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NETANYA, Israel—Intel Corp. has selected Siano Mobile Silicon’s multi-band, multi-standard receiver chipset for Intel’s mobile TV reference platform in its Xscale product line. The collaboration comes at a time when …

NORWOOD, Mass.-Analog Devices Inc. plans to purchase privately held, South Korean-based Integrant Technologies Inc. for $127 million. The move should bolster ADI’s portfolio with Integrant’s low-power radio-frequency chips for mobile …

WASHINGTON-Passage of a Senate bill to integrate wireless communications and other advanced technologies into the Cold War-era emergency alert system is hung up over a partisan dispute whether a new …

CHICAGO-L.M. Ericsson launched a new end-to-end Internet Protocol TV offering, saying the solution is the first step in the company’s long-term plans for TV services. During a press conference at …

At last week’s Globalcomm show in Chicago, telecom vendors paraded their technological wares, giving us a peek at their network roadmaps. The future, as the vendors see it, will be …

NORWOOD, Mass.—Analog Devices Inc. will purchase privately held, South Korea-based Integrant Technologies Inc. for $127 million. The move will bolster ADI’s portfolio with Integrant’s low-power radio-frequency chips for mobile television, …

CHICAGO—L.M. Ericsson launched a new end-to-end Internet Protocol TV offering, saying the solution is the first step in the company’s long-term plans for TV services. During a press conference at …

LONDON—Warner Music continued to expand its digital distribution operations, acquiring a minority stake in Japanese mobile broadcasting FrontMedia. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Warner Music Japan said it …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced a single-chip solution that supports a trio of mobile broadcast standards. The chipmaker’s new UBM chip supports Qualcomm’s own MediaFlo technology, plus Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld (DVB-H) …

All eyes will be on Germany next week as teams from 32 nations open play in the FIFA World Cup, a four-week, 64-game tournament to determine the planet’s best soccer …

The nationwide investigation into executive stock-option grants seems to be widening daily. And some major players in wireless are coming under the microscope. At issue is the practice of retroactively …

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. announced a single-chip solution that supports three of the world’s mobile broadcast standards. The chipmaker’s new UBM chip supports Qualcomm’s own MediaFlo technology, plus Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld …

BOSTON—American Tower Corp. said it received a subpoena in the rapidly widening probe of stock-option grants that is ensnaring several major wireless players. The company, which owns and operates more …

PITTSBURGH—Penthera Technologies Inc., a software provider for mobile broadcast TV and multimedia, announced the launch of its Penthera Broadcast Center 1.0, a carrier-grade mobile broadcast control and data system designed …

Inmarsat plc may have raised the ante for mobile satellite services by launching land-based “broadband” voice and data service in the United States, close on the heels of launches in …

NEW YORK—London-based Inmarsat plc last week received permission from the Federal Communications Commission to begin offering satellite-based broadband service in the United States, where the company said it will focus …

Qualcomm Inc. may be closer to snaring a European deal for its MediaFlo mobile TV offering through a new agreement with digital TV platform operator British Sky Broadcasting Inc. The …

“Communications has broken out of its preordained, unleashing applications that can integrate communications across the enterprise,” says a new IDC white paper on Voice over Internet Protocol. That one sentence …

The following list details this week’s infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the …

ESPOO, Finland—Nokia Corp. says it won a contract to supply its DVB-H mobile TV platform to Finnish radio and TV services distributor Digita Oy. The companies said Nokia’s Broadcast Solution, …

WASHINGTON-Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, went to the Senate Floor May 1 to announce he was introducing “the Communications Act of 2006.” The 135-page bill …

WASHINGTON—Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, went to the Senate Floor Monday afternoon to announce he was introducing “the Communications Act of 2006.” The 135-page bill …

WASHINGTON-Hiwire, a newly minted subsidiary of Aloha Partners L.P., is planning to join competitors MediaFlo and Modeo L.L.C. in offering mobile TV using dedicated spectrum. Aloha Partners, backed by several …

WASHINGTON-Sprint Nextel Corp. and ABC Owned TV Stations Group said that they have come to an agreement on templates for frequency relocation agreements and a group relocation agreement that allows …

BRUSSELS, Belgium-Proposed European Union broadcasting rules would restrict the growth of emerging media formats including mobile phones, according to a group of media and technology companies. Yahoo Inc., Vodafone Group …