The nascent near field communication space received a much needed jolt today as Japanese telecom giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. (DCM) announced an agreement with Korean operator KT Corp. (KT) to use the wireless technology to develop “cross-border services for mobile payments, mass-transit ticketing, promotional...
The nascent near field communication space received a much needed jolt today as Japanese telecom giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. (DCM) announced an agreement with Korean operator KT Corp. (KT) to use the wireless technology to develop “cross-border services for mobile payments, mass-transit ticketing, promotional...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.If we learned anything from the events of the past week, it’s that brand loyalty matters little...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.Would you be willing to pay for coffee, a new sweater, or a movie ticket...
Reuters | January 31, 2011 | Isabel Reynolds
(Reuters) - Japan's Toshiba Corp (6502.T) more than doubled its quarterly operating profit on booming sales of NAND flash memory chips and robust demand for LCD panels used in smartphones and tablets.
But the sprawling conglomerate cut its full...
Business News Americas | January 28, 2011 | Matthew Malinowski
The Latin America division of US chip manufacturer Intel (NYSE: INTC) plans to shuffle more budget toward innovation efforts this year, the company's Latin America general director, Steve Long, told BNamericas without providing hard figures.
Intel...
HERSHEY, Pa.—There may be disputes about what the connected home will look like, or how utilities will use wireless technologies to better manage their networks, but most everyone agrees that both the connected home and the smart grid will redefine how people manage their...
LightSquared Subsidiary L.L.C. received good news from the Federal Communications Commission that will allow the satellite communications provider to soon add terrestrial services to its offering.The FCC noted in a report that while on a macro level LightSquared’s plans to offer both terrestrial- and...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.Things tend to be big at the Consumer Electronics Show, the annual gadget-fest held this...
U-Blox | January 24, 2011 | Press Release
Complete SVT reference design includes GPS, GSM and operator-independent SIM chip
Thalwil, Switzerland – January 24, 2011 – u-blox announces the immediate availability of an off-the-shelf reference design for the Brazilian Stolen Vehicle Tracking (SVT) market. The design,...
With the end of 2010, I’ve been reflecting on the past decade and all that has changed. It seems impossible to me that 2000 was over 10 years ago; not in that “Wow where has the time gone?” sense but rather in a “I...
With the end of 2010, I’ve been reflecting on the past decade and all that has changed. It seems impossible to me that 2000 was over 10 years ago; not in that “Wow where has the time gone?” sense but rather in a “I...
Samsung was showing off its 32nm chips at the Common Platform Technology Forum in Santa Clara this week and RCR managed to scoop some video footage of the little chip's awesome power.
RCR ran into Cadence at the Common Platform Technology Forum in Santa Clara this week and talked to the firm about its role in the collaborative manufacturing effort.
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.We quickly forgot the Consumer Electronics Show by last Tuesday (talk about a short news cycle) with...
Most people probably haven't heard of the firm Imagination Technologies, but with the firm supplying the IP for around 80% of the world's mobile graphics, you might want to sit up and pay attention.Imagination Technologies has long been the darling of the world's largest...
Mobile chip maker Marvell had a particularly strong CES this time around, with the firm introducing a range of new products and technologies which it claims usher in the era of the true mobile lifestyle.
Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Verizon Wireless (VZ) did millions a favor and finally got a room.The two biggest names in the domestic mobile business made it official today with Verizon Wireless announcing it will begin offering a CDMA version of Apple's now six-month-old iPhone...
Report to highlight $3.6 billion expansion of Samsung Austin Semiconductor
AUSTIN, Texas--The old adage of everything being bigger in Texas is often true, and the boastful economic figures reported by the Austin Chamber of Commerce are making a solid impression that the capital of the Lone...
Report to highlight $3.6 billion expansion of Samsung Austin Semiconductor
AUSTIN, Texas--The old adage of everything being bigger in Texas is often true, and the boastful economic figures reported by the Austin Chamber of Commerce are making a solid impression that the capital of the Lone...
Graphics maker NVIDIA announced on Wednesday that it would be working with mobile chipmaker ARM to build a non X86 CPU, on the same day that Microsoft announced its Windows software stack would now work on ARM chips.
Recognizing the pervasiveness of Wi-Fi technology, Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) said it plans to buy Wi-Fi chip maker Atheros Communications Inc. (ATHR) for $3.1 billion. Qualcomm said the acquisition will help it expand to new businesses beyond cellular. Both stocks were slightly up in trading...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.I have always tried to give readers some perspectives on the coming year – trends...
Recognizing the pervasiveness of Wi-Fi technology, Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) said it plans to buy Wi-Fi chip maker Atheros Communications Inc. (ATHR) for $3.1 billion. Qualcomm said the acquisition will help it expand to new businesses beyond cellular. Both stocks were slightly up in trading...
