Taiwan-based VIA Technologies laconic press release reported that its subsidiary in the face of VIA Telecom has agreed to sell part of its assets. The buyer's name was not disclosed. Transaction transaction is scheduled to close at the end of the third quarter. The deal promises to bring the fund VIA Technologies investing about $ 100 million.
It should be noted that the assets of VIA Telecom in addition to the production area, with a significant number of patents on technologies for transmitting data using standard CDMA, EVDA, and GSM / GPRS / EDGE. In 2013, for example, MediaTek company acquired rights to certain technologies VIA Telecom.
In April this year, Bloomberg news, spread rumors that Intel plan to purchase assets from the company VIA Telecom VIA Technologies . Typically, Intel does not publicize such transactions, unless they are the key for the company.