Oct 01
Filed under: Sagem
Sofinnova’s purchase of Sagem means that the Sagem brand will disappear completely from handsets by the end of the year, Mobile Phone Helpdesk is reporting. Don’t worry, though, you rabid Sagem fans: the manufacturer will still be alive and well, albeit in a definitely less high-profile form as a dedicated ODM. Making phones for other brands is a biz Sagem’s already well acquainted with through its partnership with Sony Ericsson and others, so it should be an easy transition. In the meanwhile, Sagem-branded phones currently planned for release before the end of the year should still “partly come to market,” so get those collectors’ editions while you still can.
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Tags: Biz, Collectors Editions, Fans, Goodnight, Handsets, Helpdesk, Mobile Phone, Nbsp, Odm, Partnership, Sagem, Sofinnova, Sony, Sony Ericsson, Transition
Oct 01
Filed under: Sagem
Sofinnova’s purchase of Sagem means that the Sagem brand will disappear completely from handsets by the end of the year, Mobile Phone Helpdesk is reporting. Don’t worry, though, you rabid Sagem fans: the manufacturer will still be alive and well, albeit in a definitely less high-profile form as a dedicated ODM. Making phones for other brands is a biz Sagem’s already well acquainted with through its partnership with Sony Ericsson and others, so it should be an easy transition. In the meanwhile, Sagem-branded phones currently planned for release before the end of the year should still “partly come to market,” so get those collectors’ editions while you still can.
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Tags: Biz, Fans, Handsets, Helpdesk, Mobile Phone, Nbsp, Odm, Partnership, Regulatory Approval, Sagem, Sofinnova, Sony, Sony Ericsson, Transition
Aug 02
Filed under: Sagem
Remember back in those freewheelin’ days of 2006 when men were men, phones were phones, and Motorola was rumored to have been seriously considering taking Sagem off Safran Group’s hands? Yeah, well those days are long gone; Moto’s a mere husk of what it once was at the peak of the RAZR craze, and Concerning Sagem, they’re getting ready to fly the “under new ownership” banner in front of headquarters. Venture capital firm Sofinnova has purchased 90 percent of Sagem for around €220 million ($343 million) off current parent Safran, intending to rename it Sagem Wireless (don’t get too crazy with the name change there, guys) and turn it into an all-ODM shop not unlike fellow French firm ModeLabs. Roughly half of Sagem’s staff will survive the transfer intact, while most of the rest should be offered jobs in Safran’s other lines of business or firms in which Sofinnova holds a stake.
[Via mocoNews]
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Tags: Current, Euro, Fly, French Firm, Husk, Jobs, Motorola, Nbsp, Safran Group, Sagem, Sizzles, Sofinnova, Stake, Steaks, Venture Capital Firm