In the following year deal between Microsoft and Nokia will be finalized - the software giant will depart of the Finnish company unit, engaged in production of smartphones and mobile phones, as well as all patents held by it and the major brands in the face of Lumia and Asha. In fact, Nokia has already received the first tranche of funds (1.5 billion euros) from Microsoft in order to pay for the transaction, which is going to be used to repay the debt after the buyback of its stake in a joint venture with Siemens for the production of telecommunications equipment, as well as spending on other corporate needs.
Microsoft will get about 32 thousand of the 88 thousand Nokia employees , as well as a little less than half of the annual revenue. The impact on this transaction Nokia will have a significant, but the company will continue to live in a new way, by developing other activities. Among those priorities are as many as three: the release of network equipment, location-based services and the development of advanced technologies.
With network equipment all clear - Nokia will be releasing base stations for cellular networks, including working in the ranges of LTE. The development of the mobile Internet and the deep penetration of navigation systems in cars allows Nokia updated look with confidence to the future. Already, four of the five vehicles device with the standard navigation system that uses Nokia design. The direction of "advanced technology" recently manifested itself in the development of the H.264 standard and Bluetooth 4.0 LE, as well as image processing technology in augmented reality systems. The portfolio of Nokia has more than 10,000 patent .