Nokia to launch Windows 8 phone soon - CEO

News Wireless Global 15 AUG 2012
Nokia to launch Windows 8 phone soon - CEO
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop confirmed the company will launch soon a new smartphone running Windows Phone 8. Elop made the comment in Oslo, where he was meeting with Telenor CEO Jon Fredrik Baksaas, saying Windows 8 smartphones would be released "relatively near term", Reuters reports. The news sent Nokia's share price higher amid expectations it will launch the new device at the Nokia World event in early September. This would put the company just ahead of Apple's expected launch of the new iPhone later that month.

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