Nokia immediately sell HERE Maps?

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Espoo - One year after selling mobile phone division to Microsoft, Nokia is now reportedly intends to sell the business the map HERE Maps.


According to Bloomberg, the intention to sell HERE Maps is most likely due to the Finnish company has chosen to focus more on business wireless network.

It is not known why Nokia would like to remove the mapping business. Though Nokia HERE Maps itself is actually quite managed to attract many users.

Until January 2015, Nokia's mapping application has been downloaded 2,5 million times, not including the number of downloads Beta version.

However. now widely heard sounds if Nokia plans to sell the mapping service. Nokia even mentioned already getting potential buyers who are ready to bid, which is likely to open next month.

Mentioned parties intend to buy HERE Maps possibility is Uber or German car manufacturing. It is still not known manufacturing is, whether the BMW, Mercedes-Benz, or VW.

But reportedly also if Nokia did not get the numbers that correspond to their expectations, the company prefers not to sell the business mapping.

If Uber really going to buy HERE Maps, it seems the company wants to integrate HERE on the application. By doing so, Uber no longer rely on Google Maps.

While interest in the German car manufacturers in the application HERE are their plans to be able to use the GPS system in a car made, rather than relying on a third party.

Currently maps Nokia's business is estimated to be worth up to US$ 2,1 billion, a decrease when compared to the price that rains Nokia when bought in 2008 from the company from Chicago, Navteq, which amounted to US$ 8,1 billion.

By having 2.5 million users, HERE Maps actually be a pretty good alternative in addition to the map service developed by Google and Apple. Since purchased from Nevteq, Nokia makes HERE Maps as the default application on Lumia devices.

Nokia also continues to develop on the mapping application, to bring him to Android at last year. Do not stop there, HERE Maps application is also available for the iOS platform in March.