Uber reportedly makes a $3 billion bid for Nokia's HERE Maps division

Uber has reportedly made a bid totaling upwards of $iii billion for Nokia's Maps division. If true, Uber is just the latest in a long line of companies reported to be vying for the purchase of HERE Maps after it was reported concluding calendar month that Nokia was interested in selling the partitioning.

From The New York Times:

"Uber has submitted a bid for Hither, the main competitor to Google Maps, for as much equally $3 billion, according to three people with noesis of the offer, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Here is owned by Nokia, the Finnish telecom giant, which appear last calendar month that it was because selling the business organization."

The report goes on to annotation that Uber'south bid joins another from a group of German car manufacturers, including BMW, Audi, and Mercedes-Benz. This is in addition to a previous report that several other big tech companies, such as Apple, Facebook, and Baidu have also expressed interest in purchasing Nokia'southward mapping assets.

If today'south report is accurate, Uber's bid comes close to the reported $three.2 billion that Nokia is reported to be seeking in a potential deal. With then many interested parties reported, it volition exist interesting to see where this deal goes and who volition cease up bolstering their mapping efforts with Nokia's avails.

Source: The New York Times

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