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It was 1996 when I started working at the Cricklewood head office of Peoples Phone [writes Mark Bridge], initially in a sales support role before becoming part of the Marketing team. The company was an independent mobile phone retailer with a growing network of high-street shops and connected customers. In November 1996 the company and its customer base were acquired by Vodafone, which had already taken over the Talkland retail business and was soon to add Astec to its portfolio.

 

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Qualcomm buys around 2,400 patents from HP

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Patent portfolio includes technology from Palm, iPAQ and Bitfone

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Qualcomm Incorporated has acquired a collection of patents from three HP companies: Hewlett-Packard Company, Hewlett-Packard Development Co LP and Palm Inc.

The patent portfolio comprises approximately 1,400 granted patents and patent applications from the USA plus approximately 1,000 patents and patent applications from other countries.

According to Qualcomm, the portfolio “covers technologies that include fundamental mobile operating system techniques” and includes patents relating to Palm devices, iPAQ handheld computers and the Bitfone mobile device management business. No information about the purchase price was revealed.

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