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Technology Stocks : Sequans, the investors board
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From: frmrVZguy2/21/2018 2:31:37 PM
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News to Watch on REUTERS: “Seems Withings is up for sale" "Nokia in 2016 bought France’s Withings, which makes activity trackers and..."
A sale or spinout invites new owners and perhaps small investors, followed by an IPO. There are other small firms that have found an expansion into device design together with their existing specialized IC design is the economical path to profit. Think of how Altair became an ODM plus fabless firm overnight when it joined Sony. There are other examples in the news recently too. This means that fabless IC design is becoming a commodity service of interchangeable value and adding ODM capability brought success to these companies.

It certainly implies a consolidation with existing tech sector activists... owners of ODM or fabless firms or their bankers as investment firm owners.
Could this lead to a new customer or a combination with SEQUANS?
Watching this...

reuters.com
FEBRUARY 21, 2018 / Nokia sees no path for 'struggling' digital health business: memo HELSINKI (Reuters) - ... In its entirety, our Digital Health business has struggled to scale and meet its growth expectations,” Nokia’s chief strategy officer Kathrin Buvac wrote in the letter to employees... Nokia in 2016 bought France’s Withings, which makes activity trackers and thermometers... “Seems Withings is up for sale and the Technologies unit will move away from new ventures and focus on patent licensing,” said Mikael Rautanen, an analyst at Inderes Equity Research who has a “buy” rating on the stock...
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