Boston, MA 02/12/2014 (wallstreetpr) – As has been previously reported, Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) plans on launching its Smartphone that will run on Google’s Android Operating System. This new launch is scheduled to take place before Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) acquires the company. In Sep 2013, Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) had agreed to sell the company’s hardware business to Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) for $7.9B and now Nokia is going to announce the planned Android smartphone in Spain, later this month at the Mobile World Conference. This Android version will be similar to the one that is used in many Android tablets. With this launch, Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) is hoping to succeed in the emerging markets where the larger populace opts for low-cost phones.
The emerging market story
Talk about emerging markets automatically brings in talk of China and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). On Wednesday, Microsoft Corp denied that it was omitting websites from the company’s Bing search-engine results for the users outside China after a certain Chinese rights group stated that the company was censoring the material that the Chinese government thinks is politically sensitive. In a statement, the China-based freedom of speech advocacy-group, GreatFire.org said that Bing was sifting English as well as Chinese language search-results for some terms like “Dalai Lama”, who is the exiled Tibetan spiritual-leader who Beijing has branded to be a violence-seeking separatist. (These are charges that he vehemently denies).
The fault is rectified
Responding to the allegations from the rights group, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) said that the system fault has now been rectified for some search results for the users outside China. In the past, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) had come under fire as it had censoring a Chinese version of the internet phone and Skype, the messaging software. Bing’s senior director, Stefan Weitz said that the incorrect results had been trigged by a glitch in the system and that the results had never been altered outside China.
