The combined $900 million investment in Clearwire Corp. from Intel Capital and Motorola Ventures establishes that 802.16e technology will be a force in mobile wireless broadband service. Under the investment deal announced last week, Intel plans to invest $600 million into Craig McCaw's Clearwire...
SAN DIEGO—Much ado about nothing, so far. That sums up Qualcomm Inc.’s press release, issued today, crowing that the United States International Trade Commission had initiated an investigation of Nokia Corp. on Qualcomm’s June 9 complaint that the Finnish vendor is violating Qualcomm’s W-CDMA...
Now that the dust has settled on news that Marvell Technology Group Ltd. will purchase Intel Corp.'s communications and application processor businesses for $600 million, many observers would love to know how Marvell plans to garner growth-never mind a simple return-on-investment-from the transaction. Sehat...
The dissolution of the Nokia Corp./Sanyo Electronics Co. Ltd. CDMA joint venture may leave a void in the United States for CDMA handsets, estimated by analysts at about 7 million units per year, despite Nokia assurances that its alternative strategy for the prized U.S....
Diversification, anyone will tell you, is a smart move. Excelling in one area is no guarantee against a changing market. Common sense dictates that you hedge your bets. But even the most successful companies have stumbled by straying too far from core competencies that...
There was no parade. Not even a press release to accompany Intel Corp.'s unveiling of its new Rosedale 2 WiMAX chip for both fixed and mobile broadband access during the Wireless Communications Expo forum event held last week in Washington, D.C. Intel's spokeswoman, Amy...
GREENSBORO, N.C.—Those pesky, detail-oriented analysts and emotional stock traders sent ripples through the market yesterday and today as news circulated that RF Micro Devices Inc.’s two largest customers—Nokia Corp. and Motorola Inc., which happen to be the two largest handset vendors in the world—may...
ESPOO, Finland—What a difference four months can make, especially in the hyper-competitive pursuit of global domination in a burgeoning business. Nokia Corp. and Sanyo Electronics Co. Ltd. announced they will not proceed with the joint venture for CDMA phones they announced in February. In...
Television has been called the "75-year-old killer application" and, indeed, one of the hurdles to-and possibly a shaper of-the mobile television experience is the recent trend toward giant, flat-screen TVs with surround sound in the home. Accustomed to zoning out in front of a...
NETANYA, Israel-Intel Corp. has selected Siano Mobile Silicon's multi-band, multi-standard receiver chipset for Intel's mobile TV reference platform in its Xscale product line. The collaboration comes at a time when mobile TV component makers are matching up with chipset and handset vendors. The news...
SAN DIEGO—Sequoia Communications, a fabless RF semiconductor company, said it raised $25 million in its series E round of financing. The round was led by BlueRun Ventures and included participation from Tallwood Venture Capital and Motorola Ventures. As part of the round, Rob Schwartz,...
NETANYA, Israel—Intel Corp. has selected Siano Mobile Silicon’s multi-band, multi-standard receiver chipset for Intel’s mobile TV reference platform in its Xscale product line. The collaboration comes at a time when mobile TV component makers are matching up with chipset and handset vendors. The news...
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. boosted its financial guidance for the third fiscal quarter ending June 25 due to what the company said was strong demand for its chips for W-CDMA handsets and CDMA network gear. The San Diego-based chip vendor said its pro forma revenues...
In determining its path to a profitable future, Intel Corp. faces what other companies have faced before: the fundamental question of focus. Should Intel focus on core competencies, even if that's in cooling markets, or should it endure a slide in earnings and stock...
NORWOOD, Mass.-Analog Devices Inc. plans to purchase privately held, South Korean-based Integrant Technologies Inc. for $127 million. The move should bolster ADI's portfolio with Integrant's low-power radio-frequency chips for mobile television, according to the two companies. The acquisition is expected to increase ADI's revenue...
WASHINGTON-Proponents of network neutrality face an uphill battle to convince the U.S. Senate to include net neutrality in its version of telecommunications reform after a major defeat Thursday in the House of Representatives. The Bush administration also signaled its opposition to the issue. "The...
WASHINGTON—The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a telecom-reform measure late Thursday that includes a plan to make Voice over Internet Protocol providers pay into the universal-service fund. But the House rejected a strict network-neutrality provision. Strike three and Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), ranking member...
NORWOOD, Mass.—Analog Devices Inc. will purchase privately held, South Korea-based Integrant Technologies Inc. for $127 million. The move will bolster ADI’s portfolio with Integrant’s low-power radio-frequency chips for mobile television, according to the two companies. The acquisition is expected to increase ADI’s revenue by...
SAN JOSE, Calif.—A new report from the Semiconductor Industry Association predicts semiconductor sales worldwide will grow 9.8 percent to nearly $250 billion this year, driven largely by the cell-phone market. The new forecast is an increase from November forecasts that projected an increase of...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Intel Corp. is rumored to be exploring the sale of its communications chip business as it seeks to slim down its operations and focus on its leadership position in microprocessors for personal computers. Intel today said that it had announced in April...
The upcoming AWS auction of 1700 MHz and 2100 MHz spectrum, now slated for August, raises the question of how many frequency bands might be jammed onto a handset and whether that poses technical challenges for component and handset vendors. The answer, at least...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced a single-chip solution that supports a trio of mobile broadcast standards. The chipmaker's new UBM chip supports Qualcomm's own MediaFlo technology, plus Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld (DVB-H) and One-Segment integrated services Digital Broadcasting-Terrestrial (ISDB-T) technology.
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. announced a single-chip solution that supports three of the world’s mobile broadcast standards. The chipmaker’s new UBM chip supports Qualcomm’s own MediaFlo technology, plus Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld (DVB-H) and One-Segment integrated services Digital Broadcasting-Terrestrial (ISDB-T) technology.Qualcomm is among numerous firms that...
NEW YORK—Investment bank UBS joined the latest wireless parlor game: Will Nokia Corp. or Qualcomm Inc. get the upper hand in the two companies’ intellectual property rights licensing negotiations? UBS analyst Maynard Um wrote in a report on Nokia that the Finnish handset behemoth’s...
