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Who could buy Nokia?

Nokia's market cap is currently about 33 B USD.

Total Cash (from balance sheet, most recent quarter):

Microsoft Corp: 40.0 B
Oracle: 24.8 B
Intel Corporation: 21.8 B
Hewlett Packard: 10.9 B

I know that "Total cash from balance sheet" is not the most accurate measure if a corp can buy another corp, but it is indicative. Considering that money is still very cheap, any of the corporations above could make a move if they think buying Nokia is advantageous to them.

I can see at least 2 corporations in the list above that could have a strategic interest. And I do not mean MS, they already got what they wanted.