Sanyo sells cellphones (by the seashore) to Kyocera

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Sanyo sells cellphones (by the seashore) to Kyocera

by Thomas Ricker posted Jan 21st 2008 at 7:00AM

Sanyo just made official what's been rumored since August: the sale of its troubled cellphone division to Kyocera. The deal is set for completion on April 1st at a value of about $350 million. The deal involves about 2,000 employees moving from Sanyo's mobile phone operation to Kyocera where they can reminisce with ex-Qualcommers about the good ol' days.

Filed under: Handsets, Sanyo, Kyocera

Tags: acquisition, breaking news, BreakingNews, kyocera, sanyo

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drannan @ Jan 21st 2008 10:02AM

..yet, ANOTHER blow to Sprint.

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Yobobie @ Jan 22nd 2008 11:14AM

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drannan @ Jan 22nd 2008 11:50AM

IMO, Kyo phones arent the best construction. Sanyo was one of the best things Sprint had going for them.. I dont know if this is gonna be a good thing for Sprint.

Just sayin'
I'm not a Sprint hater.. i really hope they come back up.

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