Nokia Buys Travel Oriented Mobile Social Networking Service

­­Continuing its tendency to buy up smaller mobile content companies, Nokia has announced that it has acquired Dopplr Oy, a privately-held mobile service provider for international travellers. Dopplr has a team of seven people with office­s in London and Helsinki.

The acquisition­ does not change the current Dopplr service which is available at Dopplr.com and on platforms where Dopplr is integrated.

Financial terms were not disclosed, although a Nokia spokeswoman told Reuters that the price "was a fraction" of the $15-$22 million estimate that has been rumoured in some reports.

Dopplr was co-founded by the former Director of Design Strategy at Nokia, Marko Ahtisaari.

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Posted to the site on 28th September 2009