Rumour mill: Vodafone thinking of buying RIM?

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#91075 6-Oct-2011 10:35

Store this in the "crazy rumours" bin: rumours this morning saying Vodafone Group could be planning to buy Canadian company RIM (BlackBerry) caused a 12% increase in share prices.

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#529964 6-Oct-2011 11:08

RIM? Doesn't seem like a very good investment for them, wouldn't trust them to turn around RIM's fortunes!

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#530281 6-Oct-2011 17:18

NZtechfreak: RIM? Doesn't seem like a very good investment for them, wouldn't trust them to turn around RIM's fortunes!

Probably a similar situation to Google buying Motorola, most of the investment is for the patents held.

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#530541 7-Oct-2011 12:44

marmel:
NZtechfreak: RIM? Doesn't seem like a very good investment for them, wouldn't trust them to turn around RIM's fortunes!

Probably a similar situation to Google buying Motorola, most of the investment is for the patents held.

which patents do you think they need?

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#530564 7-Oct-2011 13:45

nakedmolerat:
marmel:
NZtechfreak: RIM? Doesn't seem like a very good investment for them, wouldn't trust them to turn around RIM's fortunes!

Probably a similar situation to Google buying Motorola, most of the investment is for the patents held.

which patents do you think they need?

No idea. I wouldn't have a clue what patents RIM hold but it does seem similar to the google/motorola purchase.

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#530590 7-Oct-2011 15:12

marmel:
nakedmolerat:
marmel:
NZtechfreak: RIM? Doesn't seem like a very good investment for them, wouldn't trust them to turn around RIM's fortunes!

Probably a similar situation to Google buying Motorola, most of the investment is for the patents held.

which patents do you think they need?

No idea. I wouldn't have a clue what patents RIM hold but it does seem similar to the google/motorola purchase.

I think nakedmolerat was getting at the fact the VF is a network owner/operator whereas RIM is a software/hardware developer, so there seems to be less potential beetween them than motorola/google where one is a hardware/software developer and one a software developer