Telecommunications equipment industry
Motorola, a leading maker of mobile devices and wireless technology, is expanding its reach into the corporate market with the acquisition of Symbol Technologies, a prominent producer of scanners and other wireless technology used by manufacturers, retailers, and wholesalers. The deal, worth $3.9 billion, marks Motorola's latest
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Investors are bracing themselves for merger-and-acquisition activity, as several major companies announce their plans to acquire or be acquired. Smithfield Foods' acquisition of Premium Standard Farms for $810 million has sent PORK shares soaring, while SFD's shares have dropped. Meanwhile, Symbol Technologies is reportedly being sold to
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Asheville, NC-based Homeland Integrated Security Systems, Inc. has extended its agreement with UK-based communications services company Local Presence through the remainder of 2006. Local Presence will continue to assist Homeland Integrated Security Systems in certifying their Cyber Tracker technology on European GSM networks, including Orange, O2, and Vodafone. The partnership
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Motorola Inc., a struggling cell phone manufacturer in China, has enlisted the help of pop star Jay Chou to boost its image and sales among young Chinese trendsetters. Chou, a huge celebrity in China and Taiwan, has become the company's brand ambassador in China, championing the music experience
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Lucent Technologies is hosting a webcast of its special meeting of shareowners, which will be broadcast live over the Internet on September 7, 2006, at 11 a.m. Eastern Time (ET). The meeting will be available for replay on Lucent's website through September 14, 2006. Meanwhile, GigaBeam Corporation
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Telekom Austria has selected Harmonic's industry-leading digital video solutions, including the high-performance DiviCom(R) encoders, for its aonDigital TV Service. This new service, launched in Vienna and being rolled out nationally, offers viewers access to a full complement of broadcast television, radio, and premium services such as video-on-demand.
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Foxconn, a Taiwanese electronics manufacturer that produces iPods for Apple, has filed a 70 million yuan ($10.7 million) compensation lawsuit against two former employees and a Hong Kong-listed battery maker. The lawsuit claims that the defectors infringed on Foxconn's confidential technology and are seeking a court injunction
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Mobile phone manufacturers in China have seen a substantial growth in domestic GSM handset shipments in June 2006. According to Interfax research, a total of 11.551 million GSM handsets were shipped to domestic distributors, showing a 38.43% increase from the 8.344 million units shipped in May. This
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Symbian, the UK-based mobile phone software company, has remained resilient under pressure from Microsoft, while simultaneously swinging into profit in the first half of the year. The company, majority-owned by leading mobile phone manufacturers such as Nokia, has seen a significant increase in revenues, rising from £51.6m in the
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Sage Global Solutions, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has received a strong upgrade by the respected research firm, TRI-STATE Capital, citing the company's strong year-over-year results for all of its subsidiaries. This upgrade comes at a time when the company has recently acquired a high growth
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PMC-Sierra, a fabless semiconductor company, has established itself as a leader in the development of high-end semiconductors for telecom and optical networking gear. As a key player in the industry, PMC-Sierra's products are utilized by prominent companies such as Alcatel, Cisco Systems, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, Lucent, and NEC. The
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Busi-Bee.com conducted a study on the quality of service (QoS) of several prominent websites, including Alcatel, Blockbuster, Microsoft, Akamai, Level 3 Communications, and Amazon.com. The study involved taking 18,351 samples from these websites over a 24-hour period on August 12th, 2006. The results show that Alcatel provided
