Wireless

As the amount of data moving over wireless networks grows, so does the demand for the chips that generate and process that data. Strategy Analytics estimates that sales of smartphone …

The past couple of weeks have witnessed several industry events that could reshape what the wireless industry will look like going forward. Those events have been centered on the growing …

India’s minister of information technology and communications, Kapil Sibal, is under fire for asking Internet companies like Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Yahoo to prescreen user-generated content posted from India.

Leap Wireless (LEAP) put some numbers to its plans to swap spectrum with Verizon Wireless, announcing it would acquire a 12 megahertz patch of spectrum in the 700 MHz band …

Clearwire (Nasdaq: CLWR) looks to be making steps to secure its financial future announcing today plans to offer $300 million in Class A stock, plus up to $45 million more …

While smartphones continue to make great strides in penetrating the domestic market, the third quarter of this year saw a slight lull in the action as consumers awaited the latest …

Millions of Microsoft customers may soon be able to use their smartphones for virtual meetings, collaborating remotely via telepresence. Polycom is making its telepresence solution part of Microsoft’s Lync unified communication platform, extending a partnership that is already a key part of Polycom’s business.

What the wireline Internet has taught the world is that eventually power shifts from the ones providing the pipes to the ones providing value-added service. Unless net neutrality goes away, I expect this same phenomenon will take place in the wireless domain.

Just when investors in Canada’s Research in Motion were enjoying some good news, the maker of the BlackBerry smartphone and PlayBook tablet triggered a new round of sell orders on Wall Street with news of a $485 million charge related to a markdown of its inventory of unsold PlayBook tablets. RIM also said BlackBerry shipments are slipping and lowered its sales and earnings projections for the year.

With Occupy Wall Street movements across the country protesting the pay earned by investment bankers and brokers, the Senate Banking Committee heard arguments this week for and against a bill …

Verizon Wireless (VZ) bolstered its spectrum war chest today by announcing plans to acquire 122 1.7/2.1 GHz spectrum licenses (also known as AWS spectrum) covering 259 million potential customers for …

Shares of Magma Design Automation (Nasdaq: LAVA) surged 25% after the company said it had agreed to be purchased by Synopsys Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) for $7.35 a share, or $507 …

Chipmakers Intel (Nasdaq: INTC), Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) and ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ONNN) all saw tremendous growth this year, according to preliminary 2011 market share rankings from research firm IHS. Acquisitions …

Clearwire (CLWR) avoided a potential default on an interest payment and secured its near-term future through a new agreement with parent company Sprint Nextel (S). The deal also guarantees the …

Tata Communications today announced the launch of InstaHCM, a human capital management addition to its InstaApps software-as-a-service portfolio. InstaHCM will offered in partnership with SuccessFactors Inc., a company dealing in cloud-based business execution software.

Regional wireless operator Leap Wireless (LEAP) appears to be in the center of several possible spectrum transactions that could help reshape the wireless market. According to a story from Fierce …

The Indian Home Ministry is examining a report submitted by a high-level panel of experts on a focused and practical approach to the issue of decrypting some of the encrypted communication in a readable format, a task with which India’s security agencies have encountered problems.

Physicians who need to quickly communicate time-sensitive information about their patients should no longer use text messages, according to the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. The group issued …

UPDATED: Wonder no longer about how the Federal Communications Commission feels regarding AT&T’s (T) attempt to purchase rival T-Mobile USA as the government agency late yesterday released an order in …

American businesses hired more workers in November than they have in almost a year, payroll firm ADP reported today, and a survey of job opportunities at wireless device manufacturers in the United States shows that a number of technical jobs have been open for as long as six months, suggesting that demand for engineers is outpacing supply.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s recommendation of a 60% market share cap on merger and acquisitions has been turned down by a standing committee of the Department of Telecommunications.

Reports indicate that AT&T (T) is now in talks with Leap Wireless about possibly acquiring some of T-Mobile USA’s assets in order to make its attempt to acquire T-Mobile USA …

German computer expo CeBIT, believed to be the world’s largest at more than twice the size of CES in Vegas, reports that participation in its machine-to-machine (M2M) section will double …