Microsoft denies report that it’s shelling out billions to pay off Windows Phone partners

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9e3617b8d008a1630cd593a6c9daee25.jpgMicrosoft has denied an earlier report suggesting that the company plans to pay out billions of dollars in 2014 in an effort to ensure that a number of top smartphone vendors release phones powered by the Windows Phone platform this year. According to plugged-in Russian blogger Eldar Murtazin, Microsoft has plans to dole out more than $2.5 billion this year to Samsung, Sony, Huawei and several other smartphone makers to guarantee that they build and launch a single Windows Phone handset each in 2014. The exact purpose of the funds was not detailed. While Microsoft has not denied that payments will be made, the company's head of communications has gone on record in stating that Murtazin's report is not accurate.

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