A new company will be announced in August

Jul 7, 2015 21:08 GMT  ·  By

Jolla, the Finnish company that successfully picked up Nokia's Meego OS and put it in it mobile devices under the name Sailfish OS, has just announced it will split its business in two.

In a recent press release, Jolla has confirmed that in order to strengthen its mobile business, it needs to announce another company that will be focusing on devices.

“Jolla Ltd., the Finnish mobile company and developer of open mobile operating system Sailfish OS, today announced a change in its company structure and management as further action toward company’s strategy to focus on Sailfish OS licensing and development.”

Basically, Jolla will become a software licensing company that will solely focus on Sailfish OS development, while the new company that will be announced after summer will take over the mobile device business.

A new company will be announced after summer

Dr. Antti Saarnio, chairman of Board of Jolla Ltd., will be in charge with the company focusing on Sailfish OS, while Tomi Pienimäki, former CEO will take over the mobile device business later in August when the new company will be announced.

“Every young company has to find its clear focus at some time, and for Jolla that time is now. We have huge opportunities in the Sailfish OS licensing business, and I am very proud and excited to take responsibility of steering the Jolla ship to a new commercial phase.

“After three years of intensive Sailfish OS research & development we are now moving full speed to new bigger waters, which requires full focus on software from the team,” said Jolla's Antti Saarnio.

The next step for Jolla is to deliver the Jolla Tablet to its Indiegogo crowdfunding contributors, which has been recently delayed due to some hardware supplier issues.

In the same piece of news, Jolla announced that it would be present at Mobile World Congress Shanghai next week (July 15 -17) when the Finnish company will showcase its progress in the Sailfish OS licensing business.