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Weekly wireless ratings wrap-up

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier Credit Suisse First Boston adjusted its estimates on AT&T Corp. to reflect the integration of BellSouth Corp. and Cingular Wireless. The company said it...

Washington universities file Bluetooth suit against handset vendors

Patent-related lawsuits are part of the high-tech landscape. Here's a new twist: a nonprofit group representing the state of Washington's public universities has filed suit against Nokia Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. over alleged infringement of Bluetooth patents developed...

Qualcomm says ITC ruling won’t have ‘disruptive effect’

WASHINGTON-The United States International Trade Commission has ruled that Qualcomm Inc. has infringed on one of three patents held by rival Broadcom Corp., upholding the initial determination of an administrative law judge in Broadcom's complaint against Qualcomm.The ITC will decide on what remedy to...

Qualcomm pursues consumer electronics with Bluetooth acquisition

Qualcomm Inc. plans to profit from in-house Bluetooth intellectual property to drive down the cost, power consumption and footprint of chip-based functionality in mobile handsets and consumer electronic devices, the company said last week in the wake of its acquisition of much of RF...

Sizing up the semiconductor beast

Trying to form a sense of the sprawling chip market for mobile phones is akin to getting a tape measure around an elephant's waist. With dozens of players and product types, the chip industry that enables the fantastic functions of today's mobile phones is...

Patent office to look at Broadcom patent

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office plans to re-examine one patent at issue in the ongoing war between Qualcomm and Broadcom Corp. The two companies are engaged in heated battles surrounding antitrust and patent-infringement claims.According to Qualcomm, the USPTO said...

Patent office to re-examine Broadcom patent

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. said the United States Patent and Trademark Office will re-examine one patent at issue in the ongoing war between Qualcomm and Broadcom Corp. The two companies are engaged in heated battles surrounding antitrust and patent-infringement claims.According to Qualcomm, the USPTO said...

Handset batteries bear ever-greater burden: ‘Chokepoint’ coming or will research triumph?

The math is simple: mobile devices are requiring more power at a rate greater than improvements in current battery output and longevity can provide it. There's nothing earth-shattering about the essential proposition, of course-mention the topic of battery life in handsets and colleagues eagerly...

Weekly wireless ratings wrap-up

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. Click here for wireless ratings from past weeks from RCR Wireless News. CarrierPrudential Equity Group raised its price target on several carriers, including Verizon Communications...

Broadcom inks second W-CDMA chip deal

IRVINE, Calif.—Chip-maker Broadcom Corp. is crowing that its W-CDMA baseband chip is shipping in Panasonic’s new 3G handset for Japanese operator SoftBank Mobile Corp. Broadcom has already secured W-CDMA chip business with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., the third-largest handset vendor worldwide. Broadcom was careful...

ITC judge rules against Qualcomm but stops short of taking action

SAN DIEGO-An administrative law judge with the International Trade Commission handed down a split decision in the acrimonious patent dispute between chipmakers Qualcomm Inc. and Broadcom Corp., ruling that Qualcomm did infringe on one of Broadcom's patents but not on two others. The judge...

ITC judge rules against Qualcomm but stops short of taking action

SAN DIEGO—An administrative law judge with the International Trade Commission handed down a split decision in the acrimonious patent dispute between chipmakers Qualcomm Inc. and Broadcom Corp., ruling that Qualcomm did infringe on one of Broadcom’s patents but not on two others. The judge...

Nokia’s Wibree protocol takes stab at Bluetooth

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. introduced a new short-range radio technology called Wibree that the company said transfers data at speeds of 10 megabits per second and uses only a fraction of the power needed for Bluetooth. Nokia is touting Wibree as an alternative to Bluetooth—which...

Qualcomm, Broadcom joust over court events

SAN DIEGO—A squabble over documents in the heated legal battle between chipmakers Qualcomm Inc. and Broadcom Corp. serves to highlight the contentious nature of the companies’ fight, as both players took completely different stances over a relatively minor courtroom event. Earlier this week, Broadcom...

Nokia’s new Wibree takes a stab at Bluetooth

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. introduced a new short-range radio technology called Wibree that the company said transfers data at speeds of 10 megabits per second and uses only a fraction of the power needed for Bluetooth. Nokia is touting Wibree as an alternative to Bluetooth—which...

Judge rules Broadcom can keep making 3G chipsets

SAN DIEGO—A U.S. District Court judge ruled yesterday that Broadcom Corp. can develop and sell third-generation chipsets. Rival Qualcomm Inc. had pushed for a preliminary injunction to stop Broadcom from making the chipsets, accusing Broadcom of misappropriating trade secrets. Broadcom denies those charges. The...

SiGe attracts $19.5 million in financing

METHUEN, Mass.-SiGe Semiconductor raised $19.5 million in an expansion round of financing led by venture-capital and private-equity firms, the company announced. SiGe Semiconductor makes radio frequency modules that are integrated into GSM-, GPRS- and EDGE-enabled mobile handsets, Bluetooth-enabled devices, GPS and telematics systems, WiMAX...

Wi-Fi Alliance to pre-certify .11n product

In a break from its tradition of certifying products only after a standard has been approved, the Wi-Fi Alliance says it plans to "pre-certify" the interoperability of pre-802.11n products beginning in the first half of 2007, before the IEEE ratifies the standard, which is...

Court dismisses Broadcom’s antitrust claim against Qualcomm

Qualcomm Inc. declared victory after a U.S. district court dismissed an antitrust lawsuit filed by fellow chipmaker Broadcom Corp. Broadcom's complaint, which was filed in July 2005, accused Qualcomm of violating antitrust laws by charging too much to license its UMTS chipset technology and...

Court dismisses Broadcom’s antitrust claim against Qualcomm

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. declared victory after a U.S. district court dismissed an antitrust lawsuit filed by fellow chipmaker Broadcom Corp. Broadcom’s complaint, which was filed in July 2005, accused Qualcomm of violating antitrust laws by charging too much to license its UMTS chipset technology...

SiGe attracts $19.5M in VC funding

METHUEN, Mass.—SiGe Semiconductor raised $19.5 million in an expansion round of financing led by venture-capital and private-equity firms, the company announced. SiGe Semiconductor makes radio frequency modules that are integrated into GSM-, GPRS- and EDGE-enabled mobile handsets, Bluetooth-enabled devices, GPS and telematics systems, WiMAX...

Wi-Fi alliance to pre-certify .11n products

AUSTIN, Texas—In a break from its tradition of certifying products only after a standard has been approved, the Wi-Fi Alliance says it plans to "pre-certify" the interoperability of pre-802.11n products in the first half of 2007, before the IEEE ratifies the standard, which is...

Interest in .11n spec delays vote

Higher-throughput speeds for Wi-Fi got slowed down again as the IEEE's 802.11n task group's vote on the second draft of the wireless specification was postponed until January. Frank Hanzlik, managing director of the Wi-Fi Alliance, which tests and certifies products for Wi-Fi interoperability, said...

Vote delayed for .11n spec

Higher-throughput speeds for Wi-Fi got slowed down again as the IEEE’s 802.11n task group’s vote on the second draft of the wireless specification was postponed until January. Frank Hanzlik, managing director of the Wi-Fi Alliance, which tests and certifies products for Wi-Fi interoperability, said...