AT&T’s de la Vega: Microsoft plus Nokia makes a ‘viable third ecosystem’

SEATTLE—Microsoft\’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) $7.2 billion purchase of Nokia\’s smartphone business is good for the industry and may accelerate the Windows Phone platform, according to a top executive at AT&T Mobility (NYSE:T).During the Mobile Future Forward conference here Tuesday, AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega said that he thinks …