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Mobile Software Firm UIQ Goes Under
Mobile Software Firm UIQ Goes Under
The company, owned by Motorola and Sony Ericsson, filed for bankruptcy after its last remaining customer stopped using its platform By David Meyer Motorola and Sony Ericsson, the joint owners of UIQ via a Dutch holding company, decided at a board meeting on 29 December to pull the plug on the ...
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uk.reuters.com — STOCKHOLM, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Software company UIQ, jointly owned by Sony Ericsson ( 6758.T )( ERICb.ST ) and Motorola ( MOT.N ), has filed for bankruptcy in a district court in Sweden, the company's top executive said on Monday. The software ... (more) Software firm UIQ files for bankruptcy | Deals | ...
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As the UIQ Platform Opens, UIQ Closes
OStatic blogs — ... Things looked admittedly bleak for UIQ in June, when the mobile software company's code was slated to be integrated into the Symbian Foundation's open source platform. Yesterday it was announced that Motorola and Sony Ericsson, joint owners of UIQ, declared the company insolvent. On December 30th, UIQ filed for bankruptcy (as is required of insolvent companies under Swedish law). ...

As the UIQ Platform Opens, UIQ Closes [OStatic]
GigaOM Network — ... Things looked admittedly bleak for UIQ in June, when the mobile software company's code was slated to be integrated into the Symbian Foundation's open source platform. Yesterday it was announced that Motorola and Sony Ericsson, joint owners of UIQ, declared the company insolvent. On December 30th, UIQ filed for bankruptcy (as is required of insolvent companies under Swedish law). ...

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