epa05051946 Rajeev Suri, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Finnish telecommunications company Nokia, speaks during The Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of Nokia Corporation, in Helsinki, Finland, 02 December 2015. Finnish-based Nokia is seeking to complete a planned merger with Alcatel-Lucent of France. EPA/KIMMO BRANDT FINLAND OUT
HELSINKI: One final step remained for the Finnish telecom group Nokia before sealing the union with its French-American rival Alcatel-Lucent, as Nokia’s shareholders gave their consent on Dec 2.
They approved the transaction at an extraordinary general meeting in Helsinki, and Nokia expects to close the deal in early 2016.
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