Mergers & Acquisitions – Page 10

Ericsson Sells Majority Stake in Media Solutions

by Andrew Fenn

One Equity Partners has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Media Solutions from Ericsson. Ericsson will continue to own a 49% stake in the company. Additional terms …

Tags:Ericsson| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 04

BOE Takes Over SES Imagotag

by Bob Raikes

We didn’t spot it at the time, but it seems that in December, BOE of China completed the acquisition of a majority stake of 6.67 million shares in SES Imagotag, which specialises in Electronic …

Tele2 to buy Com Hem of Sweden

by Bob Raikes

Tele2 a telco from Sweden is to buy local cable operator, Com Hem, in a deal that values the company at €2.65 billion. If the deal goes ahead, the new organisation will be the …

Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Sweden| Vol 25 - Issue 02

PlayNitride Ships Initial Micro-LED Panel Samples

by Andrew Fenn

PlayNitride has begun shipping micro-LED panel samples to 10-20 potential customers, according to Micro-LED-Info. The company’s chairman and CEO, Charles Li, reportedly said that five or six of these customers will use these samples …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| MicroLED| Samsung| Vol 25 - Issue 02

DT strikes €1.9B deal for UPC Austria

by Bob Raikes

T-Mobile Austria, which is owned by Deutsche Telekom, has agreed to buy the UPC cable business unit in Austria of Liberty Global. The move is intended to help the company compete more effectively with …

Ströer Completes UAM Media Group Acquisition

by Bob Raikes

Ströer has completed the acquisition of UAM Media Group (Ströer Gets Green Light to Acquire UAM Media Group). The company has said that it expects a boost in revenues of around €40 million following …

Toshiba and Western Digital Agree on Memory

by Bob Raikes

Toshiba has settled its dispute with Western Digital over the sale of the Toshiba memory business and the companies will withdraw their lawsuits and this led to a small rise in Toshiba’s share price. …

HannStar Sells Stake in Nanjing Subsidiary to CSOT

by Bob Raikes

Hannstar has agreed with China Display Optoelectronics Technology, which is a member of the TCL group and which has CSOT as a majority shareholder, to sell a majority share (51% to 81%) of Hannstar …

US Department of Justice Blocks AT&T/Time Warner Deal

by Andrew Fenn

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has blocked AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner. Not only that, but it has also filed a lawsuit to prevent it from ever happening, claiming that the $85 billion …

Marvell to Buy Cavium

by Bob Raikes

Marvell has agreed to buy fellow chip maker, Cavium, which specialises in chips that are used in HDD controllers, network devices and data processing systems. The companies will have a combined revenue of $3.4 …

Acer Now Largest Corporate Shareholder in AOpen

by Andrew Fenn

AOpen and Acer have announced a private placement of shares, making Acer the company’s largest corporate shareholder, AOpen announced in an official press release. This alignment between AOpen and Acer ensures an increased geographic …

Qualcomm Rejects Broadcom Acquisition Offer

by Andrew Fenn

Qualcomm’s board of directors has unanimously rejected an unsolicited proposal announced by Broadcom last week. In the company’s official statement, executive chairman of Qualcomm, Paul Jacobs, said: “It is the board’s unanimous belief that …