Cisco and Samsung Electronics have entered into a cross-licence patent agreement that covers the two companies’ existing patents as well as those filed over the next 10 years.
It’s a similar deal to the agreement between Samsung and Google that was announced last month.
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Telecoms company Alcatel-Lucent says it’s talking to technology investment business China Huaxin about the sale of its Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise division.
The deal values Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise at €268 million (£223 million) on a cash-free, debt-free enterprise value basis.
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An investigation by Channel 4 News has shown that second-hand smartphones sold in the UK by Cash Converters and CEX may contain recoverable data despite having had a ‘factory reset’.
Information security specialists SensePost used software tools that were “freely available” to find personal information about the phones’ previous users. This included browsing history, contacts, text messages, photographs and personal documents.
Sony Corporation says it’s agreed to sell its PC business to Japan Industrial Partners and will stop making Vaio-branded computers after its forthcoming spring 2014 product release.
The company says it’ll now be concentrating its mobile product line-up on smartphones and tablets.
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Vodafone UK has launched a ‘Sure Signal Premium’ service that’s capable of providing 3G coverage throughout a workplace, regardless of the outdoor coverage availability. Faster 4G service is due to become available in some areas from the summer.
The service, which Vodafone describes as the first enterprise-grade indoor mobile coverage solution of its kind in the UK, has been developed in partnership with NEC and SpiderCloud Wireless.