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Articles tagged with: Samsung Electronics and Sprint
Samsung to Launch a "Google Phone" in Q1 2009
Samsung is reported to be preparing to launch a new smartphone based on the Google backed Android operating system within the next few months. The second "Google Phone" is expected to be available in both GSM/3G and CDMA options and sold via T-Mobile and Sprint Nextel. more
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Sprint Launches its Initial WiMAX Service
Sprint Nextel has at last, commercially launched its WiMAX network - currently branded as XOHM - in Baltimore. The data-centric network has been launched with average download speeds of 2-4 Mbps. more
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Motorola to Split Off Handset Business
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Carl Icahn 1, Motorola 0.
The Schaumburg, Ill., company said Wednesday it would split off its troubled
handset business into a separate publicly traded business, relenting to demands
by the activist investor.
The move would create an independent mobile devices company, which accounted
for roughly half of Motorola's total revenue in the fourth quarter. It also
leaves standing alone a company that makes TV set-top boxes, wireless equipment,
public-safety radios and bar-code scanners. In an industry where others are
consolidating, Motorola is going the opposite route.
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