Samsung boosts its patent portfolio

Samsung did not provide net income or details of division earnings ahead of the official earnings report to be filed later this month.

Samsung did not provide net income or details of division earnings ahead of the official earnings report to be filed later this month.

Published Jul 17, 2012

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London - British chip firm CSR has sold its mobile phone connectivity and location technology to Samsung for $310 million in cash in a deal that boosts the South Korean company's patent portfolio.

Samsung will also invest $34.4 million in buying a 4.9 percent stake in CSR at a price of 223 pence a share, CSR said in a statement on Tuesday.

CSR said the deal would enable it to focus on developing and selling chips in voice and music, automotive, indoor location, imagining and bluetooth. - Reuters

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