OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Voice-over-Wi-Fi holds potential for both wireless local area network switch vendors and chip makers, according to new research from ABI Research.WLAN switch vendors have promoted their solutions as a way to manage WLANs, including security, spectrum, access points and end users, according...
Described by its supporters as disruptive, MIMO (multiple in, multiple out) technology has spawned a triangle of love and suspicion.Airgo Networks, which claims to have pioneered the idea of MIMO as we currently know it, said it is pleased the industry is embracing the...
While waiting to pry loose of Motorola Inc. later this year, Freescale Semiconductor Inc. will be walking the path of other companies like Agere Systems Inc. and Infineon Technologies Inc., which were previously parts of bigger behemoths.These three companies want to exercise the same...
If Motorola Inc.'s position as the No. 2 handset maker has remained tenuous during the past two years, the company just lost that same spot in another space in the semiconductor world-digital signal processors. DSPs process voice and video signals in the baseband of...
On both technology and adoption fronts, EDGE technology is forging ahead. While the protocol contends with handset challenges, the Global Mobile Suppliers Association puts the number of network operators that have announced EDGE commitments at 76 in 50 countries. However, only 14 networks are...
Wireless local area network equipment shipments increased a hefty 53 percent in 2003 from 2002 to $3.9 billion worldwide, according to a study by Forward Concepts.The report, titled, "WLAN for Enterprise and The Multimedia Home," anticipates a 21-percent compound growth rate to the $8.5...
TEMPE, Ariz.-In spite of price declines, wireless local area networks chip market witnessed a 176-percent growth in 2003 with Broadcom Inc. as the big winner in revenues, according to a study released by Forward Concepts.The report said prices fell 40 percent last year, and...
LOS ANGELES-Agere Systems Inc. suffered a slump in its stock position after it warned that its second-quarter results will fall short of anticipation.The company cites weak sales of chipsets for advanced mobile phones.The stock fell 36 cents, or 11 percent, to $3.05 cents.Agere's stock...
SAN FRANCISCO-Intel Corp. plans to unveil an ultra-wideband platform and it joined an initiative with other players to promote a common USB standard. The chip bellwether said it is working with members of the multiband OFDM Alliance to develop a standard UWB radio...
SAN FRANCISCO-Intel Corp. has announced plans to unveil a platform for the ultra-wideband wireless technology and joined an initiative with other players to promote a common USB standard.The chip bellwether said it is working with members of the multiband OFDM Alliance to develop a...
ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems Inc. has introduced a mobile handset architecture it believes will allow handset makers to achieve faster time to market for their smart phones.The company said the architecture will enhance such dynamic media applications as real-time audio and video streaming, digital photo...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Short-range wireless technology ZigBee will be a key player in the home automation market, according to market research firm West Technology Research Solutions L.L.C. (WTRS). Annual shipments of ZigBee chipsets could exceed 339 million units by 2008 in the home automation segment...
Semiconductor players remain the most optimistic wireless sector, even if the stock profiles do not reflect the upbeat mood.Yet according to a new study, the shares are poised to grow. Standards & Poor's Equity Research said semiconductor stocks have the potential to appreciate between...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Short-range wireless technology ZigBee will be a key player in the home automation market, according to market research firm West Technology Research Solutions L.L.C. (WTRS). Annual shipments of ZigBee chipsets could exceed 339 million units by 2008 in the home automation segment...
The acquisition beat goes on in the wireless equipment sector with several companies recently announcing purchases of other players. The increasing number of mergers is not surprising given the specific, still-developing sectors in which many of them are occurring, according to Ray Jodoin, director...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced two new executive appointments Tuesday. The company has appointed Jan M.K. Jaferian as its new intellectual property business president and John DeBono as its new investor relations vice president.Jaferian, who comes from Xerox Corp. where she was most...
The acquisition beat goes on in wireless as two companies, Agere Systems Inc. and PCTEL, announced they bought other companies. Agere said it has acquired TeraBlaze Inc., which makes a switch on a chip. PCTEL said it has bought Maxrad, which makes antennas for...
Motorola Inc. bowed to investor clamor for an outsider with the appointment of former Sun Microsystems Inc. president Edward Zander as the new helmsman, officially ending the reign of the Galvin family. Zander, most recently of private equity company Silver Lake Partners, edged out...
Motorola Inc. bowed to investor clamor for an outsider with the appointment of former Sun Microsystems Inc. president Edward Zander as the new helmsman, officially ending the reign of the Galvin family.Zander, who is at private equity company Silver Lake Partners, edged out Motorola...
ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems Inc. said it has unveiled what it describes as the smallest and fastest EDGE chipset solution for enhanced mobile handsets and smart phones.The company said it will enable phone manufacturers to develop compact handsets with download speeds four times faster than...
BURNHAM, U.K.-Racal Instruments Wireless Solutions (RIWS) and Agere Systems have been working to meet adaptive multi-rate (AMR) performance demands, as outlined by Cingular Wireless. AMR-capable solutions allow carriers to enhance GSM services by leveraging spectrum usage to improve networks and call-carrying capacity. Cingular recently...
On balance, wireless chips have carried a small swagger as the industry's only oasis of good news. But Texas Instruments Inc. caused the sector to stumble by narrowing its third-quarter forecast.The semiconductor bellwether said it revised its earnings per share to between 20 cents...
ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems released an advanced messaging interface (AMI) for high-speed communications and applications processing in next-generation mobile phones. "With the continued growth in mobile-phone use and the convergence of wireless handset and PC applications, the industry is beginning the transition to dual-processor designs...
Siemens AG said it will expand Russian mobile operator MegaFon's mobile-phone network under a $94.2 million contract. The agreement covers the extension of the carrier's GSM network with switching and transmission technology in the Volga and Ural regions. Siemens will also supply an intelligent...
