Microsoft Aims for 15% of Smartphone Market

Announcing plans to acquire Nokia's Devices and Services division, Microsoft forecast that it could ship 255 million smartphones in 2018, capturing 15% of the global smartphone market. The software giant also estimated that smartphone sales could generate 45 billion dollars in annual revenue for the company in that year. In the past four quarters, Nokia has shipped approximately 20 million smartphones running Microsoft's Windows Phone software. source: Microsoft presentation