SEOUL: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said that it has signed a contract to buy a 5% stake in Symbian Ltd of the UK for £17mil in a bid to enter the Symbian OS-based smart phone market.
“We have decided on the strategic investment to tap into leading technologies and secure competitiveness for new products in the growing smart phone market,” it said.
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