Nokia transfers Symbian development and 2 300 employees to Accenture

Moneycontrol.com - 1 Oct, 2011
Nokia and Accenture have closed the agreement for Nokia to outsource Symbian software development and support activities to Accenture. Under the agreement, originally announced on June 22, 2011, Accenture will provide Symbian-based software development ...

Nokia Transfers 2300 Symbian Developers to Accenture

Fox Business - Arild Moen - 1 Oct, 2011
Finland's Nokia Corp. (NOK), the world's largest mobile-phone maker by volume, Friday said it had completed the transfer of 2300 Symbian software-development employees located in China, Finland, India, UK and the US to consulting company ...

Nokia Completes Accord to Contract Out Symbian to Accenture

BusinessWeek - 1 Oct, 2011
Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Nokia Oyj, the world's largest mobile phone maker by units, completed a deal to contract out its Symbian software development to Accenture Plc as the manufacturer shifts to Microsoft Corp. as a platform supplier. ...

Nokia Completes Accord to Contract Out Symbian to Accenture

Bloomberg - Diana ben-Aaron - 1 Oct, 2011
Nokia Oyj (NOK1V), the world's largest mobile phone maker by units, completed a deal to contract out its Symbian software development to Accenture Plc (ACN) as the manufacturer shifts to Microsoft Corp. ...

Nokia completes transfer of 2300 jobs to Accenture

AFP - 1 Oct, 2011
HELSINKI â€" The world's largest mobile phone maker Nokia said on Friday that it had finished outsourcing 2300 engineers to US-based global consulting firm Accenture. "Nokia announced today that it has completed the transaction to outsource its Symbian ...

Nokia and Accenture Close Symbian Software Development and Support Services ...

MarketWatch (press release) - 1 Oct, 2011
ESPOO, Finland, Sep 30, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Nokia /quotes/zigman/162154/quotes/nls/nok NOK -1.91% and Accenture /quotes/zigman/565535/quotes/nls/acn ACN -3.23% have closed the agreement for Nokia to outsource Symbian software development and ...

Nokia calls Finnish workers for meetings: report

MarketWatch - Arild Moen - ‎Sep 28, 2011‎
HELSINKI (MarketWatch) -- Nokia Corp. /quotes/zigman/162154/quotes/nls/nok NOK +3.96% , the world's largest mobile phone maker by volume, has called its employees in Finland for meetings at 0700 GMT, Finnish public broadcaster YLE ...

Nokia Passes the Symbian Torch to Outsourcing Company Accenture, Along with ...

TheUnlockr.com - Amy Eichelberg - 1 Oct, 2011
A great free site for those who want to unlock their device's true potential! Tons of cell phone and tablet How To's, Reviews, and Wireless News! When Nokia CEO Stephen Elop said the company would eventually phase out its Symbian platform, ...

Nokia completes outsourcing 2300 jobs to Accenture

Supply Chain Digital - Kevin Scarpati - 1 Oct, 2011
Earlier this year, Nokia announced its intentions to outsource thousands of jobs overseas in a supply chain management initiative designed to cut costs to hedge against the company's dropping market share. Nokia just completed the transfer of 2300 ...

Nokia passes off Symbian and 2300 employees to Accenture

Engadget - Lydia Leavitt - 1 Oct, 2011
After placing all bets on Windows Phone, Stephen Elop announced that Nokia would slowly phase out its OG operating system, Symbian. Today, it's officially passed the torch, handing over all Symbian-related ...

Nokia completes Symbian staff transfer to Accenture

Total Telecom - Nick Wood - 1 Oct, 2011
Final tally of outsourced jobs lower than handset maker's original forecast as 2300 engineers make their way to consultancy firm. Nokia announced on Friday it has completed the transfer of Symbian engineers to Accenture as ...

Accenture and Nokia Form Agreement; Chief Executive Mart Cole Comments

ExecutiveBiz (blog) - Aquala Bogan - 1 Oct, 2011
Accenture and Nokia have jointly announced today an agreement for Nokia to outsource Symbian software development and support activities to Accenture. The firm will provide Symbian-based software development and support services to Nokia until 2016. ...

