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Nokia has become a really good acquisition target. The company as it currently operates is worth more in pieces. American firm might buy Nokia Networks to ge

Nokia has become a really good acquisition target. The company as it currently operates is worth more in pieces. American firm might buy Nokia Networks to get US back into the 5G infrastructure business. Reefshark SoC with Intel failed spectacularly and killed profit hopes from Nokia Networks. Nokia's telecom software and services does well. Small in revenue over Huawei and Eriksson. Nokia Technologies/Bell Labs makes money from R&D IP without a product. Selling licensing for Nokia branded phones is nice extra. Fixed/IP/Optical/Submarine networks and other parts have little common with the rest.

pavlov 6y ago
Would the Finnish government and the EU Commission competition authority approve a sale?
- Nokinside 6y ago
  Yes. It would not decrease competition or increase concentration in the markets. There are no significant US based businesses competing with Europeans and Chinese in mobile infrastructure. The market is divided between 4 companies Nokia, Ericsson , Huawei and ZTE. If Ericsson and Nokia were to merge or Huawei would attempt to buy Nokia or Nokia Networks that would be different. I think EU would agree even to Nokia-Ericsson merger.
secondcoming 6y ago
I hold Nokia stock for years and assumed they'd have been bought out by now. I don't know why they haven't and I had high hopes for some action on that front when the US kicked up the storm about Huawei and 5G infrastructure. But even after that Nokia couldn't benefit. There's something wrong with the company. Maybe it's too Finnish.
- tekkk 6y ago
  The problem with nokia is, still, that it's badly run. It didnt just suddenly stop when elop came and drove the mobile phone division to the ground. It is just full of mediocre people with a lot of bureaucracy to make some people feel important while contributing negatively to the overall output. Suri i think is the latest example yet the fault also lies totally in the board of the company. Siilasmaa and co should have resigned alongside suri since they clearly are as mediocre as leaders as him. But it appears that status and ego is more important to a lot of nokia's leaders so it is what it is. Too bad since a similar finnish company of the same size, kone, demonstrates how well the company could be run with better culture and leadership.

pavlov 6y ago

Would the Finnish government and the EU Commission competition authority approve a sale?

Nokinside 6y ago
Yes. It would not decrease competition or increase concentration in the markets. There are no significant US based businesses competing with Europeans and Chinese in mobile infrastructure. The market is divided between 4 companies Nokia, Ericsson , Huawei and ZTE. If Ericsson and Nokia were to merge or Huawei would attempt to buy Nokia or Nokia Networks that would be different. I think EU would agree even to Nokia-Ericsson merger.

secondcoming 6y ago

I hold Nokia stock for years and assumed they'd have been bought out by now. I don't know why they haven't and I had high hopes for some action on that front when the US kicked up the storm about Huawei and 5G infrastructure. But even after that Nokia couldn't benefit. There's something wrong with the company. Maybe it's too Finnish.

tekkk 6y ago
The problem with nokia is, still, that it's badly run. It didnt just suddenly stop when elop came and drove the mobile phone division to the ground. It is just full of mediocre people with a lot of bureaucracy to make some people feel important while contributing negatively to the overall output. Suri i think is the latest example yet the fault also lies totally in the board of the company. Siilasmaa and co should have resigned alongside suri since they clearly are as mediocre as leaders as him. But it appears that status and ego is more important to a lot of nokia's leaders so it is what it is. Too bad since a similar finnish company of the same size, kone, demonstrates how well the company could be run with better culture and leadership.