Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee urges mergers and acquisitions to boost software strength

Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee Sina Science and technology news Beijing time August 17, Samsung Group Office director Kim Soon-taek said today, Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee has asked the company executives to take a variety of measures, including mergers and acquisitions to strengthen the software business.　　Samsung is now embroiled in a patent lawsuit against Apple, and the relationship between Samsung and Google has become strained after Google announced a 12.5 billion dollar takeover of Motorola Mobility in Monday. "Chairman Lee Kun-hee has told management that he hopes to improve Samsung's software competitiveness through a variety of measures including mergers and acquisitions," Kim Soon-taek said in an interview with South Korean media today.　　"Mr Lee has also made the same remarks, urging executives to boost software and patent power to attract more talent, but Mr Lee did not say that it would be achieved through mergers and acquisitions.　　Samsung is the world's second-largest maker of smart machines after Apple, the biggest Android handset maker, and Apple's most powerful challenger in the smartphone and Tablet PC market. Some analysts said that the current consumer electronics more and more intelligent, Samsung not only to become hardware manufacturers, but also proficient in software business. (Li Ming)