Dopo l’acquisizione di Plazes annunciata ieri, Nokia conferma l’acquisizione del 52% di Symbian che ancora non possiede, oltre all’intenzione di rendere open-source la piattaforma software che equipaggia milioni di smartphones (Nokia in particolare).

La notizia arriva tra la conferma di qualche ritardo per Android, la piattaforma mobile open-source di Google e l’imminente arrivo sul mercato dell’iPhone 3G.

Nokia isn’t finished with its acquisition spree just yet. Tonight the Finnish company announced a plan to acquire the 52 per cent of Symbian it doesn’t already own and make the platform open source. Nokia clearly aims to challenge Android, the open source mobile operating system of Google. Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo says that it wants to create “the most attractive platform for mobile innovation and drive the development of new and compelling web-enabled applications”.

The Symbian operating system currently powers Nokia’s smartphones, as well as those of a large number of other hardware manufacturers.

All of the major stakeholders in Symbian, including Sony Ericsson, Panasonic, and Siemens, have accepted the offer, representing approximately 91% of the Symbian shares. Nokia doesn’t have a definitive answer form Samsung Electronics yet, but expects them to accept the offer as well.

Via Nokia Acquires Symbian; Takes on Google’s Android – ReadWriteWeb