Antitrust regulators in the US have approved Microsoft's $7bn (£4.6bn) acquisition of Nokia's mobile phone business. The deal, announced in September, sees Microsoft take ownership of Nokia's Devices and Services business, which ...
Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia was a defensive move to keep the Finnish phone maker from going under or falling into the hands of an Android-first rival, several analysts argued this week. “Had Nokia abandoned Windows Phone, ...
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Microsoft's acquisition of Finnish firm Nokia's mobile phone business and patents is a bad piece of business, according to Jon "Maddog" Hall, the executive director of Linux International, a non-profit organisation of IT professionals that ...
Microsoft wants to build a better mobile phone through its acquisition of Nokia's mobile phone business. One way it hopes to do that? By improving its maps applications to better compete against Google's. "An effective alternative to ...
Microsoft's plan to buy Nokia's phone business and have a larger presence in hardware devices has so far brought little response from PC and smartphone vendors in Asia. But the deal could end up bringing dividends to Microsoft's long-time ...
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Microsoft is to buy Nokia's mobile phone business and license its patents in a deal worth $7.2bn (£4.6bn). Further reading Nokia whacked by another downgrade – Moody's rates Nokia four notches below investment grade Microsoft ...
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The shake-out of the mobile phone market has continued with the news that Japanese consumer electronics giant Panasonic is to discontinue making smartphones. It comes a week after its rival NEC announced a similar withdrawal. However, ...
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NEC will introduce no new smartphones, and will make current models only to order, as it struggles to find the economies of scale required to compete in the market. The Japanese company is ending the development, manufacturing and sale of ...
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According to Japan's media report, the negotiation wth Nippon Electric Company and China's largest notebook maker Lenvo has come the the final negotiating stage. It's expected to reach an agreement within this month. The new comany will ...
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Nokia has expanded its line of phones with the Asha 501, which comes with an improved touch user interface to help keep low-cost Android-based products at bay. The launch of the second new member of the Asha family in about two weeks ...
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Nokia's sales of smartphones running Windows Phone continued to grow in the first quarter, and its net loss shrank year on year, even as overall revenue declined. The company reported first-quarter sales of a!5.85 billion (US$7.63 ...
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According to foreign media reports, the advertising market research firm Kantar Media said in a report, Samsung mobile phone business ad spending in the U.S. in 2012 was $ 401 million, surpassed that of Apple, $ 333 million. The huge amount ...
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TCL Group announced on February 27, its business performance TV and mobile phone showed polarization. In 2012, the company achieved net profit of 796 million yuan, down 21.43% over the previous year. TCL Multimedia’s turnover of ...
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US investment firm Jefferies analyst Peter MiseKe said in a report released Wednesday that although a growing number of analysts and shareholders required apple to do more with the cash, but he believed the company should be handled with ...
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Yesterday, TCL announced annual reports of 2012. The reports showed that its revenues in last year were 69,306,000,000, increasing by 14.46% year-on-year and net profits were 796,000,000, decreasing by 21.4% year on year. TCL net profits' ...
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