Accenture is ready and will be taking over Symbian development in early October. This frees up Nokia to develop and focus on Windows Phone devices, in a partnership deal made with Microsoft in February. Around 2,800 Nokia employees in China, Finland, India, UK, and U.S. will be transferred to Accenture. The resource migration starts this month and the agreement lasts until 2016.Jo Harlow, Executive VP for Smart Devices at Nokia, explains the partnership decision:
“Our collaboration with Accenture allows us to meet our ongoing commitment to support our Symbian smartphone customers and continue to leverage the talent that has the deepest experience on the platform. As we move our primary smartphone platform to Windows Phone, we will look to explore potential opportunities to tap this talent pool as they develop and expand their knowledge and capabilities beyond Symbian.”
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