Frankfurt: Nokia`s maps business has drawn interest from at least four potential acquirors, including Facebook and a consortium of German carmakers BMW, Audi and Daimler, a German magazine reported on Wednesday.
Manager Magazin cited people familiar with the matter as saying local transportation service Uber is looking at the books of HERE, Nokia`s mapping unit, and that U.S. private equity firm Hellman & Friedman is also interested.
According to Manager Magazin, the book value of the unit is 2 billion euros ($2.15 billion).
Nokia and Facebook declined to comment on the report. Uber, Hellman & Friedman, BMW, Audi and Daimler were not immediately available for comment.
Finland`s Nokia said last week it had started a strategic review of HERE after announcing a takeover of network equipment rival Alcatel-Lucent.
