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Microsoft’s Nokia acquisition closes

telecom | 04/28/2014 7:32 pm EDT

Microsoft Corp. announced in a press release Friday that it has completed the acquisition of the Nokia Corp.’s devices and services business. Former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop will report to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and serve as executive vice-president of the Microsoft Devices Group, it said. When asked about the future of Nokia, Elop said in a live question-and-answer session, according to a transcript on Nokia’s website, was that “the Nokia brand is available to Microsoft to use for its mobile phones products for a period of time, but Nokia as a brand will not be used...