Microsoft Mobile
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Microsoft Mobile was the Microsoft-owned division responsible for designing, manufacturing, and marketing Lumia smartphones and other mobile devices following the acquisition of Nokia’s handset business.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Devices Group | 2 |
| Microsoft Lumia | 2 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
consumer electronics company division
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mobile phone manufacturer ⓘ subsidiary ⓘ |
| acquiredFrom | Nokia ⓘ |
| acquisitionAnnounced | 2013-09-03 ⓘ |
| acquisitionCompleted | 2014-04-25 ⓘ |
| acquisitionCost | 7200000000 USD ⓘ |
| brand |
Microsoft Mobile
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Microsoft Lumia
Nokia Devices and Services business ⓘ
surface form:
Nokia (under license, for a transition period)
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| businessModel | design, manufacture and marketing of mobile devices ⓘ |
| country | Finland ⓘ |
| dissolutionDate | 2017-09-30 ⓘ |
| divisionOf |
Microsoft Mobile
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Microsoft Devices Group
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| focusAfter2015 | low-end and mid-range smartphones ⓘ |
| formationDate | 2014-04-25 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Microsoft ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Espoo, Finland ⓘ |
| industry |
consumer electronics
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mobile phones ⓘ |
| keyPerson |
Jo Harlow
ⓘ
Stephen Elop ⓘ Timo Toikkanen ⓘ |
| legalForm | limited liability company ⓘ |
| licensingDeal | Nokia brand licensed to HMD Global (post-2016) ⓘ |
| mainCompetitor |
Apple Inc.
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Huawei ⓘ Samsung ⓘ
surface form:
Samsung Electronics
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| notableProduct |
Nokia Lumia
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Lumia 535
Nokia Lumia ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Lumia 640
Microsoft Lumia 950 ⓘ Microsoft Lumia 950 ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Lumia 950 XL
Nokia 130 (Microsoft-era feature phone) ⓘ |
| numberOfEmployees | approximately 25000 (2014) ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Windows Phone
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surface form:
Windows 10 Mobile
Windows Phone ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Microsoft ⓘ |
| platformStrategy | promote Windows ecosystem on mobile devices ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Nokia Devices and Services business
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surface form:
Nokia Devices and Services
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| primaryMarket | global ⓘ |
| primaryTechnology |
3G
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4G LTE ⓘ GSM ⓘ |
| product |
Nokia Lumia
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surface form:
Lumia smartphones
feature phones ⓘ mobile phone accessories ⓘ tablet computers ⓘ |
| reasonForDissolution | strategic shift away from smartphone hardware by Microsoft ⓘ |
| successor |
HMD Global
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Microsoft Mobile self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Devices Group
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Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Microsoft Lumia
this entity surface form:
Microsoft Devices Group
this entity surface form:
Microsoft Devices Group
this entity surface form:
Microsoft Lumia