Nokia completes Symbian handoff to Accenture

Fiercemobilecontent - Jason Ankeny - 1 Oct, 2011
Nokia (NYSE:NOK) has completed its efforts to transfer its Symbian software activities as well as about 2300 employees to global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing firm Accenture as part of the handset maker's ongoing global ...

Nokia completes Symbian's handover to Accenture

Pocket Gamer.Biz - Keith Andrew - 1 Oct, 2011
Announced back in June, Nokia has confirmed its involvement in Symbian's development has now come to a end, passing over responsibility for the platform's future to technology consulting and outsourcing specialist Accenture. ...

Symbian Now Officially No Longer Under The Wing Of Nokia, 2300 Jobs Go

paidContent:UK - 1 Oct, 2011
Another loose end being tied up by Nokia (NYSE: NOK) today. The company announced that Accenture has now fully taken over Symbian, the operating system that Nokia had developed, owned and been using as the basis of its smartphones for yearsâ€"a strategy ...

Nokia outsources 1200 workers in Finland

YLE News - 1 Oct, 2011
On the heels of Nokia's announcement on Thursday that it is cutting 300 jobs off in Finland comes news that the company has finished outsourcing 2300 engineers to consulting firm Accenture. Some 1200 Nokia workers in Finland will now move to the ...

Nokia officially spins off Symbian

TechEye - 1 Oct, 2011
Following an agreement earlier this year to spin off the ailing OS to developers at Accenture, the deal has finally closed. It will see some 2300 employees worldwide forced into the clutches of Accenture. They will make their move from China, Finland, ...

Nokia and Accenture finalise agreement on outsourcing of Symbian software ...

Middle East North Africa Financial Network - 1 Oct, 2011
Sep 30, 2011 (TELECOMWORLDWIRE via COMTEX) -- Finnish mobile device maker Nokia Corporation (omx helsinki:NOK1V) NOK has finalised an outsourcing agreement with management consulting, technology services and outsourcing firm Accenture ACN, ...

Nokia outsources Symbian software activities to Accenture

Telecompaper (subscription) - 1 Oct, 2011
Nokia and Accenture have closed the agreement for Nokia to outsource Symbian software development and support activities to Accenture. Under the agreement, Accenture will provide Symbian-based software development and support services to Nokia at least ...

Symbian to live on to at least 2016 as Nokia closes outsourcing agreement

The Next Web - 1 Oct, 2011
Nokia's deal to outsource Symbian development to Accenture was formally closed on Friday, after the two companies reached an agreement to handover software development and support to the outsourcing company. The terms of the agreement state that ...

Autumn gloom in Finnish labour market

YLE News - Riikka Kankaanpää - ‎Sep 29, 2011‎
Autumn blues have struck hard on the Finnish labour market, with Thursday's news of fresh job losses adding fuel to the fire. Nokia tops the list with the highest number of redundancies in this season of employment gloom. ...

Nokia Takes Axe To Workforce Again

eWEEK Europe UK - Tom Jowitt - ‎Sep 29, 2011‎
The main bulk of these jobs cuts (ie 2200 positions), will be from a factory in Romania that Nokia is also closing. The announcement, which Nokia calls 'aligning its workforce and operations', comes in addition to the 1bn euros (ÂŁ871m) cost-cutting ...

Nokia Calls Finnish Workers For Meetings At 0700 GMT - Broadcaster

Fox Business - Arild Moen - ‎Sep 28, 2011‎
HELSINKI -(Dow Jones)- Nokia Corp. (NOK), the world's largest mobile phone maker by volume, has called its employees in Finland for meetings at 0700 GMT, Finnish public broadcaster YLE reported Thursday, citing unnamed sources. ...

Nokia and Accenture Close Symbian Software Development and Support Services ...

EON: Enhanced Online News (press release) - 1 Oct, 2011
ESPOO, Finland--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) have closed the agreement for Nokia to outsource Symbian software development and support activities to Accenture. Under the agreement, originally announced on ...

 

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