Microsoft To Take Over Nokia's Iconic Headquarters Next Year
New Delhi: Microsoft will take over Nokia's landmark headquarters in Espoo (Finland) after the software giant completes the acquisition of the mobile phone and services business of the Finnish company by March, 2014.
Nokia will relocate its employees to a separate campus on the completion of the deal with the tech giant.
"As the majority of employees currently working at our corporate headquarters are focused on devices & services (D&S) activities and support functions, Nokia House will become a Microsoft site once the deal closes," a Nokia global spokesperson told .
After the deal closes, majority of the employees staying with Nokia will relocate to the company-owned property in the Karaportti campus in Espoo, which is near the Finnish capital Helsinki, he added.
Besides, some employees will join its research teams in Open Innovation House in Otaniemi, Espoo.
"Preparations for the integration continue as planned. Earlier today, we communicated to our Nokia House based employees about their expected future work location," he said. People working in Nokia management and support functions will be located in Karaportti Midpoint, the spokesperson said adding the headquarters for HERE (Nokia's location services) and NSN (telecom equipment business) continue as normal.
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