Norwegian children’s smartwatch maker Xplora Technologies is set to buy Swedish device manufacturer Doro for £61.4 million (SEK 829 million). The bid of SEK 34 per share is 38.2 percent above Doro’s closing price on the Stockholm Stock Exchange last Thursday. Doro’s largest shareholders, Accendo Capital, Cidro Förvaltning, and Swedish investor and entrepreneur Peter Lindell,are considering the bid.

Doro UK and Ireland MD Peter Marsden is heading up a new Doro direct-to-consumer division, He has been replaced as MD by senior channel account manager Ben Crompton. Crompton has 20 years’ experience in the mobile industry and has worked at Orange and BlackBerry. He joined Doro in 2019 and will be working to expand

The devices feature high contrast displays, simple navigation interface and enhanced audio to meet seniors needs

The Swedish vendor, which targets older users, offers a range of device types to suit different needs and is introducing new smartphones and 4G-enabled handsets, but is keen to keep things simple for users

The device features a user-friendly interface aimed at making navigation of the phone easy for users, as well as access to apps and the ability to alert pre-selected loved ones by pressing an emergency button

The Doro 6820 and Doro 6880 are easy-to-use clamshell devices and the Doro 5860 is a candy bar phone

Customers that buy a Doro 8050 between March 4 and April 29 2021 will be able to claim a free accessory

Doro’s latest feature phone caters to target audience with fantastic battery life

Latest Doro device is available from £139.99

This handset is also compatible with Doro’s new Response by Doro service

The 8050 is compatible with Doro’s recently launched Response By Doro service

The vendor has also launched Response By Doro, a free to use GPS tracking service

Smart and feature devices both offer 4G connectivity

Wider initiative sees phones delivered to seniors in France, Germany and Nordics

Austrian-based Emporia Telecom launched in the UK earlier this year 

The smartphone is 4G-enabled and available through Amazon and EE

Doro’s latest smartphone combines elegance and accessibility – 3.5/5

Doro’s latest smartphone combines elegance and accessibility – 3.5/5

Emporia Telecom are poised to launch in the UK in the coming weeks

The Doro 8080 features services such as Google Assistant 

Doro specialise in feature phones for the senior market

Customers can buy on contract starting at £23 per month or £135 prepaid

The manufacturer is targeting over-65s with its new products

The Internet of Things may be in its infancy at present, but that is about to change – in a big way

His former employer is first in the senors market, but Maxcom’s boss says that’s going to change

The return of the Nokia 3310 has put new life into what many thought was a dead segment 

The vendor acquired telecare firm Welbeing for £11 million to begin offering services

Welbeing is based in Eastbourne servicing around 75,000 connections

Marsden is an industry veteran having amassed over 25 years experience in the industry

Millington has been replaced by former BlackBerry and Sony Mobile employee Peter Marsden

The 6520 is on course to surpass the PhoneEasy 612 in sales according to UK and Ireland managing director Chris Millington

UK revenues were up 15 per cent with shipment volumes up by five per cent

Milestone will provide it with the push to close gap on Alcatel and Nokia in feature phone market

The restructure will also see a research and development centre in France close

Operator joins Carphone Warehouse, O2 and Vodafone as official stockists for the feature phone

The operator joins the likes of O2, Carphone Warehouse and EE as official stockists of the device

  The new campaign marks the first time Doro smartphones have been advertised on TV in Ireland

The retailer will also have the 5516 candy bar handset and 8030 smartphone on sale

The feature phone is the sixth clamshell device from Doro to be stocked by the operator

O2 will be exclusively stocking Doro’s latest 5516 feature phone in blue when it goes on sale throughout the UK from late October. The Swedish manufacturer launched the phone at IFA in Berlin today (September 2). A second ‘graphite’ colour will also available from the operator as well as Carphone Warehouse. Features on the 3G

Catalogue retail giant will feature four devices from Swedish manufacturer in its upcoming Autumn/Winter 2016 catalogue

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UK and Ireland boss Chris Millington insists the market is not exclusively all about smartphones

Retailer will expand its range of Doro products to include the Liberto 825 and Doro 8030

Accessories include cases, a pouch, a stylus pen, a premium headset and a screen protector

UK MD confident over prospects after sales exceed 750,000 devices in 2015

Operators become the 19th and 20th UK stockists of the “easy to use” and “affordable” senior market feature phone 

The retailer is the first in the UK to offer Doro’s “most liberating and progressive handset” from £119.95

Retailer selling its second Doro handset, following the PhoneEasy 610

PhoneEasy 612 features 2mp camera, easy to read display and is hearing aid compatible

Phones 4U starts stocking Doro PhoneEasy 610 device from £59.95 as it looks to take advantage of the senior handset market

Senior handset manufacturer Doro has started stocking four of its home phone products in retail giant John Lewis