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Jolla to split into software and hardware companies
2015-07-07 17:28:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Jolla announced plans to split into two companies - one making mobile devices and the other focused on licensing its Sailfish operating system. The company Jolla Ltd will continue as the development and licensing business for Sailfish, and a new company will be established to continue Jolla's device business making smartphones and tablets. The latter company will focus particularly on the growing interest from consumers and businesses for increased security and privacy in communications. Antti Saarnio, chairman of Jolla Ltd, will head the licensing company, and a new leader fot Jolla devices will be named later this autumn. CEO Tomi Pienimaki is leaving the company from a new position elsewhere, from August. Jolla said it's also working to meet deliveries of its new tablet, developed and sold through an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign. Supply problems with certain hardware components have slowed the company, but it said it expects to resolve these soon. It had previously aimed to start shipping the tablets by the end of May.
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