Even as Nokia named Rajeev Suri as its new chief executive and president of networks, Here and Technologies, about 550-odd employees, including P Balaji who was helming the India operations of Nokia's devices division, started their new innings at Microsoft, hoping for better days ahead. As employees shift to the new company, the top management has been holding town halls, talking to dealers and distributors, assuring them that it will continue to be business as usual at the handset maker despite having a new set of owners.

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