Nokia Moving to the Silicon Valley?
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Nokia is the most popular smartphone manufacturer in the world. You wouldn’t know that living in the US, however. The company’s mobile OS, Symbian, really doesn’t have much of a presence on our shores, thanks to the dominance of iOS, BlackBerry, and Android.
Still, word is that the company is looking to leave its Finnish homeland, shifting its headquarters to the greener pastures of the Silicon Valley in California. The move is reportedly the brainchild of Stephen Elop–the Canadian is the first-ever non-Finn to run the handset giant.
Elop is looking to shake up the company in a major–and arguably much needed–manner, frustrated with the bureaucracy and general lack of competitiveness. To deal with the latter, Nokia is expected to dump Symbian. The company’s stocks jumped recently at the suggestion that it adopt Windows 7 moving forward.
After 150 years in Finland, a move to Northern California would certainly constitute a “shakeup.”
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