Nokia mobile phones selling its division of Qt programming

Nokia's Research Center in Helsinki

The world number one Nokia mobile phones, right strategic shift, announced Monday it was selling its division of Qt programming, which does not correspond to its "core business", the group said.

Nokia will sell the business for an undisclosed sum to the Finnish software Digia who inherit research centers in Oslo and in Silicon Valley, says in a statement.

Qt technology, acquired by Nokia during the takeover of Norwegian Trolltech for 100 million euros in 2008, is notably used by Nokia as a means to program applications for its two operating systems for smartphones of Nokia, Symbian and MeeGo .

The Finnish giant announced last month an alliance with Microsoft that the key measure is the arrival of Finnish mobile operating system of the U.S., Windows phone, at the expense of Symbian and MeeGo.

"I think this fits very well within our new strategy to focus on our core business, "he told AFP Mark Durrant, a spokesman for Nokia.