23

May

2013

Ericsson will stop making telecom cables

Author: The Fonecast

Communications technology business Ericsson is planning to close its telecom cables operation within the company’s Networks business unit.

318 jobs in Sweden are expected to be lost.

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23

May

2013

Samsung buys a stake in South Korean rival Pantech

Author: The Fonecast

Samsung Electronics is reported to have bought a 10% stake in smartphone and tablet manufacturer Pantech.

Pantech is South Korea’s third-largest handset maker after Samsung and LG.

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23

May

2013

New Intel CEO reorganises the company

Author: The Fonecast

Brian Krzanich, who was appointed as CEO of Intel Corporation last week, has started making changes to the company.

He’s taking direct control of a number of business units and is also reported to be creating a ‘new devices’ group that will look beyond mobile.

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22

May

2013

Visa says over €1 billion has been spent using contactless cards and NFC smartphones in Europe

Author: The Fonecast

Visa Europe says the adoption of NFC contactless payments has reached a ‘critical point’ across Europe.

More than 19 million transactions took place in March 2013, driving the total spend on contactless cards and smartphones equipped with a Visa payWave app to over €1 billion (£856 million).

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21

May

2013

Apple remains the world's most valuable brand, according to Brandz 2013 survey

Author: The Fonecast

The eighth annual Millward Brown Optimor BrandZ Top 100 ranking of the most valuable global brands still has Apple at the top, despite a slight drop in the total value of technology brands.

Apple’s brand value was calculated at $185 billion, just 1% up from 2012. Google retained second place but closed the gap slightly.

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