Nokia has paid 264 million Euros to buy Symbian Limited. The transaction took place in connection with the advertisement of the new open Symbian platform and Symbian Foundation.”This is a crucial step in our strategy of software development,” said Olli-Pekka Kallasvo, executive director of Nokia. “Symbian has already become the leading open platform for mobile devices. Through this acquisition and the establishment of Symbian Foundation, it will undoubtedly become the most attractive platform for phones in the near future. “
Symbian Limited is a company that develops Symbian OS, the market leader in producing mobile operating systems. Mobile devices that operate on Symbian OS make up 60% of the market, which is about 200 million phones that is 250 different models from 8 manufacturers. In the development of Symbian OS are involved more than 4 million people.
By the end of 2011 all the documents will be ready after which, all Symbian employees will become employees of Nokia.
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