Nokia has just announced to close the agreement for Nokia to outsource Symbian software development and support activities to Accenture. The agreement initially was announced on June 22, 2011 and now goes to final. According to this, Accenture will provide Symbian-based software development and support services to Nokia at least until 2016.Now Accenture will be the sole provider of support and development software for Symbian smartphones. Also agreement says, Accenture become the preferred supplier for Nokia in its transition to Windows Phone.
Now we can hope that Symbian smartphone owners will continue to receive software updates and support at least until 2016. And now approximately 2,300 employees from China, Finland, India, the United Kingdom and the United States will be transferred from Nokia to Accenture.
According to Marty Cole, chief executive, Accenture Communications, Media & Technology operating group, “We are focused on growing our business in mobility and embedded software. The addition of these highly skilled technologists and engineers to Accenture will strengthen our capabilities in these areas. We look forward to supporting Nokia in the execution of its strategy”.
To done this deal, Accenture will work with Avanade, a technology service company that is majority-owned by Accenture and focuses on Microsoft technologies, to provide further services to Nokia. Nokia will mainly focused on Windows Phone 7 being their primary OS.
This deal may be good news for Symbian phone users and may give them another reason to continue using Symbian smartphones.
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