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South Yorkshire broadband scheme faces sell-off

The Digital Region broadband project in South Yorkshire may soon be looking for investment from private organisations in a bid to keep afloat when the local regional development agency is wound up next year Read more

20 September, 2011 by Ben Woods

HP kills WebOS, may sell off PC division

Hewlett-Packard, the world's largest IT company, announced moderate financial results tonight -- quarterly turnover up... Read more

18 August, 2011

Microsoft chief Ballmer to sell 75 million shares

...more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see Microsoft CEO Ballmer to sell off 75 million shares on CNET News Read more

8 November, 2010 by Josh Lowensohn

Qualcomm signals sale of mobile-TV platform

Chipmaker Qualcomm is looking to sell off MediaFLO, its mobile television platform. MediaFLO supports Qualcomm's FLO TV... Read more

23 July, 2010

Cisco to cut 14 percent of staff

...has said it will let go around 11,500 staff worldwide and sell off a factory in Mexico as it begins its anticipated reorganisation Read more

19 July, 2011 by Steven Musil

News Corp ponders MySpace sale or spin-off

The international media giant has indicated that it may sell off the struggling social-networking site, which recently announced job cuts Read more

13 January, 2011 by Steven Musil

Google's profits jump 60pc, but mobile clicks cast a cloud

Net income has reached $3bn in the first quarter, but the rise of browsing on phones where ad clicks come cheaper could turn into a problem, if the trend does not reverse as Google expects Read more

13 April, 2012 by David Meyer

Three hits out at Ofcom's flip-flop on 4G spectrum

...Commission's approval of the Everything Everywhere merger, the company has to sell off some of its 1800MHz spectrum. That chunk of spectrum is likely... Read more

28 March, 2012 by Ben Woods

Report: Game faces adminstration

...out Game, though whether it would involve a complete buyout or a sell-off of part of Game's international operations is not known.There... Read more

12 March, 2012 by Joe Svetlik

Everything Everywhere pushes for 4G rollout in 2012

...plans to reserve a slice of 800MHz spectrum for Everything Everywhere. The sell-off of 800MHz and 2.6GHz spectrum for 4G is now set... Read more

23 February, 2012 by Ben Woods

Ericsson, Qualcomm demo 4G-to-3G voice handover

...regulator Ofcom have caused multiple delays in the 4G auction that will sell off the relevant spectrum, although recent proposals from Ofcom may clear the... Read more

3 February, 2012 by David Meyer

Seagate closes Samsung HDD business buy

...European Commission, with regulatory approval coming only after Western Digital promised to sell off its own 3.5-inch HDD business to allay competition concerns... Read more

20 December, 2011

HP open-sources WebOS for next generation of devices

...Whitman his successor. There were subsequently reports that HP was trying to sell off the OS, but it appears no-one bit. The winding-down... Read more

12 December, 2011

EC approves Western Digital's Hitachi storage takeover

...presently exerted by Viviti." To allay these fears, Western Digital proposed it sell off its 3.5-inch HDD production plant, while also transferring or... Read more

25 November, 2011

Report: HP may sell WebOS

...now, it is by no means a sure thing that HP will sell off WebOS. Within the last two weeks, Whitman was quoted by Bloomberg... Read more

8 November, 2011

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