A photo illustration shows the Microsoft logo displayed on a Nokia phone in ViennaBRUSSELS (Reuters) – Microsoft has requested EU antitrust regulators to approve its 5.forty four-billion-euro ($7.forty nine billion) takeover of Nokia’s phone business as part of a push into the cell gadgets trade. The deal, introduced closing month, features a 10-year licensing settlement of Nokia’s patent portfolio. The European Commission stated it could make a decision by way of December 4 whether or not to clear the acquisition. It may lengthen the evaluation via 10 working days if Microsoft offers concessions to allay imaginable competition issues. ($1 = zero.7262 euros) (Reporting by way of Foo Yun Chee)