The death of the Nokia handset brand has been a protracted one, but Microsoft’s acquisition is set to close this Friday, bar last-minute hitches, a month later than expected. It really will be the end of an era, with the new owner expected to dump the Nokia name in short order. And it seems that, to avoid further delays, some additional concessions have been made to various regulators, particularly in India. Nokia, which will live on as a wireless infrastructure, IPR and mapping business, said it expects the €5.4bn sale of its Devices & Services business to close on April 25. However, a major manufacturing facility in Chennai, India, which is the center of a dispute with tax authorities there,…