Thread: Nokia c1 - Nokia's return to phones
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2014-12-22 , 15:03
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Actually, I think The Verge have that wrong. It's end of 2015, not 2016.

Here's the press release from Nokia...

"Microsoft has agreed to a 10 year license arrangement with Nokia to use the Nokia brand on current Mobile Phones products. Nokia will continue to own and maintain the Nokia brand. Under the terms of the transaction, Microsoft has agreed to a 10 year license arrangement with Nokia to use the Nokia brand on current and subsequently developed products based on the Series 30 and Series 40 operating systems. Upon the closing of the transaction, Nokia would be restricted from licensing the Nokia brand for use in connection with mobile device sales for 30 months and from using the Nokia brand on Nokia's own mobile devices until December 31, 2015."
http://company.nokia.com/en/news/pre...sh-transaction

It could be that those terms changed as regulatory approval took longer to complete than expected but given Microsoft have been quick to remove the Nokia brand from their devices, websites, social media etc then I would suspect the December 31, 2015 date stands.

edit: According to the BBC, the deal completed in April 2014. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27163667

So, potentially they can't license the name until Q4 2016 if that 30 month limit follows. I'm still surprised a tablet doesn't count as a "mobile device".

What the delay means for their own devices though is unclear but Nokia have already said they aren't going to get back into manufacturing devices.
Last edited by aegis; 2014-12-22 at 15:13.
 

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