The Finnish company Nokia is clearly not prepared to limit the sale of businesses to produce smartphones for American corporation Microsoft - on the road to financial recovery, it is considering the possibility not only to sell cartographic assets , but also to strengthen the telecommunications business core assets Alcatel-Lucent. In any case, Reuters and Bloomberg are discussing today the intention to buy assets Nokia Alcatel-Lucent, related to telecommunications equipment for cellular networks.
According to sources, the possibility of buying the entire company Alcatel-Lucent is also discussed, but so far Nokia has focused only on the portion of the assets that would help to gain the trust of the American mobile network operators and strengthen its position in the Chinese market. Core business Alcatel-Lucent last year provided 36% of revenues across the company - about $ 5 billion. In absolute terms. Alcatel shares on the background of the news increased by 11%, securities of Nokia rose by 3.1%.
The deal would have to get approval by the French government, which is jealous of the protection of the strategic interests in the state. In addition, in case of transfer of the assets Alcatel-Lucent under the control of Nokia, the government and the trade unions will insist on retaining key personnel involved in the development of telecommunications solutions. Sale cartographic business for Nokia could be one of the sources of financing transactions with Alcatel-Lucent. One of the potential buyers of assets cartographic company Nokia is considered Uber, engaged in passenger transportation by private car.
Alcatel-Lucent since its inception in 2006 and has not been able to achieve to obtain a stable profits, so consolidation of business under the wing of Nokia can be considered a favorable outcome. Nokia competitors in the segment of telecommunications equipment for wireless networks are Ericsson and Huawei.