MSFT/NOK see themselves as a third ecosystem IN competition with AAPL and with GOOG and also with GOOG's Android subscribers. If MSFT/NOK opt to bid, it will be for themselves not for APPL OR GOOG.
"Maybe now the grand coalition for Android is forming. Samsung by itself cant buy IDCC against AAPL, MSFT/Nok or GOOG without going into a big hole."