In two days , Nokia's shareholders must vote for the sale of the mobile unit of the Finnish smartphone manufacturer in the hands of Microsoft. Along the way, the deal must also approve the regulatory agencies in the U.S., EU, China and some other countries. After purchasing the production of giant Nokia software market suddenly change its position on the market for the purchase of semiconductors and, in particular, the shift in the leading place in the group on procurement solutions for wireless communications.
According to analysts' estimates divisions Semiconductor Design and Spend Analysis IHS, the absorption band Nokia will enable Microsoft company to enter the OEM-10 largest companies in the semiconductor market. For comparison, in 2012, Microsoft took 15 place. This year, it moved to 13th place, and after the acquisition of Nokia automatically takes 8 position. In monetary terms, this means that purchases of Microsoft for this period increased, respectively, from $ 3.55 billion to $ 3.78 billion, and in 2014 will amount to $ 5.9 billion deal with Nokia will add to the total cost Microsoft a little more than $ 2 billion Note this figure does not include the money that will be spent on the purchase of smartphone maker, but in 2014 will take into account the money for the purchase of any additional assets Nokia.
Among the buyers of semiconductor products for communications, Microsoft promises to take 4th place. It will have to fight with companies such as ZTE, LG Electronics, TCL and Ericsson. Part of Microsoft dreams become such as Apple. Prior to this purchase Microsoft in this segment were modest. For the purposes of Surface tablet and some other small things in 2012, the company spent $ 85 million, and in 2013 - $ 110 million . Related Products :
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