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Lenovo to buy back mobile phone business

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 28 Nov 2009 2:10 User comments (3)

Lenovo to buy back mobile phone business

Lenovo, the world's fourth-largest PC manufacturer, has announced today that it will be purchasing back its recently sold mobile phone business, in an effort to push into the smartphone market.
The company had sold the unit last year for $100 million USD to focus more on PCs but now that the "technologies are now converging," says the AP, the mobile business area is creating a "significant growth opportunity."

Lenovo will pay $200 million to buy the unit back from the group of investors it sold it to last year.

"The Directors now consider that it is appropriate to move aggressively to capture the opportunity in the mobile internet business," says the company.

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3 user comments

128.11.2009 14:42

No buy backsies Lenovo, you know how it is. :\

230.11.2009 10:46

Haha, used to work for this company till I realized they are a bunch of retards, I guess nothing has changed.

31.12.2009 08:47

Well with the fad rageing for multi functional phones its no wonder.

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