Nokia today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of Novarra, Inc., a privately-held company based in Chicago, IL. Novarra is a supplier of a mobile browser and overhaul chopine and has more than 100 employees. Novarra’s mobile web browser and services chopine volition be used by Nokia to deliver enhanced Internet experiences on Nokia mobile devices. Novarra has deployed their answer with leading mobile operator and internet services customers globally.
“Connecting the next billion consumers to the Net will happen primarily on mobile devices,” said Niklas Savander, Executive Vice President, Services, Nokia, “and delivering an optimized internet experience on our devices is kernel to our mission. By driving innovation in all segments of our portfolio, we ar building 1 of the largest consumer audiences for web services and subject. Novarra’s Net services engineering delivered on the worldly concern’s most widely-used mobile chopine, Nokia’s Series 40, volition aid us achieve this.”
Nokia expects a new overhaul oblation utilizing the Novarra engineering chopine to be available later this class. The accomplishment is expected to finale in the second stern of 2010, and is subject to the customary closing conditions, including regulatory reviews. Following the accomplishment, Novarra will become a wholly-owned subsidiary company of Nokia.