Nokia has been hammered in the past couple of years and has shed[1] and will be shedding more[2] jobs over the next several quarters. Google and other technology companies have probably been circling Finland for a number of months now trying to identify and intake the best talent they can find.

[1]http://www.bgr.com/2012/03/22/nokia-to-cut-1000-jobs-from-fi...

[2]http://www.bgr.com/2012/06/14/nokia-layoffs-2012-vertu-restr...