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After long courtroom wrangles over intellectual property rights and royalties, old rivals Qualcomm and Nokia have signed a deal. The result will mean Nokia can use Qualcomm chips, lowering production costs, while it will give Qualcomm access to much of the smartphone market, a win-win situation. Andrew Gilbert, the head of Qualcomm's European business, told Reuters. "We are very, very excited about this opportunity. We are… Read More

It might prove to be a bargain for Qualcomm. The phone giant has paid $32 million to acquire Xiam, a company based in Irelandthat develops personalized wireless content targeting solutions.   Xiam has created My Personal Offers System, or MPOS, that allows greater personalization of content and ads delivered to mobilecustomers. Qualcomm plans to continue to offer MPOS both as a standalone product through Xiam and as part of its own… Read More