Nokia Here data to power Baidu’s non-Chinese maps

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The Chinese web giant Baidu has decided on Nokia as its mapping partner for services outside of China.

Nokia‘s Here platform is one of the key remaining businesses of the Finnish firm, following the sale of its handset unit to Microsoft. Its mapping data, which will now power Baidu Maps for most of the world, covers nearly 200 countries.

According to a statement, the first extension of Baidu Maps beyond China will take in Taiwan (which China considers to be part of China anyway) and other territories will follow.

Although the Here data will be subsumed by the Baidu brand, it’s worth noting that China is a key market for Nokia – it’s the first country in which Nokia’s upcoming N1 tablet will launch, for example. Then again, as the world’s biggest economy, with increasing numbers of affluent citizens (and, relevantly, overseas-travelling tourists), that’s no surprise.

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