Microsoft paid Nokia $250 million to adopt Windows Phone, Q4 ear...

Courtesy Engadget  Thu, 01/26/2012 - 05:18

Microsoft and Nokia have historically been pretty tight-lipped about the value of their Windows Phone partnership , but the cat leapt out of the bag this morning, courtesy of Espoo's Q4 2011 earnings report .

As SlashGear 's Chris Davies noticed, Nokia received about $250 million from Redmond during the fourth quarter of 2011, as part of the companies' "broad strategic agreement." Under the agreement, the manufacturer receives so-called "platform support payments" from Microsoft --...


 

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