Nokia to acquire Trolltech to accelerate software strategy

Trolltech’s Qt-based technology facilitate application development for multiple platforms and devices
Nokia and Trolltech ASA today announced that they have entered into an agreement that Nokia will make a public voluntary tender offer to acquire Trolltech ...

Key Messages

• The acquisition supports Trolltech's company vision of driving Qt adoption in the commercial and open source markets (Qt Everywhere).
  
• The acquisition of Trolltech will enable Nokia to accelerate the cross-platform software strategy for mobile devices and desktop applications, and to develop its Internet services business.
• With Nokia, Trolltech’s Qt technology will grow significantly in the PC and mass-volume mobile devices markets
• Nokia plans to continue to develop Trolltech’s products and continue to drive sales to new and existing customers
• Trolltech has benefited greatly from the feedback the community has been providing while using Qt to develop free software. We respect the symbiotic relationship Qt has
  with the community and we wish to continue and enhance this relationship.
• Acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory and Trolltech shareholder approval
  

Media Events Schedule

Open Letter to the Open Source Community ... We will continue to actively develop Qt and Qtopia. We also want to underline that we will continue to support the open source community by continuing to release these technologies under the GPL ...	Letter to Trolltech Customers ... Being acquired by Nokia*, we will continue to provide you with the most advanced cross-platform software framework for desktop and devices in the market. There will be further investments in Qt and Qtopia ...	Letter to Trolltech Partners ... We will invest to continuously deliver world leading software in accordance with customer needs, and partners will continue to be a key ingredient to deliver customer solutions ...

Oslo Stock Market Notification

Nokia and Trolltech have entered into an agreement that a subsidiary of Nokia will make an offer to acquire Trolltech. Nokia will offer NOK 16 per share in cash ...

Frequently Asked Questions

Here you can find the most frequently asked questions with regard to Nokia's offer to acquire Trolltech.  These will continuously be updated in the coming days.  Please note that questions are purely from Trolltech's perspective.

*Please note that the acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory and Trolltech shareholder approval.