Nokia won't move its headquarters to the US

FINNISH PHONE MAKER Nokia will not be moving its headquarters to the US and has no plans to offer tablets any time soon.

The firm's CEO Stephen Elop was interviewed on television Sunday. According to Reuters, he quashed rumors that Nokia might move its headquarters to the US from Finland.

He told Finnish national broadcaster YLE, "As long as I am the CEO the headquarters is in Espoo. That's our home, our sense of belonging."

Elop also said that the very Finnish phone maker has no plans to make a tablet any time soon, despite persistent reports to the contrary. He said, "Nokia does not have an exact plan, but we are studying the markets carefully. Perhaps we will come [to market] one day."

Last month, Paul Amsellem, head of Nokia in France told Les Echos that Nokia would build a tablet on the next version of Microsoft's operating system, saying, "And in June 2012, we will have a tablet running Windows 8."

After seeing struggling tablet makers like HP and RIM dropping like flies, perhaps Elop has changed his mind. µ