22 Facts About Microsoft Mobile

Microsoft Mobile was a subsidiary of Microsoft involved in the development and manufacturing of mobile phones.

Under a 10-year licensing agreement, Microsoft Mobile held rights to sell feature phones running the S30+ platform under the Nokia brand.

Originally Microsoft Mobile had established a major partnership with Nokia in 2011, in which the company exclusively produced smartphones using the Windows Phone platform, and promoted Microsoft Mobile services on its feature phone products .

Microsoft Mobile licensed Here Technologies data for its own mapping services.

Microsoft Mobile further added, North America is a priority for Nokia […] because it is a key market for Microsoft.

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On 2 September 2013, Microsoft announced that it would acquire Nokia's mobile device business in a deal worth €3.

The acquisition of Nokia's mobile phone business by Microsoft was closed on 25 April 2014 for "slightly more" than the originally stated €5.

Microsoft Mobile acquired the Asha and Lumia brands as part of the deal, a license to use the Nokia name, as well as the Nokia PureView, ClearBlack, Surge, Mural, and Symbian-related trademarks.

In July 2014, it was reported by evleaks that Microsoft Mobile was attempting to license the Nokia name in a co-branding scheme, which would have seen future devices branded as "Nokia by Microsoft Mobile".

In September 2014, Microsoft Mobile announced Windows 10 operating system, a common platform for smartphones, tablets, laptops and Xbox.

In October 2014, Microsoft Mobile announced that future Lumia devices would be branded with the "Microsoft Mobile" name and logo rather than "Nokia".

In February 2015, Microsoft Mobile stated that most Lumia devices would be able to upgrade from Windows Phone 8.

On 28 April 2015, Microsoft Mobile opened the first Microsoft Mobile Priority Reseller Store, in the Indian city of Gurgaon, Haryana, as a move to rebrand all their Nokia stores worldwide.

On 3 June 2015, Microsoft announced the new Nokia Series 30+ powered Nokia 105 and Nokia 105 Dual SIM devices, which would be primarily marketed to business and travelling users, first-time mobile telephone owners, and as "a back up device" for smartphone owners.

Microsoft Mobile planned to complete most of these job cuts by the end of 2016, with the rest being completed by July 2017.

Microsoft Mobile stated that it would continue to develop Windows 10 Mobile, support existing Lumia and future third-party devices, and "embrace other mobile platforms with our productivity services".

In October 2014, Microsoft Mobile officially announced that it would phase out the Nokia brand in its promotion and production of Lumia smartphones, and that future Lumia models would be branded solely with the name and logo of Microsoft Mobile.

In October 2015, Microsoft announced the first Lumia devices running on Windows 10 Mobile platform, the Lumia 950, Lumia 950 XL, and Lumia 550.

Besides phones Microsoft Mobile produces mobile-phone accessories such as the Bluetooth enabled Treasure Tags.

In newer devices Microsoft Mobile has bundled the Swedish company Colourd's headsets as opposed to first-party hardware.

Microsoft Mobile Devices retained most of Nokia's groups, including the hardware and studios teams, while software teams were merged with Microsoft Mobile's respective teams.

On 17 June 2015, as part of a reorganisation, Microsoft Mobile announced that former Nokia executives Stephen Elop, and Jo Harlow would be leaving the company.