Microsoft will pay about U.S. $ 1,000 million for its agreement with Nokia

Much has been said of the agreement between Nokia and Microsoft to bring Windows 7 to the phone Phone Finnish company. About the developers, their chances of success or the logic of the union. But the costs are going to have for these two technology giants, which could be much higher than expected.
Microsoft will pay U.S. $ 1,000 million to Nokia about this collaboration and in return receive a commission for every device sold, according to information to which the chain has agreed Bloomberg.

Microsoft pay $ 1,000 millon to Nokia

In particular, the initial outlay is to "promote and develop Windows-based mobile phones." Nokia, which is still the leading seller of 'hardware' of the world, equip their phones with Windows Phone 7 to make the final leap to the segment of smartphones, and Android dominated by IOS. In return, the manufacturer must pay Microsoft a fee for each unit sold to one of their operating systems.
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Confirmed the agreement, Microsoft will pay a lot for this contract has led Nokia to choose Windows ahead of Android, a platform of success and cheap that is driving the benefits of other manufacturers like HTC or Samsung, and also allows interface customization, something that could have taken the Finnish company to bring it closer to their old operating systems and for compatibility with applications OVI.

Microsoft and Nokia

However, Redmond has made a bet to rely on the product's success. In establishing such royalties for the use of its mobile operating system, Microsoft assures them of a steady income if Nokia get flood the market with its upcoming smartphones as it has done so far with the low-end phones. The point of return on initial investment has not been elucidated.


Rumors suggest that there will be licensing fees for the exchange of technology. In announcing this new partnership has already clarified some transfers and mergers, such as replacing Bing Ovi Maps Maps to take advantage of the Nokia Navteq, the preferential use of Bing as search engine advertising service or by adCenter.
Although these are the basic terms of the agreement, a spokesman for Nokia has acknowledged that the contract has not yet been signed, while from Microsoft is silent on the subject, says Bloomberg.