Samsung has made a big investment in mobile connectivity and location
services, buying the relevant development operations and technology from
venerable UK chipmaker CSR.
The $310m (£198m) purchase is mainly a play for future technology, as
CSR gets to hang onto its existing Bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi and NFC
connectivity products and the associated revenues. According to a statement
on Tuesday, Samsung will get "all of the resources devoted to the
development of [CSR's] handset connectivity technology and a significant
proportion of the resources dedicated to the development of handset
location technology, including 310 employees together with certain
associated fixed assets".
