The world’s biggest manufacturer of mobile handsets, Nokia, will on Thursday publish its first quarter results for 2009.The market is keenly awaiting the results as the company recently warned its revenue could be affected by the ongoing global economic recession.
Meanwhile, Nokia and Check Point Software Technologies have announced the completion of Check Point’s acquisition of Nokia’s security appliance business, which was initially announced on December 22, 2008. With this acquisition, Check Point assumes full ownership of the security appliance business.
“The two businesses have collaborated for over a decade to deliver industry-leading enterprise security solutions, and this agreement is the natural culmination of that long-standing collaboration,” Nokia said in a statement.