Sony completes buyout of Sony Ericsson

Last year, Sony succeeded in their bid to buy out Ericsson's share of their jointly owned Sony Ericsson handset and mobile device company. The deal cost Sony $1.05 billion euros and also included a patent cross-licensing deal. More importantly for Sony, gaining full ownership of Sony Ericsson cleared the way to integrate the company's devices into Sony's online entertainment network and ... [ read the full article ]