Global vendor strategies - 15/9/05

Samsung announced a 16 Gbits Flash memory chip to be manufactured from 2007 onwards.

Oracle is launching a friendly takeover bid on Siebel for about $ 6bn.

Ebay has swallowed Skype for $2.6bn, half in cash and half in stock, plus an additional $1.5bn id some financial targets are met.

NextWave has bought PacketVideo for an undisclosed sum.