Rostelecom plans acquisition of Sailfish OS

News Wireless Russian Federation 6 FEB 2018
Rostelecom plans acquisition of Sailfish OS

Russian national operator Rostelecom has submitted to the federal competition watchdog an application for clearance of the acquisition of 75 percent in the companies Open Mobile Platform and Votron, reports Tdaily.ru. The companies develop the Sailfish OS. The watchdog plans to take a decision on the issue within a month.

Open Mobile Platform is the developer of the Sailfish Mobile OS Rus platform. Votron owns the majority stake in the Finnish company Jolla, the developer of Sailfish.

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Mobile

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Rostelecom,  Jolla

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Russian Federation

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IT - applications, Handsets, M&A buyouts & divestments

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