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DALLAS-An upswing in the wireless semiconductor sector has helped Texas Instruments beat expectations in its second-quarter results with earnings of $121 million, or 7 cents per share. The earnings amount …

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens’ funding arm continued its investment spree, this time announcing an investment in Israeli mobile content company Ki-Bi Mobile Technologies Ltd. Financial details were not disclosed. Ki-Bi Mobile offers …

WASHINGTON-Congress returns to work this week to a brewing controversy over funding for first responders and what to do when states raid wireless enhanced 911 funds like North Carolina did …

Handspring Inc. followed up on promises to update its Treo mobile phone/personal digital assistant device with the release of its new Treo 600, which breaks from the PDA form factor …

IDT Corp. has formed a spectrum-leasing unit within IDT Solutions to focus on leasing spectrum to telecommunication and wireless service providers. The move follows the Federal Communications Commission ruling that …

CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-ARM released TrustZone technology, a new security extension to ARM architecture that provides security for systems running open operating systems like Linux, Palm OS, Symbian OS and Windows CE …

WASHINGTON-The Bush Administration was berated Thursday by a powerful lawmaker for cutting and eliminating funding for telecommunications grants that could be used by Native Americans to improve teledensity in Indian …

As the wireless industry comes of age, upgrades are necessary to keep existing, legacy infrastructure in working order and compatible with emerging wireless communications technologies. Those upgrades and enhancements start …

Chipmakers continue to stake claims in anticipation of an assured industry upswing. Bellwethers Intel Corp. and Texas Instruments Inc. offered optimistic second-quarter projections, reinforcing a view that the sector has …

SEOUL, South Korea-SK Telecom said it received approval from the Ministry of Information and Communication to merge SK Telecom and SK IMT, the W-CDMA arm of the Korean mobile operator. …

CAMBRIDGE, England-SavaJe Technologies Inc. said it has licensed ARM i3D graphics client in collaboration with Superscape plc for 2.5G and third-generation wireless devices. “Through our close cooperation with Superscape, we …

SEOUL, South Korea-SK Telecom said it received approval from the Ministry of Information and Communication to merge SK Telecom and SK IMT, the W-CDMA arm of the Korean mobile operator. …

SEOUL, South Korea-SK Telecom said it received approval from the Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) to merge SK Telecom and SK IMT, the W-CDMA arm of the Korean mobile …

SAN FRANCISCO-ARM Ltd. made a series of announcements at the Embedded Systems Conference, including separate deals with LSI Logic and ParthusCeva, HelloSoft and Aptix, and Canon Research and Be4. ARM …

NEW ORLEANS, United States-John Koo and his top executive team crowd a small, air-conditioned room perched atop LG Electronics’ sprawling booth at the CTIA trade show here. Relaxed, smiling, Koo …

BEIJING-China Mobile (Hong Kong), the listed arm of mobile carrier China Mobile Communications is to pay its first dividend since listing on the Hong Kong stock market in October 1997. …

WASHINGTON-The wireless data arm of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association said it plans to expand its focus to include the rapidly growing content creation community, and that content companies …

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LONDON-Vodafone Group plc confirmed that it is in discussions regarding Japan Telecom, its Japanese subsidiary that offers fixed-line service. Vodafone acquired Japan Telecom in stages to gain control of mobile …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The Zimbabwean Ministry of Transport and Communications has ruled out the possibility of licensing a fourth mobile network operator in the near future. Dr. Witness Mangwende, the minister …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Mobile network operator MTN may soon be entering a new African market if it accepts the license offer made by the Tanzanian Communications Commission. The offer is based …

LAS VEGAS-Known as the two-headed monster of the personal computing industry by the nickname Wintel, the heads of Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp. made special mention of the importance wireless …

CARY, N.C.-SpectraSite Communications Inc., the operating arm of bankrupt SpectraSite Holdings Inc., said its WesTower Corp. subsidiary has completed the previously announced sale of SpectraSite’s wireless network services division. The …

JAKARTA, Indonesia-The recent acquisition of the Indonesian government’s 41.94-percent stake in Indosat by Singapore Technologies Telemedia (ST Telemedia) will soon change the atmosphere of the country’s mobile business. Both ST …

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