Lenovo reportedly in talks to purchase NEC's mobile phone division

[Shawn Knight]

NEC is looking to jettison their struggling mobile phone division after two straight years of losses. The move would help the Japanese company increase profitability despite the fact that they have said until now that it’s an important part of...

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[Skidmarksdeluxe]

I never even knew NEC was in the mobile phone business. Hell, apart from seeing some NEC chips, the last I remember of them was when I used to repair their P5, P6 & P7 pinwriters in the 80's & 90's.

 

[Jad Chaar]

Lenovo was planning on buying BlackBerry, I wonder what happened to that. I guess they are waiting to see if BB10 will be a success.