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Nokia said it is to buy Alcatel-Lucent in a deal that values the France-based company at €15.6 billion ($16.6 billion) and creates a new European powerhouse in the telecoms equipment market. In a joint announcement on Wednesday , the companies said they have signed a memorandum of understanding under which Nokia will make an offer for all of the equity securities issued by Alcatel-Lucent through a public exchange offer in France and in the United States. Under the terms of the deal, Nokia will give Alcatel-Lucent shareholders 0.55 shares in the combined company for each of their old shares. If the public exchange offer is fully taken up, Nokia would own 66.5 per cent of the combined company and Alcatel-Lucent 33.5 per cent. The combined company will be called Nokia Corporation, with headquarters in Finland and a strong presence in France. In addition to creating a new European equipment powerhouse, the move places both companies in a stronger position to compete with m...

S ome of the advancements from Apple haven’t been discussed as much as they should have been. Please note that this is a data engineer’s perspective on Apple Watch.  This article aims to bring out how Apple Watch would re-define Apple’s data warehouses and present a(nother) competitive edge to Apple in years to come. Launch of Apple Watch heralds deep personalization for Apple’s customers Think of iPhones 2 years back – there used to be 1 or may be 2 models to choose from. In last 2 years, Apple drove basic personalization in their products – Apple iPhone 5c and 5s launched simultaneously, so did iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. But, this was still 2 new devices at a time and a total of 4 – 8 devices to buy from at any time. All of this changes with Apple Watch – different models, different kind of bands, different sizes with Prices varying from $350 – $10,000 provides very specific information about the user to Apple. There are 38 different models to choose your design from!...

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