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Category Archives: Mobile Electronics
Assurant to Strengthen Mobile Services Capabilities with Acquisition of CWI Group
Purchase of Market Leading Mobile Device Insurance Provider in France
Atlanta, Oct. 27, 2014 –Assurant Solutions, a business segment of Assurant, Inc. (NYSE: AIZ), has made a binding offer and has been granted exclusivity to acquire CWI Group, a market leading mobile insurance administrator in France, for approximately €56 million ($71 million), subject to certain conditions with a possible earnout payment based on future performance. The acquisition would strengthen Assurant Solutions’ market-leading capabilities in mobile device protection and expand its distribution into independent retailers and the financial services affinity market in Europe.
Mid-Year Service Contract Report from Warranty Week
Consumers will pay nearly $40 billion this year for product protection plans…
Full Article: http://www.warrantyweek.com/archive/ww20141009.html
Samsung Launches Mobile Protection Plans
Samsung Protection Plus Mobile Elite for Galaxy S and Note devices launches.
According to the terms and conditions from Samsung’s website AIG WarrantyGuard, Inc. is the Obligor and Administrator in most jurisdictions
Full Article: http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-protection-plus-mobile-elite-for-galaxy-s-and-note-devices-launches-09349974/
Asurion Develops New Phone Protection Plans for WIND Mobile
Apple and Samsung have fewest tablet repairs according to survey
Just 2 percent of Apple iPads and 3 percent of Samsung tablets that people reported on had serious problems or needed repair. That’s what we found in our 2014 Annual Product Reliability Survey…
RadioShack’s Fix It Here! Mobile Device Repair Service Now Available in 32 Miami-Fort Lauderdale Area Stores
RadioShack’s Fix It Here! Mobile Device Repair Service Now Available in 32 Miami-Fort Lauderdale Area Stores
Same-day Fix It Here! Service Available in More Than 700 Locations Nationwide by End of Year
FORT WORTH, Texas, Sept. 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — RadioShack’s Fix It Here! same-day mobile repair service – the first of its kind from a leading national retailer – is now available in 32 stores in the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale area. By visiting their neighborhood RadioShack store, smartphone and tablet owners can conveniently and cost effectively have common issues such as cracked screens, broken buttons and damaged charging ports repaired.