Nokia’s Symbian operating system is the most widely used platform for smartphones in the world. There were rumors this month that Nokia may be moving to Android for some of its smartphones, but the mobile phone maker said that it would not abandon Symbian.
Today Accenture has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Nokia to purchase the professional services unit responsible for Symbian customer engineering and customer support. The unit provides the engineering consulting and product development service to mobile phone makers other global operators.
As part of the purchase 165 Nokia engineers and consultants from the UK, Finland, Japan, Korea, and Australia are expected to transfer to Accenture. The deal, for an undisclosed sum of money, is expected to complete in the next 60 to 90 days and is subject to customary closing procedures.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
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