Samsung and Nokia have announced the expansion of their patent cross-licensing agreement. The new agreement now covers additional patent portfolios between both the companies. Neither Nokia nor Samsung has specified which patents the agreement covers but Nokia reckons the licensing will have a positive impact on their financials. Earlier this year, Samsung and Nokia reached […]
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Samsung extends patent licensing agreement with Nokia for five years
In a terse statement released by Nokia, the Finnish company confirmed that Samsung has decided to extend the patent licensing agreement between both the companies for five more years. The original agreement would have expired at the end of 2013 but will be extended from January 1, 2014. There’s no disclosure on the amount of […]
Nokia takes a shot at Samsung with Android KitKat
It’s not new for mobile phone manufacturers to take potshots at each other. Samsung has taken quite a few at others but today they’re at the receiving end. Nokia Germany’s official twitter account posted something that tries to make fun of the new Android version and a Samsung device. Google recently named the Android 4.4 […]
Samsung is second in the smartphone race for Q2 2011
Samsung today announced their Q2 results and although their telecommunications business came out highly profitable, they failed to mention the sales figure of the sold handsets. However, analysts have chimed in and the consensus seems to be the same — Samsung remains in the second spot for smartphones in Q2 2011. We don’t have […]
Samsung may surpass Apple and Nokia smartphone sales for Q2 2011
Research firm, Strategy Analytics reckons that Samsung may have managed to beat Nokia and Apple smartphone sales for the last quarter. Samsung’s estimated sales is in between 18 to 21 million handsets compared to Nokia’s 16.7 million and Apple’s 20.3 million. Such strong figures are expected due to the excellent sales of Galaxy devices, […]