Samsung Nears Signing of Mobile-Device Deal with FBI, U.S. Navy
Both The Wall Street Journal and Reuters reported that Samsung is close to signing a deal to provide mobile devices to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Navy. The FBI, in particular, has over 35,000 employees who currently use BlackBerry devices. Whether BlackBerry devices would be replaced by Android-powered Galaxy models or whether handsets from both manufacturers would be used are still not clear at this point.
Some analysts see the forthcoming government deal as proof that mobile has arrived in the enterprise.