If life is a journey, 2005 has been a long, strange trip for the wireless industry.Looking back at the events of this year only underscores how quickly this industry changes. We reported that Verizon Wireless launched Vcast service in January and committed to MediaFlo's...
Editor's note: At the end of each year, the RCR Wireless News editorial staff looks back on the news events that made headlines and decides which were the most significant, industry-impacting stories during the past 12 months. While our list does not include the...
The IEEE's November Wi-Fi standards-development meeting came and went without much fanfare, but debate over how to best reach a standard is causing some fireworks. Airgo Networks Inc. said it is disappointed that there was no proposal to vote on at the meeting, and...
After years of hype and billions of dollars in network upgrades, the time has come for the worldwide W-CDMA market to take off. Perhaps the best indication that W-CDMA technology has reached the tipping point comes from Vodafone Group plc, one of the world's...
The legal tussle over Qualcomm Inc.'s licensing practices turned into a full-scale war last week as Qualcomm took aim at longtime rival Nokia Corp. with a patent-infringement lawsuit. The charges come just a few short weeks after Nokia joined five other wireless heavyweights in...
BRISBANE, Calif.-Devicescape Software announced its new Devicescape Secure Wireless Client 1.0 product, which the company said is an embedded software package designed to help manufacturers bring next-generation Wi-Fi devices to market more quickly.The software is aimed at converged mobile handsets, digital cameras, digital televisions,...
BRUSSELS, Belgium-Wireless heavyweights L.M. Ericsson, NEC Corp., Nokia Corp., Texas Instruments Inc. and Panasonic Mobile Communications joined chipmaker Broadcom Corp. in filing formal complaints against Qualcomm Inc.'s licensing tactics. The move stands as the first coordinated attack on Qualcomm over antitrust issues, and could...
The W-CDMA race has just started, but chipset vendors from all corners of the industry are driving to play in the nascent but growing market. Already, industry heavyweights Texas Instruments Inc., Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Qualcomm Inc. and others have vaulted into the space. Although...
Instead of racing down separate standardization paths, wireless chipmakers Broadcom Corp. and Intel Corp. have joined a consortium of Wi-Fi players to form the Enhanced Wireless Consortium, which says it aims to accelerate the IEEE's 802.11n standards-development process by promoting an industry-supported specification for...
Broadcom Corp. announced it will acquire Athena Semiconductors Inc. for $21.6 million in cash. Athena makes chips for Wi-Fi and mobile TV technologies. Broadcom's stock was down slightly after the news to around $46.71 per share."Mobile television is a very exciting technology, and we...
IRVINE, Calif.-Broadcom Corp. launched a new software product called Blink that simplifies the use of Bluetooth when connecting cellular phone handsets with PCs, said the company.Bluetooth Link is a result of cooperation between Broadcom and BVRP Software International, which is now Avanquest Software. The...
DENVER-Wi-Fi technology should take another step forward now that a joint proposal is under way for the 802.11n wireless standards proposal. Representatives from TGn Synch, WWiSE and MitMot decided at an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. task group meeting in San Francisco...
WASHINGTON-Broadcom Corp. filed an antitrust lawsuit against Qualcomm Inc., a move closely following Broadcom's patent-infringement complaint against the San Diego-based firm in what appears to signify a strategic move by Broadcom to pursue entry into the CDMA wireless space. Qualcomm said the lawsuit is...
WASHINGTON—Broadcom Corp. filed an antitrust lawsuit against Qualcomm Inc., a move closely following the company’s patent infringement complaint against the San Diego-based firm in what appears to signify a strategic move by Broadcom to aggressively pursue entry into the CDMA wireless space.Qualcomm said the...
IRVINE, Calif.-Broadcom Corp. announced a $150 million settlement to the class-action lawsuit filed by shareholders four years ago.The company said its insurance carrier would cover $40 million, while it would pay the rest."We have agreed to settle this lawsuit so that we may put...
IRVINE, Calif.-Broadcom Corp. announced version 5.0 of its WIDCOMM BTW Bluetooth software.The new version aims to simplify interactions between PCs and other devices and includes a wide array of Bluetooth profiles. New functionality includes the ability to wirelessly stream print jobs from a cellular...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-The worldwide wireless local area network semiconductor market is expected to grow to 487 million units by 2009, according to new studies from IDC.WLAN semiconductor revenues will reach $3 billion during the same timeframe, from $1.2 billion last year, said IDC.The growth will...
IRVINE, Calif.-Broadcom Corp. unleashed a major patent suit against CDMA pioneer Qualcomm Inc., alleging the company's chip offerings violate 10 of its patents. The move is notable as Qualcomm has typically been the instigator in a number of patent battles. "We believe that Qualcomm's...
Broadcom Corp. unleashed a major patent suit against CDMA pioneer Qualcomm Inc., alleging the company's chip offerings violate 10 of its patents. The move is notable as Qualcomm has typically been the instigator in a number of patent battles. "We believe that Qualcomm's current...
DALLAS-The World Wide Spectrum Efficiency consortium, which has developed a complete proposal for the IEEE 802.11 Task Group N, said it added several new members. France Telecom, Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan and NTT joined the group's efforts, making 17 companies total that...
Following is a list of wireless companies that received ratings changes by financial and analyst firms this week.Merrill Lynch upgraded its ratings on several semiconductor companies. Among its upgrades were Intersil from sell to neutral and its rating on Broadcom from neutral to buy....
ATLANTA-As predicted by close industry watchers, the IEEE meeting here did not come up with a definitive tally for the 802.11n standard, but it was able to determine a preliminary winner-the TGN Sync. It garnered 56 percent of the vote as against rival Worldwide...
As predicted by close industry watchers, the IEEE meeting here did not come up with a definitive tally for the 802.11n standard, but it was able to determine a preliminary winner-the TGN Sync consortium.TGN Sync garnered 56 percent of the vote as against the...
Nortel Networks Ltd. said it will file its unaudited financial statements for the third quarter of 2004 and the unaudited financial statements for 2004 by the end of April. The company also indicated it had about $3.7 billion in cash at the end of...
