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reuters.com - 1/5/2009

Software firm UIQ files for bankruptcy | Markets | Markets News

— 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 | Markets | ...

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businessweek.com - 1/6/2009

Mobile Software Firm UIQ Goes Under

— businessweek.com — 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 ... (more) Mobile Software Firm UIQ Goes Under

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UIQ declares bankruptcy

— electronista.com — UIQ today said it would file for bankruptcy, effectively ending the mobile operating system's role in the cellphone market. The move follows six months of job cutbacks and is directly credited to the effective abandonment of the platform by supporters ... (more) UIQ declares bankruptcy

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UIQ Files for Bankruptcy
Phone Scoop - Latest News — ... a recent interview that the company has filed for bankruptcy. UIQ was jointly owned by Sony Ericsson and Motorola, and supplied a version of Symbian to some mobile handsets. UIQ's bankruptcy comes partly as a result of Nokia's purchase of Symbian, which it plans to make available for free. Sandberg said, "There are no opportunities to create a new line of business in the current financial climate." Symbian had been reducing staff levels, but still has 200 employees as of last month. more info at Reuters ...

UIQ oficialmente muerto
Celularis — ... de la empresa, y de los casi 200 empleados, después de no obtener financiación adicional de parte las empresas propietarias, Sony Ericsson y Motorola, dueñas del 50% cada una. UIQ no había logrado superar el trance de Symbian, apenas pudo lograr sacar dos modelos en todo el 2008, el Motorola Z10 y el Sony Ericsson G900, y Motorola ha cancelado su proyecto más prometedor con este sistema operativo, el Motorola RAZR3 Ruby. Vía Reuters y PhoneNews ...

UIQ Declares Bankruptcy
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... , most Symbian smartphones used the S60 interface. "There are no opportunities to create a new line of business in the current financial climate," UIQ CEO Johan Sandberg told Reuters . Symbian is currently the most widely used ...

UIQ Shuttering Its Operations
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... , most Symbian smartphones used the S60 interface. "There are no opportunities to create a new line of business in the current financial climate," UIQ CEO Johan Sandberg told Reuters . Symbian is the most widely used ...

UIQ bankrupt, mobile platform is officially dead
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — ... employees have been warned of impending layoffs and we’d imagine that the company is gearing up to liquidate anything that’s not bolted down (and possibly even stuff that is bolted down). The company’s insolvency announcement puts the final nail in the coffins of many UIQ-based handsets that were rumored to be in development. Unfortunately, that likely also means that Motorola’s investment in UIQ is a red-stain on Moto’s balance sheet. [Via: Reuters] Related News from IntoMobile: Mobile handset ...

UIQ files for bankruptcy as Symbian Foundation gears up for battle
Boy Genius Report — ... “There are no opportunities to create a new line of business in the current financial climate.” Those are the words of UIQ CEO Johan Sandberg as he informed Reuters UK that UIQ Technology AB was filing for bankruptcy. UIQ, owned in majority by Sony Ericsson and Motorola, received a death blow from which it could not recover as a result of the formation of the Symbian Foundation, and with the introduction of Nokia’s touch-friendly mobile operating system, S60 5th Edition. UIQ first began cutting its workforce back in July as its majority holders moved to ...

UIQ bankruptcy leaves 200 jobless
PhoneReport v2.0 - latest news, specs, reviews, interviews, and analysis — ... Executive Johan Sandberg told Reuters. Nokia completed its acquisition of Symbian last month, and donated it to the Symbian Foundation, thus eliminating any possible profit that UIQ could have while working on its current strategy. The viable option would be to turn itself into a sub-contractor for network operators and manufacturers, but UIQ's joint owners Sony Ericsson and Motorola decided to cut its life short, as it would not be suitable for their needs. [via Reuters]