BEIJING-Amiosonic's new range of GSM mobile phones will be able to interoperate with Lucent Technologies Inc.'s GSM network infrastructure under a deal announced by the two companies.Mobile operators in China will now have an end-to-end solution starting next year, the companies said.The agreement may...
DUBLIN, Ireland-Having spent vast sums on third-generation (3G) mobile licenses, operators are hoping terminals will live up to expectations. Unlike GSM, where handsets are broadly similar in appearance, it seems likely 3G handsets will come in a number of shapes and sizes to accommodate...
Less than a week after introducing a new suite of messaging services targeted in part to teen users, Sprint PCS introduced a new package of wireless Internet-based games to its Wireless Web service.The move is targeted at capitalizing on two wireless trends-increasing teen usage...
Intel Corp.'s stock rode a roller coaster early last week with its price falling sharply Monday on analyst concerns about depressed microprocessor prices, followed by a surge on Wednesday after the company reported third-quarter results that beat lowered expectations.Monday's slide of $3.44 per share...
BARCELONA, Spain-InterDigital Communications Corp. announced plans to make third-generation technology and product design easier and faster using its system-on-a-chip solution to test both software and hardware as though they were operating within a full system in a real environment."As changes are required, because of...
DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. and Advanced Micro Devices will collaborate to develop an architecture for AMD's Flash memory devices and TI's digital signal processors-based Open Multimedia Application Platform.TI said the planned solutions will use AMD's and TI's process technology, manufacturing and chip packaging experience to...
Bluetooth seemed like a simple idea when introduced in 1998 as a low-cost, cable-replacement technology designed to be embedded in wireless devices. Early forecasts had Bluetooth-enabled products on the market as early as mid-1999.Those early predictions seemed believable at the time. Who would not...
MUNICH, Germany-U.S. chip manufacturer Amtel Corp. plans to take over Siemens AG's North Tyneside semiconductor factory in northeastern England, with plans to supply Siemens with specific semiconductor products and help secure future availability of flash memory chips.Siemens opened the factory in 1995, but closed...
TOKYO-Intel Corp.'s stock took a beating early Friday after the world's largest silicon chip manufacturer reported third-quarter sales would fall short of analysts' expectations.The company's stock lost about 22 percent of its value, dropping more than $14 per share as soon as the market...
E2open has opened its doors.The new electronics marketplace sports 10 high-powered founders, including IBM Corp., Hitachi and Nortel Networks. With this backing, e2open aspires to be nothing less than "one of the largest enterprises of the 21st century," said John Mumford, partner at Crosspoint...
NEW YORK-Dallas-based Texas Instruments has begun making samples of its new Bluetooth chipset available and will begin shipping them by year-end, Christian Dupont, general manager of the short-distance wireless unit, said.Developed by Butterfly VLSI Ltd., an Israeli company TI acquired early last year, the...
BluetoothSilicon WaveRadio-frequency technology developer Silicon Wave Inc. unveiled its Odyssey line of hardware and software products designed for the Bluetooth short-range wireless standard. Included in the line are the Silicon Wave SiW1501 Radio Modem IC, SiW1601 Link Controller IC and lower layer Bluetooth protocol...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Intel Corp., the world's biggest chip company, last week announced a new chip architecture designed to benefit a wide variety of wireless Internet and networking infrastructure applications.Intel said the XScale microarchitecture has the flexibility to handle requirements for both ultra-low power and...
Ding!The bell has sounded for the rematch between Phone.com Inc. and Nokia Corp. in the fight over WAP browser market share, and Nokia is coming out swinging with a whole new strategy.As the U.S. market readies for the coming WAP rollout, Nokia introduced the...
TOKYO-Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd. and ST Assembly Test Services developed an RF chip package and production test solution with Bluetooth specifications for the wireless market. "This Bluetooth device uses the process, which can be commercially produced at a competitive price," said Kaoru...
iMedeonWireless Web applications provider iMedeon Inc. released iM: Collect, a Palm operating system-based mobile data collection solution. The solution, a complement to iModeon's iM: Work, includes an administration tool allowing users to configure the system to meet their data-collection needs. In addition, pre-configured templates are included...
Qualcomm Inc.'s transformation is complete.The CDMA innovator last week announced it intends to spin off its chipset and software business, leaving the company as primarily one that collects royalties from CDMA technology.Qualcomm started out this way. It developed CDMA technology for mobile systems, patented...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Low-power graphics chip maker Silicon Motion Inc. reported it has invented an embedded digital signal processor technology that will enable the company to expand into the digital voice, digital music and wireless markets.SMI said the new technology can be used for wireless...
TantauTantau Software Inc. released its Wireless Internet Platform version 2, which features enhancements for back-end connectivity, content personalization and information delivery. In addition, the company announced a strategic agreement with Hewlett-Packard Co. to co-market mobile e-services solutions designed for financial institutions that combine the...
Qualcomm Inc.'s financial results came in line with consensus estimates last week, but the company expects falling chip sales because of slower handset sales anticipated in South Korea.Marc Cabi, managing director with Credit Suisse First Boston, downgraded Qualcomm to a "hold" rating, and reduced...
WASHINGTON-Thomas Sugrue, chief of the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, has begun preparing for the likelihood that many mobile-phone carriers will not meet upcoming deadlines governing location-based 911 wireless emergency service rules.Meanwhile, Sugrue and his staff are mired in other prickly 911 policy issues dealing...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Mobile communications systems start-up QuickSilver Technology Inc. acquired White Eagle Systems Technology Inc., an engineering turnkey design services company."White Eagle brings and wireless cellular engineering experience, adding more breadth and depth to QuickSilver's extensive chip design expertise, engineering and systems know-how,...
Sunday CommunicationsSunday Communications Ltd. announced that Craig Ehrlich, currently group managing director and chief executive officer, will give up his CEO duties. He will continue as group managing director, focusing on the company's regional expansion program. Ehrlich also will continue as the company's principal...
Lucent Technologies Inc.'s Microelectronics Group plans to unveil today a digital signal processor system-on-a-chip family for next-generation wireless and Internet networks that provides significant channel density improvements.The product family, called StarPro, is based on the StarCore SC140 DSP core architecture developed jointly by Lucent...
