(Nikkei BP Group)
(No.1 High-Tech News Site in Japanese)
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September 25, 1998 (SEOUL) -- Motorola Inc. is in talks to acquire Appeal
Telecom, a Korean mobile phone venture, industry sources said Sept.
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Appeal Telecom Co., Ltd., which was formally called MI TEL Co., changed
its name after the development of the world's lightest CDMA mobile phone,
weighing just 79 grams, early this year.
According to industry watchers, Motorola projects that Appeal Telecom
will help it gain a stronghold in Asia's CDMA handset market.
However, Appeal Telecom denied that takeover talks are in progress, and
said that it is only considering an OEM contract with Motorola.
Motorola acquired an approximate 20 percent stake in a listed Korean
handset developer, Pantech Co., Ltd. in May, and arranged an OEM contract
with Telson Electronics Co.
Appeal Telecom, which was listed on the KOSDAQ market a year ago, posted
54.1 billion won (US$38.6 million) in revenue and 9 billion won (US$6.4
million) in net profits last year.
(Maeil Business Newspaper, Korea)
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