Accenture to buy Symbian division from Nokia

NEW YORK, USA:Accenture, a provider in consulting and outsourcing services, recently announced that it has agreed to buy a Nokia Symbian business unit, to help expand its supplier capabilities.

As per media reports, the deal adds 165 employees to Accenture’s organization and lets the company expand a business that provides consulting services related to mobile operating systems.

Symbian is the most popular software running more advanced cellphones, and is used on more than 250 million handsets.

The unit helps phone manufacturers make the operating system work with their products, and aids chip makers and carriers.

Symbian, managed by the Symbian Foundation of London, competes with Microsoft, Research In Motion and Apple in making software for phones that allow users to access the Web, check e-mail, play music and transmit video clips. The deal is expected to close by the end of the third quarter.