Steve Ballmer on Microsoft's Nokia Devices & Services buy

September 03, 2013

Editor’s Note: On Monday evening, Microsoft announced it was buying Nokia’s Devices & Services division, giving Redmond an in-house hardware arm for its Windows Phone platform. Here’s the letter CEO Steve Ballmer sent to Microsoft employees announcing the move. We announced some exciting news today: We have entered into an agreement to purchase Nokia’s Devices & Services business, which includes their smartphone and mobile phone businesses, their award-winning design team, manufacturing and assembly facilities around the world, and teams devoted to operations, sales, marketing and support. For Microsoft, this is a bold step into the future and the next big phase of the transformation we announced on July 11. We are very excited about the proposal to bring the best mobile device efforts of Microsoft and Nokia together. Our Windows Phone partnership over the past two and half years has yielded incredible work - the stunning Lumia 1020 is a great example. Our partnership has also yielded incredible growth. In fact, Nokia Windows Phones are the fastest-growing phones in the smartphone market. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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