Motorola Inc. has thrown its weight behind one of two main standard proposals being developed for 802.11n technology. The World Wide Spectrum Efficiency consortium said it has harmonized its technical proposals with Motorola, which had developed a separate one. This will result in an...
Motorola Inc. has thrown its weight behind one of two main standard proposals being developed for 802.11n technology.The World Wide Spectrum Efficiency consortium said it has harmonized its technical proposals with Motorola, which had developed a separate one. This will result in an enhanced...
IRVINE, Calif.-Broadcom Corp said its board of directors has authorized a program to repurchase its Class A common stock with an aggregate value of up to $250 million over a period of a year.The company said the repurchases will happen in the open market...
IRVINE, Calif.-Broadcom Corp. and BVRP Software announced a strategic partnership calling for the companies to combine BVRP's PhoneTools mobility software suite with Broadcom's WIDCOMM Bluetooth for Windows software.As part of the partnership, Broadcom has been granted exclusive rights to integrate the Bluetooth version of...
Wi-Fi is quickly taking the place of integrated cameras and push-to-talk functions as the new hot technology for the handset market. As a result, chipmakers, carriers and handset suppliers are rushing to take advantage of the perceived demand for such converged devices. And the...
DALLAS-Two victors, two vanquished.Broadcom Inc. agreed to take a charge of $27.5 million in settling all outstanding litigation with Agere Systems Inc. In another development, The Delaware Court of Chancery rejected for the second time Qualcomm Inc.'s claims that Texas Instruments Inc. breached both...
With 802.11n still lurking in the distance, wireless players are stepping up efforts to wed cellular and wireless local area networks while earnestly preparing Wi-Fi for wedded bliss. The "n" protocol will not be ready for a few years, but some carriers have set...
AUSTIN, Texas-The Wi-Fi Alliance said it has announced the first round of products certified for Wi-Fi Protected Access, otherwise known as WPA2. The products will hit the market later this month.The companies with certified products include Atheros, Broadcom Inc., Cisco Systems Inc. and Intel...
A group of companies have come together to submit a proposal to the IEEE for a global 802.11n standard, a protocol described as a next-generation Wi-Fi technology.The proposal, which is based on a hybrid of the OFDM and multiple in, multiple out technologies, is...
Both the mobile infrastructure space and wireless local area network arena are heading toward sunnier times, according to reports by the Dell'Oro Group.WLAN is enjoying a big boost with a 75-percent increase in enterprise-class equipment sales. The study also expects that segment to grow...
For all the play Voice over Internet Protocol snags in the wireless arena, a new and broader technology is lurking to gulp it up. Media over packet technology, as it is called, will also threaten to make multimedia messaging services obsolete. But its arrival...
PLANO, Texas-Microtune Inc. and Broadcom Corp. said they have agreed to settle all outstanding patent and antitrust litigation outstanding between the companies.Terms of the agreement call for pending litigation to be dismissed without prejudice and provide for reciprocal releases covering all asserted and unasserted...
Described by its supporters as disruptive, MIMO (multiple in, multiple out) technology has spawned a triangle of love and suspicion.Airgo Networks, which claims to have pioneered the idea of MIMO as we currently know it, said it is pleased the industry is embracing the...
Wi-Fi, the much-hyped sibling of the wireless industry, might have lost a little of its luster with the closure of one of its more ambitious players and troublesome security warnings from governmental agencies.The once-hailed Wi-Fi company Cometa Networks Inc., originally backed by power players...
Other than worries among chipmakers over Cisco System Inc.'s quarterly earnings, the sector continues to purr with good news. However, some analysts caution against overheating with inventory overload.Chipmakers that supply Cisco products suffered slides in their stock prices when Cisco announced double-digit profits that...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it has raised up to $316 million from selling shares in chipmakers Broadcom Corp. and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp.Motorola will spin off its chip business, which is named Freescale Semiconductors Inc., later this year.The vendor raised $216 million by selling...
IRVINE, Calif.-Broadcom Corp. said it has unveiled two products to enhance wireless local area network connectivity and security, including a software tool and a hardware module.The software tool will simplify installation and automatically configure settings, according to the company. The module will increase the...
Wireless local area network equipment shipments increased a hefty 53 percent in 2003 from 2002 to $3.9 billion worldwide, according to a study by Forward Concepts.The report, titled, "WLAN for Enterprise and The Multimedia Home," anticipates a 21-percent compound growth rate to the $8.5...
TEMPE, Ariz.-In spite of price declines, wireless local area networks chip market witnessed a 176-percent growth in 2003 with Broadcom Inc. as the big winner in revenues, according to a study released by Forward Concepts.The report said prices fell 40 percent last year, and...
WASHINGTON-The Bush administration today said it filed a complaint at the World Trade Organization about China's tax treatment of integrated circuits imported from the United States, likely raising the stakes in a separate trade dispute between the two countries over a Chinese Wi-Fi security...
CANNES, France-Kineto Wireless, supplier of Mobile over Wireless LAN (MoWLAN) solutions, made several announcements at this week's 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France. Kineto has:chosen Hughes Software Systems' GPRS Stack technology to ensure seamless interoperability of Kineto's key INC-5501 component with existing core mobile...
Impatience with the standards process is tempting some companies to market their products before certification, especially in the wireless local area networks arena."Recent test data released by the Wi-Fi Alliance indicates that wireless LAN interoperability and performance continue to be an issue for products...
Suddenly, wireless firms have found their appetite for acquiring other companies.In the past few months, industry has witnessed a rash of acquisitions, negating the trend of a few years ago when they shed units they described as inconsistent with their core competencies."The long-term trend...
IRVINE, Calif.-As Bluetooth continues to slowly make its way into the wireless world, Broadcom Corp. announced Motorola Inc. is using its Blutonium single-chip Bluetooth transceiver in a variety of its mobile phones, including the new V500, V600, A760, A830 and A835 phones.Broadcom said its...
