UK water utility Yorkshire Water is in the final stages of an NB-IoT and AI pilot with BT to connect almost 4,000 acoustic, flow, pressure, and water quality monitors to manage leaks and interruptions in the water network in the north of England.Â
BT, which...
Telecom infrastructure giant American Tower Corp. (AMT) said it will buy up to 2,126 towers from telecommunications group Millicom International Cellular S.A. (MIC) subsidiary Colombia M
GlobalFoundries has fired its top tier management this morning, effective immediately, replacing the CEO, COO and chairman of the board with appointees of the Abu Dhabi government investment arm ATIC.“The board of directors of GlobalFoundries – along with its majority shareholder, the Advanced Technology...
DALLAS – “Telecom is buzzing again,” said Windstream Communications President and CEO Jeff Gardner and Genband President and CEO Charlie Vogt during a keynote address today at the Telecommunications Industry Association's annual show, TIA2011: Inside the Network.Windstream, which was spun off from Alltel Communications...
ORLANDO, Fla.—CTIA’s semi-annual survey of wireless operators confirmed what the industry already knows: Americans are in love with their wireless devices, and using them more and more for data connections.Some quick stats from the survey: Wireless penetration is at 96%, up nearly 5% from...
MobileMonday announced finalists for its Peer Awards finale at the organization's 10-year anniversary party, set for today. The event is taking place in Helskinki, with 350 guests from 37 countries, according to the group. Finallists in the "Base of the Pyramid" category are: --...
SAN DIEGO – During a press conference with reporters at Qualcomm Inc.'s Uplinq developer's conference, CEO Paul Jacobs said Qualcomm's relationship to its subsidiary, FLO TV, likely will change in the next year.Jacobs was touting the data-caching capabilities of FLO technology, which he said...
SAN DIEGO – Qualcomm Inc. has paid $3 billion to developers using its BREW platform, CEO Paul Jacobs told a crowd of about 3,000 during yesterday's keynote speech at the company's first Uplinq conference. That $3 billion amounts to an average selling price of...
Editor's Note: Welcome to a special CTIA Show Daily edition of our weekly online feature, Analyst Angle. Every Monday at www.RCRWirelessNews.com you can find columns from the industry's leading analysts, including NPD Group's Ross Rubin, Enderle Group's Rob Enderle and more. Visit www.RCRWirelessNews.com/analyst for...
Here's a hypothetical: What's the distinction between a smartphone, a MID, a PND, and a UMPC?Posing this type of question invites a geek fight. We who follow the smartphone space and remember the personal digital assistant (PDA) know it's a fool's errand to apply...
Telegent Systems Inc. will join the mobile TV bandwagon with a first-generation, single-chip solution for handset manufacturers in Asia. The fabless semiconductor firm-the company contracts out to manufacturers to produce the chipsets-this week plans to introduce a hybrid chip designed to support a wide...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is set to scoop up graphics card specialist ATI Technologies Inc. for around $5.4 billion, putting ATI's long-standing relationship with Intel Corp. and graphics-developer Nvidia at risk since a combined ATI and AMD would be able to offer...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is set to scoop up graphics card specialist ATI Technologies Inc. for around $5.4 billion, putting ATI’s long-standing relationship with Intel Corp. and graphics-developer Nvidia at risk since a combined ATI and AMD would be able to offer...
ESPOO, Finland-ATI Technologies Inc. and Nokia Corp. announced that the two firms have entered a long-term strategic partnership to enable multimedia experiences such as 3D gaming and mobile TV on the Finnish vendors' handsets. The partnership will promote open standards to attract the interest...
ESPOO, Finland—ATI Technologies Inc. and Nokia Corp. announced that the two firms have entered a long-term strategic partnership to enable multimedia experiences such as 3D gaming and mobile TV on the Finnish vendors’ handsets. The partnership will promote open standards to attract the interest...
MARKHAM, Ontario—ATI Technologies said it will spend as much as $44 million to acquire Bitboys Oy, a Finland-based developer of graphics hardware for wireless devices. ATI provides graphics processor units for PCs, laptops, videogame consoles and mobile phones, and generated $2.22 billion in revenues...
LOS ANGELES-Jamdat Mobile Inc. said it will work with ATI Technologies Inc. to develop three-dimensional wireless entertainment applications."3D games are an important part of the future of mobile gaming and by working with ATI, a leader in the 3D graphics space, we will continue...
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...
Although Qualcomm Inc.'s BREW application download system commands a smaller market than that of rival Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java, the company continues to rack up new BREW handsets, applications and carrier customers-and Qualcomm and its partners continue to offer new innovations for the platform."The...
Atlanta-Qualcomm Inc. made several announcements at the CTIA Wireless 2004 show in Atlanta including an extensive agreement with ATI Technologies Inc. to deliver a wireless 3D gaming platform. Qualcomm's Mobile Station Modem baseband solutions will include ATI's IMAGEON architecture to provide a 3D...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Wireless is a major theme at this year's Game Developers' Conference, with Motorola Inc., Qualcomm Inc., Mobliss and Microsoft Corp. among those making announcements at the show. The surplus of news from wireless players further shows the growing market for wireless games.Motorola...
Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp. are missing from the membership list of Khronos Group, an open standards alliance that is pursuing open application programming interfaces for dynamic media in the wireless space.In spite of stellar members like Nokia Corp., Texas Instruments Inc. and Motorola...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Personal digital assistant giant Palm Inc. reported solid earnings in line with investor expectations and company projections, evidence the company has reined in its costs and cash management.Palm reported revenue for the fourth quarter, ended May 31, of $233 million and a...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Personal digital assistant giant Palm Inc. reported solid earnings in line with investor expectations and company projections, evidence the company has reined in its costs and cash management.The company's stock dropped slightly at the start of trading after the news, but rose...
