour of
smartphones and tablet PCs. Critics say the firm has been too slow
to respond to the booming market for
mobile devices. It launched its Surface tablet PCs last
year but sales of the devices have
been relatively slow. Analysts said that the company
wanted to make sure that it got its
strategy right in the mobile phone
market. "Mobile is an area of tremendous
potential but it has been one of
weakness for Microsoft," Manoj
Menon, managing director of
consulting firm Frost & Sullivan told
the BBC. "Clearly the number one priority for
the company is to get its mobile
strategy right. From a strategy point
of view, this deal is the prefect step,
The only question is how well they
can execute this plan." 'Tighter integration' Nokia was one a leader in mobile
phone category but the firm's sales
fell 24% in the three months to the
end of June, from a year earlier. It sold 53.7 million mobile phones
during the quarter, down 27% on last
year. However, sales of its new Lumia
phones, which run a Microsoft
operating system, rose during the
period. Mr Menon said that the deal between
the two companies will help bring the
"hardware closer to the operating
system and achieve a tighter
integration". "This should help Microsoft make a
more affective strategy to compete in
the mobile sphere," he said. Microsoft has also agreed to a 10-year
license arrangement with Nokia to
use the Nokia brand on current
mobile phone products.

Source: BBC

 

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... Microsoft yatangaza itanunua kitengo cha kutengeneza simu cha Nokia kwa USD 7.2 bilioni (Tsh11.6 trilioni) ili kuboresha ushindani dhidi ya google.

 

[HIMARS]

Kazi imeanza ndio ushindani huo

 

[kadoda11]

... Microsoft yatangaza itanunua kitengo cha kutengeneza simu cha Nokia kwa USD 7.2 bilioni (Tsh11.6 trilioni) ili kuboresha ushindani dhidi ya google.

Hiyo pesa mbona naona kama kidogo.mafisadi wetu na wanasiasa level za kina edward hiyo pesa hawawezi kosa.wangechangamkia hiyo deal wasingeikosa.😀

 

[Kiyoya]

Hiyo pesa mbona naona kama kidogo.mafisadi wetu na wanasiasa level za kina edward hiyo pesa hawawezi kosa.wangechangamkia hiyo deal wasingeikosa.😀

jamaa huwa wanauza kwa wenye akili tu

 

[kadoda11]

Nimeamini mkuu,issue sio gharama ila unamuizia nani ambaye anaweza ku-stabilize reputation na spirit ya kampuni.

 

[Mathias1981]

Nimeamini mkuu,issue sio gharama ila unamuizia nani ambaye anaweza ku-stabilize reputation na spirit ya kampuni.

hii nimeipenda......sio kuuza tu bali unamuuzia nani?wapi chief mkwawa mzee wa nokia huyo..

 

[Mlaleo]

Riz 1 alipitwa kidogo tu angeinunua hiyo kampuni....ila nasikia nampango wa kuinunua kabisa Microsoft