Nokia is to acquire Siemens’ 50 percent stake in joint venture Nokia Siemens Networks, which will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Finnish company after the transaction is completed.
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Qualcomm plans to reject Broadcom’s $103B acquisition bid
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Report: Microsoft and Nokia talked acquisition
Microsoft and cellphone maker Nokia were in advanced talks about an acquisition of the Finnish company’s device business, but the discussions have broken down, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
Windows Phone ‘weak’, Huawei sneers
Huawei calls the Windows Phone platform weak despite using it as the foundation for some of the smartphones it makes.
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Infopro Digital to acquire DISTREE Events
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Dell ‘refining’ plans for OpenStack-powered public cloud
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McAfee to acquire firewall maker Stonesoft
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HP’s Ray Lane steps down as board chairman
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Cisco to buy femtocell maker Ubiquisys
Cisco is planning to buy femtocell maker Ubiquisys for US$310 million in cash and retention-based incentives, the company announced on …
Oracle to acquire mobile data network firm Tekelec
Oracle is filling out its product stack for communications with the acquisition of Tekelec, which provides network signalling, policy control …