After a week of industry speculation, it's official - Nokia has acquired social travel network, Dopplr.
Neither company has revealed the purchase price, but TechCrunch says it's between €10 - €15 million.
According to Dopplr, the two companies share the same vision of the Social Atlas, the idea that social location data can improve the user's experience of cities.
Dopplr' teams in London and Helsinki bring to Nokia's Services unit a unique know-how in creating Internet-based communities and showing their journeys, experiences and tastes collectively on the web.
The acquisition does not change the current Dopplr service which is available at Dopplr.com and on platforms where Dopplr is integrated, like Flickr and Twitter.
Nokia has acquired a few start-ups recently, all of which complement or strengthen Nokia's own services:
- The acquisition of Plum's assets complimented Nokia's socal location services
- The Cellity acquisition strengthened Nokia's social networking competencies
- The acquisition of Bit-Side strengthened and accelerated Nokia's mobile development for Nokia Maps
- The Plazes acquisition enabled Nokia to extend its context-based service offering with social presence and time-based activity planning features
