BROWSING: Withings

  French telecommunications group Orange announced it has joined a French government-backed research and development project bringing together national players to set up a contact tracing application, as part of the country’s fight against the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. In a statement, the French carrier said it...

Digital health wearables unit returned to Withings co-founder as Nokia focuses on B2B In 2016 Nokia Technologies spent $190 million to acquire consumer-facing health wearables firm Withings. After standing up a digital health business unit, Nokia has now sold the company back to Withings co-founder...

Nokia says move reflects focus on business-to-business and licensing activities In May 2016, Finnish network infrastructure vendor Nokia spent $190 million to acquire Withings, a maker of connected devices focused on consumer health care. After announcing in February an internal review of its digital health...

Nokia's transformation under Chairman Risto Siilasmaa is one of the most significant corporate turnarounds in recent years I first met Risto Siilasmaa five years ago for lunch in Helsinki, Finland.  He had recently stepped into the role of chairman for Nokia, which at the time...

Connected health and fitness portfolio bolsters Nokia's IoT business A little more than a month after announcing the pending purchase of Withings, Nokia today announced closing on the $190 million deal. The result is Nokia's new Digital Health business unit, which "combines the talented employees from Withings...

Connected health and fitness portfolio bolsters Nokia's IoT business A little more than a month after announcing the pending purchase of Withings, Nokia today announced closing on the $190 million deal. The result is Nokia's new Digital Health business unit, which "combines the talented employees from Withings...