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Nokia signs ?500 million loan for Symbian R&D


You'd think a company like Nokia could just finance whatever it wanted, but just to be safe, it's signing a loan agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to the tune of €500 million ($623.9 million). Why the sudden need for cash? According to Reuters, the five-year loan will be used in part to "finance software research and development (R&D) projects Nokia is undertaking during 2009-2011 to make Symbian-based smartphones more competitive." More specifically, those R&D activities will "also benefit the work of the Symbian Foundation and its development of open-source software for mobile devices." Sadly, that's absolutely it for details, but we get the idea we'll be hearing more about this soon. We hear you can accomplish some pretty wild goals with a half billion Euros.

Judge lets Amp'd tap $7.5 million loan

Bankrupt Amp'd Mobile has received an ever-so-brief stay of execution this week, thanks in no small part to the federal court system. The US Bankruptcy Court in Delaware has ruled that the MVNO has permission to use $7.5 million in cash from its largest creditor (and underlying service provider) Verizon, a sum Verizon was ultimately hoping to avoid paying out. $2.45 million of that loan will be need be held in reserve, but the remainder should be enough to keep Amp'd up and running until June 25. What'll become of the carrier after Monday, though, remains to be seen, pending the result of a lawsuit asking the court to prevent Verizon from shutting off its service altogether.

[Via mocoNews]




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