Nokia Siemens to buy Apertio
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Nokia Siemens Networks will buy Apertio, which specializes in network management applications for telecommunications operators, for &#8364;140 million ($205 million), the companies said Wednesday.Apertio, in Bristol, England, sells a software application suite with components for managing mobile phone subscribers. Features allow operators to authenticate and deliver applications to users, shut off lost handsets and collect real-time data on subscribers.The management and consolidation of subscriber data is becoming more important, particularly as operators offer &quot;converged&quot; services, the term for offerings that combine mobile, fixed-line and Internet-based services, the companies said.The deal is expected to close by May. When complete, Paul Magelli, Apertio&#39;s CEO, will head a new section within the Converged Core business of Nokia Siemens.Apertio&#39;s software and equipment is used by operators such as Orange, T-Mobile, O2 and Vodafone. Apertio, a private company, estimates its 2007 revenue at &#8364;28 million.&#160;
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Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia said on Tuesday it had reached an agreement with Google to incorporate the Google search engine in its handsets.
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The world&#39;s top cellphone maker,  Nokia, said on Monday it had agreed to buy privately held U.S.  mobile advertising firm Enpocket, but did not disclose  financial details.
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The world's top handset maker, Nokia , is set to announce a patent-licensing deal with navigation technology firm Trimble Navigation Ltd. , the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
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Siemens AG confirmed Friday, Nov. 12, it is close to clinching a deal with InterRos Holding Co.
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Nokia Siemens Networks  said on Monday it had won an order worth $935 million from telecom operator Zain  to build second- and third-generation mobile networks in Saudi Arabia.
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Nokia Siemens Networks  said  on Monday it had won an order worth $935 million from Kuwait  telecom operator Zain  to build second- and  third-generation mobile networks in Saudi Arabia.
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Nokia continued its push into the Internet services industry on Monday, announcing it had acquired Enpocket.
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Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) said Tuesday it has signed a strategic partnership with Deutsche Telekom as well as two deals worth 450 million euros (317 million dollars) over five years.
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Nokia  said on Monday it is buying U.S. cellphone screen advertising firm Enpocket as the world's top handset maker pushes into a market which is seen ballooning in coming years.
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Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker has signed two contracts worth over two billion euros (2.54 billion dollars) with Chinese companies China Mobile and PTAC.
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Telecom Italia SpA, Italy&#39;s largest phone company, plans to buy the 44 percent of wireless unit Telecom Italia Mobile SpA it doesn&#39;t already own, a stake with a market value of about
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Nokia Corp. said deals with Visto Corp. and Good Technology Inc. to expand the messaging options on its handsets. Nokia has a similar agreement with Visto and Good rival Research In Motion Ltd.
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BusinessWeek Online - The Finnish cell phone heavyweight Nokia  said Nov. 28 that it's expecting lower profit margins during the coming years as it starts up a new joint venture with Germany's Siemens . But Nokia is also victim to global trends affecting other cell phone companies.
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Nokia announces some key deals to position itself in the future market for smart phones and music players.
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(InfoWorld) - Nokia intends to boost its mobile ad business through the acquisition of Enpocket, which provides cell phone marketing technology and services to advertisers, Web publishers, and carriers. Nokia announced on Monday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to buy Enpocket, whose technology platform and business partnerships Nokia expects will allow it to rev up its products and services inÂ mobile advertising, a market poised for robust growth. The companies did not disclose financial terms of the deal. After years of great promise and unmet expectations, mobile advertising is expected to boom in coming years, going from a tiny market to a considerable one. Last week, The Kelsey Group predicted that spending on mobile search and display advertising in the U.S. will hit $33.2 million this year and grow at a compound annual rate of 112 percent through 2012, when it will total $1.4 billion. Kelsey Group also expects the number of mobile Internet users to grow at a 20 percent compound annual clip in the U.S. through 2012, when there will be almost 92 million people going online via their cell phones. Worldwide, mobile ad spending is expected to reach $1.5 billion this year and grow to $11.3 billion by 2011, according to market researcher Informa Telecoms & Media. As mobile phones become a viable vehicle for online marketing, all major telecom, online publishing, and Internet players are jockeying for position in this market. Those pursuing the mobile ad opportunity include online service giants like Google and Yahoo; mobile carriers like AT&T and Verizon Wireless; and handset manufacturers like Apple and Nokia. Nokia expects to close the Enpocket acquisition in this year's fourth quarter. Enpocket, based in Boston, offers the Enpocket Platform, which the vendor describes as a "carrier-grade mobile campaign management and delivery system" designed for operators, advertisers and publishers. It has customers in Europe, Asia and the U.S., including Vodafone, Pepsi, Telefonica, AT&T, British Telecom, and Sprint. Eden Zoller, an Ovum analyst, wrote in a note e-mailed to the media that Nokia does well in acquiring Enpocket, because the company is a strong mobile advertising specialist whose technology platform has a solid analytics component. "Enpocket gives Nokia a leg up in mobile advertising and credibility that it needs to be taken seriously in the space," Zoller wrote. Â
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German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom has agreed with French firm Vivendi Universal and Polish energy group Elektrim to buy Poland's biggest mobile phone group PTC.