Can afford it Huawei buy Nokia?

An estimate calculated from the number of shares on the market puts the capitalization of Nokia around 14,400 million dollars.

A few statements from the CEO of Huawei revolutionized the ICT industry late in the day yesterday. The "open mind" of the Chinese company to carry out a possible acquisition of the giant Nokia caused all kinds of reactions.

The first, and the most immediate was that of the own Huawei, whose head of Foreign Affairs corrected statements of the head of consumption, denying any plan to acquire the Finnish company.

Nokia remains silent, fueling rumors about the existence of negotiations.

One estimate puts its capitalization around 14,400 million dollars. should Huawei can be allowed a similar weight movement?

Huawei joined in 2012 a total of $ 35.353 million and reported $ 3.204 billion operating profit. The availability of cash and short-term investments amounted to 11.503 billion dollars, according to data from 2012.

The purchase of the Nokia mobile phone division would be more feasible than the absorption of all the historical.

What seems clear is that the movement would open the European and American market to Huawei. After the publication of the report of the U.S. Senate on suspicious activities related to espionage, the ambitious Chinese giant seek way of earning industry.

Siemens seeks buyer for its part of Nokia Siemens Networks

According to sources at the newspaper The Wall Street Journal, Nokia could shuffle the purchase of 50% of its German partner.

With the decline in the market of Nokia mobile phones, due to the inrush of large competitors of smartphones, Siemens predicted earlier this year some changes for joint venture Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) which maintains telecommunications manufacturer.

The Chief Financial Officer of Siemens, Joe Kaeser, said that "NSN is not a business we want to maintain and 2013 will be the moment to seek a better projection".

Now, as reported by The Wall Street Journal, the German Siemens looking for private equity firms interested in a potential purchase of its stake in Nokia Siemens Networks.

It is not clear you see Nokia total or partial sale of the part of Siemens in NSN private equity investors and could even barajase that the manufacturer bought 50% of its German partner, according to sources cited by the newspaper.

NSN market valuation has improved after their efforts to reduce costs and focus on fourth-generation wireless networks, strategy that has begun to bear fruit.

In the fourth quarter of 2012, the company recorded an operating profit of approximately 250 million euros (332 million dollars).

Some analysts are running if all business is public, it would have a value of 7 billion euros ($9.360 billion), including debt.

If a purchase agreement is not reached, another possibility would be to open an initial public offering of the shares of NNS.