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BenQ / Siemens - DONE!

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Posted by: drchaps

From: http://www.eetasia.com/ART_88004481....HTM?from=RS S

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The last reprieve for the insolvent BenQ Mobile has passed. The insolvency procedure now looks unavoidable.

Insolvency administrator Martin Prager announced early this week (Jan. 1) that no agreement with a possible investor for the mobile handset manufacturer has been achieved until Dec. 31. Therefore, the official procedure was opened on Jan.2, which means that the company's last manufacturing line in Kamp-Lintfort as well as the design center and the sales department in Munich will be shut down very soon. The procedure will hit the remaining work force of about 1000 persons.

However, even after the launch of the legal procedures, it is theoretically possible that Prager agrees with one of the investors. According to sources close to the company, negotiations with at least one investor were under way during the last week. This investor is said to be an industry group active in the IT and semiconductor business. No names were communicated.

BenQ Mobile, the former Siemens AG mobile phone branch, had filed insolvency after its mother company BenQ had terminated its financial support for the ailing handset manufacturer it has taken over a year ago. During the last three months, the insolvency administrator had searched for an investor who could take over the remainders of the company. BenQ Mobile already has laid off about 2000 employees during that period.



Posted by: mitchy_mitch

Too bad .... Only if they were lucky enough to get the i-pod contract.


Posted by: Muslim

so this mean the end of benq -siemens ??

so siemens will come back alone or wat ?


Posted by: Riverman

We'll probably never see the Siemens name on a cell phone again, but BenQ is alive and well in Taiwan and will keep on making their own phones.


Posted by: Moto_VJ

It's not clear what will happen yet. One of the potential investors (Senstex) wants to buy/take the brand "BenQ-Siemens" away from BenQ. Or maybe they will just invest into BenQ Mobile and be allowed to use that name to produce mobiles for Europe, and BenQ will produce mobiles in Asia (both under the BenQ-Siemens name). Another possible scenario is Siemens taking away the rights to the name from BenQ, and licensing "Siemens" to whomever buys the German mobile division.

We'll just have to wait and see...

BTW, Riverman, do you like your EF81? I'm getting one in a week; my friend wants my E71.

Edit: One thing is certain for me: If the "Siemens" name does not appear on the phone and it wasn't made/developed in Germany, then I will start buying Nokias or Sony Ericsson.


Posted by: Riverman

I love my EF81. It's solidly built, has a great screen, and a really nice keypad. So far I haven't found anything I'd consider replacing it with. Just make sure yours has at least firmware version 48 on it. Anything older makes the phone run pretty slowly. The ones I've seen all say Siemens (well, BenQ-Siemens, anyway) and are made in Germany, so that's a plus.


Posted by: Moto_VJ

That's great to know: I love my E71 but I really wanted a flip phone.

Oh and btw in my edit I was referring what the new phones will be called if an investor is successful in their bid for BenQ Mobile; not the EF81. They are all made in Germany


Posted by: ninodelsol

This means I'm definitely not gonna buy the current Real Madrid jersey despite the fact that I like the overall design: http://www.realmadrid.com/articulo/rma34962.htm


Posted by: CoolPhone

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Originally Posted by Moto_VJ
Edit: One thing is certain for me: If the "Siemens" name does not appear on the phone and it wasn't made/developed in Germany, then I will start buying Nokias or Sony Ericsson.

Nothing is made/developed in Germany!
"made/developed in Germany" means obsoleted, outdated, lazy, out of competition


Posted by: Moto_VJ

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Originally Posted by CoolPhone
Nothing is made/developed in Germany!
"made/developed in Germany" means obsoleted, outdated, lazy, out of competition


Of course nothing is made in Germany, that's why they are the world's largest exporter, and that's why American car companies study BMW and VW interiors when designing their own cars. Because we all know how well made American things are!!




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