Look out, Texas Instruments Inc. and Infineon Technologies AG. Your closest competitor in EDGE baseband chips and W-CDMA RF transceivers, respectively-Philips Semiconductor-has a new, ambitious owner anxious to position its acquisition to eat your lunch. Or at least grow Philips Semiconductor by feeding on...
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.CarrierRW Baird raised its rating on AT&T Inc. on strong earnings momentum. It also...
Qualcomm Inc. is faring well based on fiscal third-quarter results, albeit with a cautious outlook for its fiscal fourth quarter, reflecting the wireless industry's robustness. In contrast, Intel Corp.—the world's largest chip maker, based on its position in the personal computer market—posted disappointing results,...
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. reported third-quarter results of $1.95 billion in revenue and $643 million in net income, increases of 44 percent and 15 percent, respectively, from the year-ago quarter. The chip vendor attributed earnings to sales of its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO and W-CDMA chipsets....
SEOUL-Texas Instruments Inc. and Broadcom Corp. filed a complaint in South Korea alleging that Qualcomm Inc. is engaged in unfair business practices, according to news reports. Neither company offered information about the complaint on their Web sites. Qualcomm did not offer a response. The...
SAN DIEGO—Much ado about nothing, so far. That sums up Qualcomm Inc.’s press release, issued today, crowing that the United States International Trade Commission had initiated an investigation of Nokia Corp. on Qualcomm’s June 9 complaint that the Finnish vendor is violating Qualcomm’s W-CDMA...
Now that the dust has settled on news that Marvell Technology Group Ltd. will purchase Intel Corp.'s communications and application processor businesses for $600 million, many observers would love to know how Marvell plans to garner growth-never mind a simple return-on-investment-from the transaction. Sehat...
SEOUL—Texas Instruments Inc. and Broadcom Corp. filed a complaint in South Korea alleging that Qualcomm Inc. is engaged in unfair business practices, according to news reports. Neither company offered information on the complaint on their Web sites by Wednesday. Qualcomm has yet to respond....
As the wireless industry hangs on the edge of its seat waiting for Nortel Networks Ltd. to announce plans to acquire or be acquired, the company's president and chief executive officer, Mike Zafirovski, told shareholders at the company's annual meeting that he isn't interested...
MUNICH—Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG named the future executive team of their recently announced joint venture, which will combine Nokia’s Networks Business Group with Siemens’ Communications division. The companies previously said that Simon Beresford-Wylie, executive vice president and general manager of Nokia Networks, is...
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. last week upped the ante in its long-running patent dispute with Nokia Corp. by filing a third lawsuit against the Finnish handset vendor, this time with the United States International Trade Commission, seeking to bar imports and sales of Nokia’s GSM...
NEW YORK-Broadcom Corp.'s share price popped up 3 percent while Qualcomm Inc.'s fell 2 percent after a UBS analyst reported that a staff attorney for the International Trade Commission advised an ITC judge that Qualcomm infringed on two Broadcom patents for cell phone chips....
NEW YORK—Broadcom Corp.’s share price popped up 3 percent while Qualcomm Inc.’s fell 2 percent yesterday after a UBS analyst reported that a staff attorney for the International Trade Commission advised an ITC judge that Qualcomm infringed on two Broadcom patents for cell phone...
The IEEE 802.11n working group earlier this month voted down draft 1.0 of the proposed standard for higher throughput improvements, sparking debate about whether the vote was a dramatic defeat or an expected speed bump. Draft 1.0 of the measure fell well short of...
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.CarrierStandard & Poor's Ratings Services said it took several rating actions on Rural...
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. announced it filed a patent infringement suit against chipmaker Broadcom Corp., the third in a running dispute over what Qualcomm alleges is misuse of its intellectual property. The latest suit focuses on what Qualcomm charges is Broadcom’s misappropriation of trade secrets...
Standardization for faster Wi-Fi technology continues to make progress. The IEEE group working on the 802.11n standard recently voted 82-12 in favor of the standard's first draft proposal. The tentative approval began a 40-day period during which members can offer comments and vote on...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. scored a minor victory in its legal wrangle with chipmaker Broadcom Inc., managing to move part of the case to its home base of San Diego. The ruling also shortens Broadcom's complaint against Qualcomm with the International Trade Commission.Broadcom said it...
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...
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...
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...
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...
