Research In Motion Ltd. might finally unveil its first tablet next week.After scrapping original plans for a tablet launch back in May, the BlackBerry maker is ready to introduce its response to Apple Inc.'s iPad, according to The Wall Street Journal.Despite being written off...
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.WiMAX technology has been pushing the mobile industry forward for the last several years. In many aspects,...
Part of my job as editor is to sift through some of the more outlandish news about the wireless industry, and decide which issues merit coverage and which don't. So when I initially read about an attempt by the National Association of Broadcasters and...
It seems like a no-brainer today, but there was a time not too long ago when Wi-Fi was not a ubiquitous feature found in most homes, businesses or public venues. Along with that scarcity was frustration and complications for those looking to actually connect...
Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) is hiring an iPhone application developer for its new incubator lab, Qualcomm Services Labs Inc. QSL is an incubator for mobile applications, so it stands to reason the CDMA chip company would expand to popular mobile platforms like Apple Inc.’s,...
Just months after Qualcomm Inc.'s (QCOM) Snapdragon processor began shipping in smart phones with a clocked speed of 1 GHz, the company is making plans to ship a new CPU core running at 1.5GHz in a matter of months.According to ComputerWorld Inc., devices could...
Three of the nation's largest wireless carriers are working on a joint venture that should give mobile banking and contactless forms of payment a major boost.According to Bloomberg though, AT&T Mobility (T), Verizon Wireless (VZ) and T-Mobile USA Inc.(DT) are all working on...
RCR Unplugged recently reported that German chipmaker, Infineon Technologies, was under Intel’s acquisition microscope, but it seems another suitor - Samsung Electronics - has joined the fray.
With the demand for better, faster smartphones increasing exponentially by the day, it comes as no real surprise that little British chippie ARM has managed to beat even its own earning expectations and gain market share, pushing from handsets into all kinds of other electronics, from fridges to MP3s.
Relatively rare just a few years ago, smartphones - or superphones as some are now calling them - have become as ubiquitous as Usher on the radio. But just how well do you know your sophisticated handset gadgetry? RCR Unplugged recently spoke with ARM wireless segment manager James Bruce to identify the five most important components of today’s smartphones (in no particular order).
In Singapore recently, RCR was privileged to be able to get a glimpse behind the chipmaking curtain at GlobalFoundries’ fab 7, where wafer upon wafer of chips are churned out daily from within the impressive maze of cleanrooms.
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...
“PCs will soon seem very archaic,” said Trevett, whose firm currently relies on the PC market to make a living. “Mobile computing is the future. Mobile is the web, the web is mobile, the two are really integral,” he continued.
Editor's Note: This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' May Special Edition, "Enabling the Mobile Revolution: Mobile Chips, Devices and Accessories." The 80-page special edition is available here. The Subscriber Identity Module – that standard little chip that houses all of...
TD-LTE technology continues to make technical progress, with L.M. Ericsson (ERIC) demonstrating an end-to-end solution earlier this week in Shanghai, China. Further, WiMAX proponent Alvarion Ltd. (ALVR) announced its support for TD-LTE technology. Ericsson, the world's largest infrastructure supplier, said it...
SHANGHAI, China — The incredible success of Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) is inextricably linked to the success of CDMA technology. The company has been pushing the technology ever since it refined it for use on cellular networks and it continues to reap treasure from a...
SHANGHAI, China – Sprint Nextel Corp. has been transitioning and remaking itself for at least two years now. During that time, much more has changed in the mobile industry than stayed the same. Many of the situations that the carrier faces today are not...
Intel seems to have taken yet another surreptitious step towards the world of cellular, snapping up bankrupt Israeli based Comsys Mobile Communication and Signal Processing, a WiMAX/GSM modem chip maker for a reported $30 million.
SAN DIEGO – Qualcomm Inc. has paid $3 billion to developers using its BREW platform, CEO Paul Jacobs told a crowd of about 3,000 during yesterday's keynote speech at the company's first Uplinq conference. That $3 billion amounts to an average selling price of...
Editor's Note: This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' May Special Edition, "Enabling the Mobile Revolution – Mobile Chips, Devices and Accessories." The 80-page special edition is available here.Long Term Evolution or LTE, a next-generation 3G technology that uses ODFMA (Orthogonal Frequency...
Spectrum Bridge Inc. said it is working with a California utility to use white-spaces technology to deploy a smart-grid network in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and offer wireless broadband service to area residents.Spectrum Bridge is working with the Plumas-Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative to manage...
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.The Qualcomm Snapdragon platform continues to generate robust industry attention to accompany its steadily expanding customer...
WiMAX operator Clearwire Corp. said it plans to start offering laptops with embedded modems at Best Buy locations and online at bestbuy.com. The devices, which include chips from Intel Corp., include the Dell Inspiron 14, Dell Inspiron 15, Dell Mini 10 and Toshiba Satellite...
A revolution is afoot in the mobile industry. A revolution being led by device makers that finally appear to have all of the tools at their disposal to produce mobile devices that consumers not only want to buy, but in some cases, it appears...
