Nokia will be moving its operation to the campus where its networking business is based in Finland. November 21, 2013 6:30 AM PST (Credit: Roger Cheng/CNET) Microsoft isn't only taking over Nokia's Devices and Services business; it's kicking the company out of its offices. Speaking to Bloomberg on Thursday, a Nokia spokesman confirmed that the company will be moving out of its Espoo headquarters to make room for Microsoft. The employees left with Nokia will be heading over to Nokia's other Finland-based office where its networking-equipment business is. Related stories Nokia Lumia 2520 declassified: Inside the punishing development of a new tablet China workers protest as Nokia-Microsoft deal progresses Nokia shareholders embrace $7.2B Microsoft deal Verizon's Lumia 2520 hits stores Thursday for $400 The decision for Microsoft to take over Nokia's headquarters is perhaps both practical and telling. The Espoo headquarters was built in the 1990s when Nokia was near its height, and signified its power over the mobile space. Now that Microsoft will be moving in, it speaks to Nokia's decline and perhaps its surprising rebirth with Microsoft and Windows Phone. Earlier this week, Nokia shareholders overwhelmingly voted to approve the $7.4 billion transaction that will see Microsoft acquire Nokia's Devices and Services operation and license some of the mobile firm's patents.
Nokia will be moving its operation to the campus where its networking business is based in Finland.
(Credit: Roger Cheng/CNET)
Microsoft isn't only taking over Nokia's Devices and Services business; it's kicking the company out of its offices.
Speaking to Bloomberg on Thursday, a Nokia spokesman confirmed that the company will be moving out of its Espoo headquarters to make room for Microsoft. The employees left with Nokia will be heading over to Nokia's other Finland-based office where its networking-equipment business is.
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The decision for Microsoft to take over Nokia's headquarters is perhaps both practical and telling. The Espoo headquarters was built in the 1990s when Nokia was near its height, and signified its power over the mobile space. Now that Microsoft will be moving in, it speaks to Nokia's decline and perhaps its surprising rebirth with Microsoft and Windows Phone.
Earlier this week, Nokia shareholders overwhelmingly voted to approve the $7.4 billion transaction that will see Microsoft acquire Nokia's Devices and Services operation and license some of the mobile firm's patents.
