Nokia Considers Tie-Up With Alcatel-Lucent

Once Nokia sells its handset business to Microsoft, it will build out its wireless networking business, possibly with the help of Alcatel-Lucent.

Now that Nokia has bought Siemens’ half of the companies’ joint venture and has agreed to sell its handset business to Microsoft, company officials now must figure out how to better compete in the wireless networking market with Ericsson and Huawei Technologies.