Samsung’s head of investor relations says the company is focused on mergers and acquisitions as one way to deliver growth. The world’s largest smartphone maker has seen growth stall somewhat as Chinese rivals have taken market share in Asia and Apple has gained ground in many other markets. But Samsung’s next acquisition might not be a smartphone maker. Samsung has been named as a possible buyer for chipmaker Freescale, a Texas company focusing on automotive solutions and the Internet of Things.
And Mobile World Congress is still two weeks away but several companies are already launching new wireless solutions and deals. Radisys said today that it is partnering with Oracle to deliver Voice-over-LTE, WebRTC and other real time multimedia.
We have merger news from the cell tower world today. Velocitel is buying FDH to boost its tower modification business. The company says that roughly 20% of the tower upgrade projects it sees require a modification to support 4G technology.
And finally our featured employer today is AT&T. The company is hiring a mobility engineer to work in Virginia, a principal technical architect to work in Maryland, a senior manager of e-commerce to work in Atlanta and a senior inventive scientist to work in New Jersey. You can find these and more jobs at Telecomcareers.com