Nokia asked a European court to strike down Qualcomm patents, while Sprint moved on expanding WiMAX and EV-DO Rev. A deployments … 10 years ago this week.
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Verizon buys S.F. spectrum from MetroPCS, Sprint launches EV-DO modem and Qualcomm puts the brakes on EV-DV … 12 years ago this week.
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Samsung's semiconductor business is a bright spot for the world's largest smartphone maker, and continues to grow despite the company's on-again off-again relationship with major customer Apple. Samsung Electronics' most recent quarterly report showed its chip unit delivering more than half the company's operating...
Intel and Here to collaborate on proof-of-concept for autonomous vehicles and IoT.
Intel has agreed to purchase a 15% stake in Here, a global provider of digital maps and location-based services for automotive and the “internet of things.” The deal will see...
Year-end 4G expansion plans were touted by Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile … 4 years ago this week.
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Ceragon Networks tackles the ‘build vs. buy’ debate for telecom chips, noting benefits from the in-house model
In 2007, when Steve Ballmer notoriously declared, “there’s no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance,” Steve Jobs was forming the...
Qualcomm to remain the dominant supplier of LTE baseband chips
As mobile operators increasingly accommodate new applications and use cases – 360-degree video, virtual reality, augmented reality, immersive graphics, computer vision, machine learning,and natural language processing – as well as increase the capabilities of cloud...
With the emergence of the "Internet of Things" ecosystem, single-mode LTE chips have gained momentum beyond broadband connectivity. Altair Semiconductor has been focusing on single-mode LTE chips for more than a decade and recently opened a new research and development center in Taiwan.
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Before we turn the page on 2015, we thought we would take a look back at the past 12 months by highlighting what we felt were the top 100 stories of 2015 across the mobile space. Since it would be foolish to rank these...
Intel’s solid second quarter results topped analysts’ estimates and led to at least two upgrades and a price target increase.
Late Wednesday, the Santa Clara, Calif.,-based chipmaker notched stronger revenue for its data center, "Internet of Things" and flash memory businesses. Those results offset sluggish...
Avago Technologies has agreed to buy Broadcom for $37 billion in cash and stock. Although Avago's market value is higher than Broadcom's, Broadcom is the larger company by revenue. The California chipmaker had $8.4 billion in revenue last year, 70% more than Avago's $4.9...
Intel also spends $16M on IoT and $13M on angel fund
WASHINGTON – At the Intel Developer Forum last week, the company announced plans to spend $24 million on a mass-market accelerator program in China.
Intel claims the program is designed to allow Chinese innovators and...
Xiaomi has made it crystal clear that it's ready to take on the smartphone establishment. The Chinese devicemaker launched a new smartphone that shares its name with Samsung's popular Note, and is marketing it as a direct competitor to the iPhone 6 Plus.
Xiaomi Chairman...
The news continues to flow with new developments related to the "Internet of Things" and connected car spaces. For now we’ll consider a car a "thing." Highlighting a few of the trends over the last week’s news, there are new options to allow more...
Things move. Sounds like a simple statement that doesn’t surprise anyone. But as you start to think about supporting "Internet of Things" and connected cars the discussion becomes much more complex. In the United States it’s not as difficult as there aren’t as many...
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NXP Semiconductors made headlines this week on reports that Apple has partnered with the Dutch company for NFC (near field communication). An NFC chip inside the new iPhone would mean the smartphone could be used for contactless payments, replacing a credit card in...
