Nokia acquires Symbian Limited

by J.w. Schro on Dec.03, 2008, under cell phone

ESPOO, Finland – 02 December 2008 - Nokia today announced that it has completed its offer to acquire Symbian Limited. All conditions to Nokia’s offer to acquire Symbian Limited have been satisfied and it has received valid acceptance of greater than 99.9% of the total Symbian shares that Nokia did not already own. Symbian is the software company that develops and licenses Symbian OS, the market-leading open operating system for mobile devices.

The closing of the offer is a fundamental step in the establishment of the Symbian Foundation, announced on June 24, 2008 by Nokia, together with AT&T, LG Electronics, Motorola, NTT DOCOMO, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, ST-NXP Wireless, Texas Instruments and Vodafone. More information about the planned foundation can be found at www.symbianfoundation.org.
All Symbian employees are planned to become Nokia employees on February 1, 2009.
When Nokia acquires Symbian Limited, First Symbian Foundation handsets will arrive in 2010.(好期待新作品～～～～)