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TeliaSonera, Altimo combine ownership interests in MegaFon, Turkcell
TeliaSonera and Altimo have agreed to combine their ownership interests by contributing their respective direct and indirect interests in Turkcell and Megafon, into a new company. The new company will be established in a western jurisdiction and listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Together the companies hope to create an international operator, with over [...]
EMC to acquire Kazeon Systems
EMC, a player in information infrastructure solutions, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Kazeon Systems, an eDiscovery software provider for corporations, legal service providers, government entities and law firms. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2009, subject to customary closing conditions. EMC believes the acquisition with help the [...]
Former Taiwanese exec indicted in CDT price-fixing conspiracy
A federal grand jury in San Francisco has returned an indictment against a former executive of a Taiwanese colour display tube (CDT) manufacturing company for participating in a global conspiracy to fix prices of CDTs, a type of cathode ray tube used in computer monitors and other specialised applications, the Department of Justice announced on [...]
Austriamicrosystems files patent infringement suit against Melexis
Austriamicrosystems, a designer and manufacturer of analog ICs for communications, industrial, medical and automotive applications, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit regarding magnetic encoder products against Melexis (Belgium) and its German subsidiary Melexis GmbH, at the District Court (Landgericht) in Duesseldorf, Germany. In its complaint Austriamicrosystems asserts that the sale and distribution of products from [...]
BCD settles patent litigation with Power Integrations
BCD Semiconductor Manufacturing (BCD Semi), an analog integrated device manufacturer specialising in the design, manufacture, and sale of power management integrated circuits, has settled its patent litigation lawsuit with Power Integrations. BCD has maintained that it did not infringe any patents, and is aware that many of the patent claims in the lawsuit are currently under [...]
