November 7th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »
With Nokia holding a strong foot in S60, SonyEricsson decided it’s time for them to secure a bit of the Symbian market themselves. Being the biggest distributors of UIQ based handsets, they now announced to acquire the UIQ branch from Symbian (UIQ Technology AB). SonyEricsson will make the UIQ department a separate subsidary in the company. This probably to avoid support from companies like Motorola who also have a range of UIQ devices on the market. The current management team will also remain in place to secure proper functioning under the SonyEricsson flag.
