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Nokia agrees €15.6bn deal for Alcatel-Lucent

Dan Worth

15 April 2015 • 2 min read

Telecoms firms team up to boost strength in market

Nokia has confirmed that it will buy French networking firm Alcatel-Lucent in a deal worth €15.6bn. Nokia said that the move will enable the company to make cost savings of €900m a year by 2019,...

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