Nokia and Microsoft Now together

Nokia's new head has sent an outspoken and frank memo to his staff that suggests the phone giant is in crisis.
Stephen Elop describes the company as standing on a "burning platform" surrounded by innovative competitors who are grabbing its market share.
In particular, he said, the firm had been caught off guard by the success of Google's Android operating system and Apple's iPhone. 11 February, 11 10:05

The Nokia-Microsoft ecosystem would aim to deliver differentiated and innovative products and have unrivalled scale, product breadth, geographical reach, and brand identity. With Windows Phone as Nokia's primary smartphone platform, Nokia would help drive the future of the platform by leveraging There expertise in hardware optimization, software customization, language support and scale.
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