Report: Nokia deal cost Microsoft more than $1bn

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Microsoft gets scale, while Nokia gets to slash costs

Microsoft is to pay Nokia more than $1bn (£618m) to support Windows Phone 7 development, as well as to promote new handsets in the US and elsewhere, according to a report by Bloomberg. Since Nok...

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