Elop was recruited last year to rescue Nokia from increasing irrelevance at the high end of the market and is under huge pressure to produce results from the partnership.
Elop, who left a Microsoft executive post to join Nokia last September, also said he could see no good reason for the speculation that Microsoft might try to buy Nokia.
"I'm not aware of a strategic interest that Microsoft would have in the rest of the business," Elop said.
"To the extent that a partnership has been formed around what they're really interested in, then what would an acquisition bring other than a good year of anti-trust investigation, huge turmoil, delays?"
More: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/18/us-nokia-elop-idUSTRE72H4BO20110318?
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Elop, who left a Microsoft executive post to join Nokia last September, also said he could see no good reason for the speculation that Microsoft might try to buy Nokia.
"I'm not aware of a strategic interest that Microsoft would have in the rest of the business," Elop said.
"To the extent that a partnership has been formed around what they're really interested in, then what would an acquisition bring other than a good year of anti-trust investigation, huge turmoil, delays?"
More: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/18/us-nokia-elop-idUSTRE72H4BO20110318?
