SEOUL-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. posted increasing revenues, but the company's profit line took a hit due to a $300 million fine the U.S. Department of Justice levied against the company for international price fixing. The Justice Department said the fine is the second-largest antitrust...
SEOUL-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. posted increasing revenues, but the company's profit line took a hit due to a $300 million fine the U.S. Department of Justice levied against the company for international price fixing.The Justice Department said the fine is the second largest antitrust...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced the on-time sampling of its Mobile Station Modem chip solution, supporting HSDPA technology.Qualcomm said the MSM 6280 chipset is the company's second complete HSDPA solution and supports data speeds of up to 7.2 megabits, enabling deployments of advanced data and...
Skyworks Solutions Inc., which provides semiconductors for mobile applications, said it expects to report fourth-quarter revenues below the low end of the company's previous guidance. Based on a preliminary review of unaudited results, the company said it expects to report revenue of $190 million...
InterDigital Communications Corp. released its HSDPA coprocessor terminal for mobile phones. The company said the chip offering features low-power usage and a small, flexible design. Philips Semiconductor N.V. purchased the coprocessor.
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. released its new HSDPA coprocessor terminal for mobile phones. The company said the chip offering features low-power usage and a small, flexible design.InterDigital said Philips Semiconductor NV purchased its new coprocessor."At 3GSM World Congress earlier this year, we...
According to most industry observers, all systems are go in the worldwide wireless industry. Predictions show significant sales opportunities in emerging markets like India, where handset costs are plummeting below $50, and some carriers have figured out how to make money from $5-per-month service...
SAN DIEGO-Chipmaker Sequoia Communications today released an RF transceiver for mobile phones that supports W-CDMA, HSDPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM technologies. The company said the transceiver will lower the cost and increase the battery life of third-generation phones, addressing the primary obstacles in the...
Among the tragedies that Hurricane Katrina brought was the realization that it would be easier for some people to reconnect with their dogs than their grandmas. A veterinarian can access ownership information on a dog that has been implanted with a microchip; an ailing...
The race to bring the much-hyped wireless home to market continued to heat up last week as two major wireless mesh-networking chipmakers gained traction in the nascent market. Zensys A/S, a Denmark-based company, added two new backers for its proprietary Z-Wave technology. Monster Cable...
Motorola Inc. may cut EDGE technology from the initial shipments of its forthcoming handsets-including the highly anticipated Pebl and Slvr models-due to problems with chips from supplier RF Micro Devices Inc. Motorola earlier this year promised that its forthcoming Pebl and Slvr devices would...
TEMPE, Ariz.-In an in-depth wireless local area network, WiMAX and chip market study, research firm Forward Concepts predicted that WLAN equipment sales will grow to $5.9 billion in 2006 as new IEEE 802.11n and Voice over Wi-Fi equipment is introduced and the infrastructure for...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-NEC Corp. said it will use L.M. Ericsson Mobile Platforms' new U250 W-CDMA chip in its line of mobile phones for Europe. NEC previously used Ericsson Mobile Platforms' U100 chip.Ericsson Mobile Platforms, along with Qualcomm Inc. and others, has scored several key W-CDMA...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. boosted its product line-up with the release of three new power management integrated circuits. The company said the chips target the low-, mid- and high-tier segments of the market."Qualcomm is redefining the concept of a systems solution by offering a complete...
Investors cheered a report that predicted chipmaker RF Micro Devices Inc. is scoring additional business with the likes of Motorola Inc. and Nokia Corp. and that the company likely would exceed its expectations for the coming quarter.RF Micro Devices' stock was up almost 8...
SAN FRANCISCO-Chipmaker Intel Corp. offered a general outline for some of its plans in the wireless world, including updates to its chips for Wi-Fi laptops and mobile phones."The number of voice lines worldwide skyrocketed with the proliferation of cellular phones, which made the phone...
CUPERTINO, Calif.-Founded in 1996, chip startup Tropian Inc. today released its first product, an RF transceiver for mobile phones that combines the transmissions of GSM and EDGE technologies. The company said the product will lead to smaller, more powerful and more efficient phones. "We're...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said it will continue its battle with Nokia Corp. over royalty payments for InterDigital's 2- and 2.5-generation technologies. The company said it would oppose Nokia's recent motion to vacate the decision by the International Court of Arbitration of...
BOSTON-A new report finds that ZigBee technology players are squaring off against Zen Systems, which has established a strong position in the residential control market with its proprietary Z-Wave solution.Strategy Analytics, a global research and consulting company, predicted that by 2008, the market for...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. signed an agreement with the semiconductor division of Royal Philips Electronics Ltd. to include InterDigital's High-Speed Downlink Packet Access technology in the Nexperia cellular system solutions line.InterDigital offers its HSDPA solution as a set of technology blocks for...
CHICAGO-Motorola Inc. used its annual analyst meeting here to paint a portrait of itself as a sleek, lean, high-tech firm with plans to sit alongside such well-known consumer brands as Apple Computer Inc. and Nike Inc. And to verify its progress, Motorola released a...
Although Qualcomm Inc. lowered its expectations for W-CDMA and CDMA handset shipments, the company still managed to post results ahead of expectations. The company's stock was up more than 6 percent on the news to $38.34 per share.Qualcomm's revenues for its third quarter came...
BOSTON-Third Screen Media, which provides mobile advertising and marketing software, said it closed a $3 million round of venture-capital funding.The round was led by TD Capital Ventures of Boston. Also participating was Blue Chip Venture Co.The company said it will use the funding to...
AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. announced it will continue to use chips from Freescale Semiconductor Inc.-the company's former chip subsidiary-in its third-generation devices through 2008. Motorola and Freescale have been developing 3G chips since 2001.Terms of the deal were not disclosed."Motorola and Freescale are driving innovation...
