All the stories tagged with: acquisition
T-Mobile rewarded for failed AT&T merger
12/20/2011, Yesterday we reported that AT&T withdrew its plans to acquire T-Mobile, due to heavy opposition from the government. Well it looks like the T-Mobile won’t be coming out empty-handed from the unsuccessful deal. According to reports online, Deutsche Telekom, the [...]
Danske Bank: Nokia could sell smartphone division to Microsoft (Rumor)
12/14/2011, With Nokia committing themselves to making and selling Microsoft’s Windows Phone devices, would you really be that surprised if Microsoft just bought over Nokia’s smartphone division? Well it seems that Denmark’s largest bank, Danske Bank, thinks so as well as [...]
AT&T, T-Mobile to postpone court proceedings for a month
12/13/2011, The AT&T and T-Mobile merger deal isn’t looking so good. Some analysts have even gone as far as claiming that the deal is on its death bed, although given the huge obstacles and the amount of opposition that both AT&T [...]
Sony Ericsson to drop “Ericsson” from name mid 2012, will focus on smartphones only
12/05/2011, When Sony announced their plans to buyout Ericsson’s stake in their Sony Ericsson joint venture, it was sort of a given that it was only a matter of time before Sony dropped the Ericsson moniker from the brand and focus [...]
AT&T could divest T-Mobile assets to Leap Wireless to gain FCC approval
11/29/2011, We had reported last week that AT&T had withdrawn its FCC application for the approval of the T-Mobile acquisition. It seemed that due to numerous complaints and opposition from their competitors and even the government, AT&T has decided to withdraw [...]
AT&T withdraws FCC approval application for T-Mobile merger
11/25/2011, If you’re the type that believes in negative energy and whatnot, it appears that with all of their detractors and even the government going against their merger, AT&T has withdrawn their application from the FCC that requested approval for a [...]
HTC reconsidering S3 Graphics buyout after loss to Apple
11/23/2011, It seems that the ITC has thrown out the case of HTC vs Apple, another one of the numerous patent wars that are being fought around the world at the moment. However it seems that this loss to Apple has [...]
Motorola shareholders vote in favor of “Googorola” deal
11/18/2011, We know that Google has announced their plans to purchase Motorola Mobility, and it seems that Motorola’s shareholders have given the company the green light to proceed with the acquisition deal with a 99% vote in favor of the deal. [...]
Huawei to buyout Symantec’s stake in their joint venture
11/15/2011, Huawei, a company known for putting out affordable mobile devices has announced their plans to buy out the remaining 49% stake in their Symantec joint venture. For those unfamiliar, Symantec is a company that specializes in security software for computers, [...]
Amazon may have purchased Yap, could be interested in speech recognition technology too
11/09/2011, Siri is one of Apple’s latest and probably the most hyped up feature on the iPhone 4S. So much so that developers have attempted to port it over onto older iPhones, but if a recent SEC filing is to be [...]
Kobo acquired by Rakuten
11/08/2011, Kobo, the eBook reader platform developer and eBook reading app provider has been reported to have been purchased for $315 million by Rakuten, one of the world’s top 3 e-commerce companies by revenue. It looks like Rakuten wants to take [...]
DragonWave to pick up microwave transport business from Nokia Siemens Networks
11/04/2011, Ever heard of DragonWave before? I haven’t, but here they are making headlines as they seem to be in the running to purchase the microwave transport business from Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) in due time – including the latter’s associated [...]
MetroPCS said to be frontrunner in buying AT&T’s assets
10/21/2011, One of the reasons why the AT&T and T-Mobile deal has not gone through, despite it being announced months ago, is that not just their competitors, but antitrust regulators who feel that through AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile, competition will essentially [...]
