Motorola Eying Siemens
The rumor over at WirelessWeek.com was that Motorola is in talks for the purchase of the Siemens handset division, according to a Dow Jones Newswire report. We've mentioned in February that Siemens was seeking a buyer as desperately as I looked for a prom date the day before the dance. If a purchase does go through, then that will mean we are finally rid of those darned Siemens pool floaties at every CTIA conference. (Yeah, if you've been there, you know what I mean.)Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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