Samsung today reached an agreement with five Japanese companies to develop and sell semiconductor products for mobile devices. The five companies including Samsung are NTT Docomo, Fujitsu Ltd, Fujitsu Semiconductor, NEC Corp. and Panasonic Mobile Communications. The companies will setup a fabless joint venture that will develop small, low-power semiconductor products with modem support. […]
Samsung to launch 4G WiMAX-equipped notebooks in South Korea
Samsung will be offering notebooks integrated with 4G WiMAX (known as WiBro) in South Korea. Samsung says new models will enable users to enjoy 4G WiBro services nationwide with KT who’ll offer plans at various price points. Developed closely with Intel and KT, Samsung will offer 5 models with integrated 4G WiBro, including Slate […]
Samsung Spain confirms bada 2.0 for Q1 2012
Samsung Spain has confirmed the obvious – bada 2.0 update for existing Wave devices will be released next year. Samsung hasn’t committed any dates for different devices but has confirmed to release updates throughout the first quarter (which is a tad early than Italy). Users using carrier-locked Wave devices will have to wait a […]
Samsung LED to merge with Samsung Electronics
It’s a day of mergers and acquisitions. After confirming the S-LCD takeover to make it a wholly-owned Samsung Electronics subsidiary, Samsung Electronics will absorb its another subsidiary, Samsung LED. Samsung Electronics had an equal stake in the LED subsidiary with Samsung Electro-Mechanics but with the merger, Samsung Electronics will merge the unit with its […]
Samsung to acquire S-LCD, will supply LCD panels to Sony
It’s official. Samsung will acquire all Sony shares from the S-LCD joint venture to make it a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics. Samsung will pay Sony about 1.08 trillion won (US$940 million) for the transfer of shares and have entered into a new agreement wherein Samsung will supply LCD panels to Sony at […]