Brussels, 05/12/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 4 December, the European Commission gave the go-ahead to the acquisition of most of Nokia Corporation's devices and services business (the “D&S business”) by Microsoft Corporation. The D&S business mainly produces and sells smartphones and feature phones. The Commission concluded that the transaction would not raise any competition concerns, in particular because there are only modest overlaps between the parties' activities and the links between Microsoft's mobile operating systems, mobile applications and enterprise mail server software with Nokia's smart mobile devices are unlikely to lead to competitors being shut out from the market. (LC/transl.fl)