ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA ) At a regional conference held in Dubai, Microsoft Devices announced the availability of its first Lumia devices running Windows Phone 8.1 across the Middle East, Near East and North Africa. The Nokia Lumia 630, available in both Dual SIM and Single SIM variants, and the NokiaRead More →

Microsoft Corp. announced it has completed its acquisition of the Nokia Devices and Services business. The acquisition has been approved by Nokia shareholders and by governmental regulatory agencies around the world. The completion of the acquisition marks the first step in bringing these two organizations together as one team. “TodayRead More →

ESPOO, FINLAND ( BMZ REPORT ) Nokia today announced that it has completed the sale of substantially all of its Devices & Services business to Microsoft. The transaction, which also includes an agreement to license patents to Microsoft, was originally announced on September 3, 2013. “As earlier communicated, the transactionRead More →

Espoo, Finland ( MEDIA )Nokia announced that the planned transaction whereby Nokia plans to sell substantially all of its Devices & Services business to Microsoft has today received regulatory approval from the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China. As previously communicated, the closing of the transaction, whichRead More →

ESPOO, FINLAND ( ABRAR MUSTAFA  ) Nokia today announced that it now expects the transaction whereby the company will sell substantially all of its Devices & Services business and license its patents to Microsoft to close in April 2014. This compares with Nokia’s previous expectation on the transaction closing inRead More →

KARACHI ( TAHIR REPORT ) Enterprises worldwide are expected to spend nearly $500 billion in 2014 to deal with issues caused by malware deliberately loaded onto pirated software, a Microsoft press statement said on Thursday. A joint study released in Pakistan by Microsoft during a media roundtable held by theRead More →

KARACHI ( NAHEED REPORT ) Microsoft Pakistan is to enlist Windows 8.1 Hackathon as technology partners at the Punjab Youth Festival 2014 in Lahore, a Microsoft press release said last day. The Windows 8.1 app development Hackathon is a project launched in Pakistan by Microsoft’s Innovation Center-Lahore, which is currentlyRead More →

ISLAMABAD (MEDIA) Microsoft Pakistan and HEC recently commemorated the three-year achievements of their Education Alliance Agreement. The alliance was made in 2010 and since then 73 public sector universities have seen various Microsoft programs being implemented on their campuses. The Education Alliance Agreement guides HEC’s vision of broadening access toRead More →