Waiting In The Wings. Jolla Looking To Hire Laid-Off Nokia People

They say ‘if one door closes, another one open up’, and that pretty much sums up the events that are almost in place to get underway. Microsoft’s Nokia devices acquisition has come at a cost for over 18,000 or so employees and with the Windows-maker looking to integrate some of those personnel to its newer set-up, it signals the end for the unwanted. But there’s still hope for the ones who have been chucked out.

Jolla, the company formed by ex-Nokia employees is on the prowl for any possible recruits from within the set of people who have been shown the door at Microsoft. The current Jolla set-up, was once responsible for creating MeeGo operating platform that was only seen on the Nokia N9 many years back and after Nokia’s decision to go with Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform for its devices, it spelt doom for MeeGo and the team entrusted with creating the platform.

But now, Jolla is looking to score one over Microsoft Devices Group (or Nokia) by looking to get them on board and create a better equipped device and ecosystem to fight out against the might of Android and iOS. “What comes to the Microsoft job cuts: majority of our employees have a Nokia background, and we are always interested in new talent," Jolla Head of Communications Juhani Lassila was quoted saying in a PTI report.

It remains to be seen whether Jolla has its eye on any particular set of employees or does it include the ones (around 3,000 or so) from India, considering they are expected to up their ante in the country in the coming months with the news of Jolla smartphone coming to India.

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