Leading handset manufacturer Nokia announced today plans to acquire Plazes, a Berlin-based "social-activity service." Launched nearly three years ago, Plazes is a mobile location-based service that lets users plan, document, and share social events with friends and family, tagging activities with a specific place and time.
"This acquisition helps Nokia to accelerate its vision of bringing people and places closer together, in line with our broader services strategy," said Nokia's head of services and software. "In addition to the key assets, through this acquisition Nokia will bring on a visionary team with an advanced understanding of social-activity services, as well as the technical ability to further develop this area."
Nokia's purchase of the 13-person German company is expected to close sometime in the third-quarter of 2008, at which point Plazes will be folded into Nokia's Services and Software division.
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