Nokia buys Alcatel-Lucent for $16.6 Billion

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#171392 16-Apr-2015 09:03

As the title says, this is interesting, it changes the landscape a bit

http://www.engadget.com/2015/04/15/nokia-just-bought-alcatel-lucent-for-16-6-billion/

Here is a crazy notion, lets give peace a chance.

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#1285343 16-Apr-2015 09:26

Wow just wow :)

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#1285356 16-Apr-2015 09:38

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#1285501 16-Apr-2015 11:53

Isn't Nokia effectively owned by Microsoft these days?

Lets hope they do a better job at reading the market with the direction of network gear than they did with mobile phones!!!

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#1285503 16-Apr-2015 11:55

keewee01: Isn't Nokia effectively owned by Microsoft these days?

Lets hope they do a better job at reading the market with the direction of network gear than they did with mobile phones!!!

Not at all Microsoft only purchased the Nokia handset side of the business not Nokia networks

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#1285568 16-Apr-2015 13:00

I assume this is only A/LU network side of things and not their CPE i.e. PBX and cell phone business?? I hope that they they do something with Bell labs as it's died since being bought by Alcatel.

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#1286280 17-Apr-2015 13:44

This is pretty big news for ALU NZ, there used to be about 700 odd employees (2009ish) who were mainly working on Spark. (Not sure what the number is now, probably alot less since Huawei has taken over their mobiles side of the business).

ALU also supply companies like transpower, chours, kordia, police etc etc. Who gets to go round and put new Nokia stickers on all their kit?

Usually when a big company takes over another big company, its shortly followed by a bigger broom.

I like it, I think they both compliment each other nicley, Nokia has strong mobile product, ALU has strong fixed line and Transmisison products.

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#1286394 17-Apr-2015 15:51

langi27:
I like it, I think they both compliment each other nicley, Nokia has strong mobile product, ALU has strong fixed line and Transmisison products.

Right now Nokia has almost no mobile product, as mentioned above, they sold the mobile division to Microsoft. However there might be mobiles Nokia's future.

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#1286397 17-Apr-2015 15:54

johnr:
Not at all Microsoft only purchased the Nokia handset side of the business not Nokia networks

Then promptly wrecked the marketshare. Best recent example of how to make a small fortune, first start with a large fortune.

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#1286406 17-Apr-2015 16:01

Technofreak:
langi27:
I like it, I think they both compliment each other nicley, Nokia has strong mobile product, ALU has strong fixed line and Transmisison products.

Right now Nokia has almost no mobile product, as mentioned above, they sold the mobile division to Microsoft. However there might be mobiles Nokia's future.

Incorrect, Nokia sold off their handset business to Microsoft, they retained the Network Infrastructure business, they still still make Radio Access Network Equipment (Basestations, RNC's etc)for operators such as VFNZ.

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#1286408 17-Apr-2015 16:02

Technofreak:
Right now Nokia has almost no mobile product, as mentioned above, they sold the mobile division to Microsoft. However there might be mobiles Nokia's future.

Isn't that large networking company that Nokia owns mobile related?

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#1286432 17-Apr-2015 16:47

Technofreak:
johnr:
Not at all Microsoft only purchased the Nokia handset side of the business not Nokia networks

Then promptly wrecked the marketshare. Best recent example of how to make a small fortune, first start with a large fortune.

It was wrecked before sold to MS

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#1286580 17-Apr-2015 21:25

johnr:
Technofreak:
johnr:
Not at all Microsoft only purchased the Nokia handset side of the business not Nokia networks

Then promptly wrecked the marketshare. Best recent example of how to make a small fortune, first start with a large fortune.

It was wrecked before sold to MS

Na, Nokia had a small leak in their ship before MS purchased it, MS then proceeded to crash it into the largest iceberg they could find.

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