Accenture plans to acquire the unit of Nokia responsible for Symbian customer engineering and support, Accenture said.
Under the acquisition, terms of which were not disclosed, Accenture would acquire Nokia’s Symbian Professional Services unit.
The Symbian OS, which is being moved to open source, is used in smartphones. The Nokia unit provides engineering, consulting, and product development services to mobile phone builders, offering technical support, device-tuning techniques to boost performance and memory. Also offered are advanced error diagnosis and repair and turnkey software development services.
The deal is expected to close in 60 to 90 days.
