PHILADELPHIA – Timing, scale and the long-term sustainability of a business and business model are key factors to betting right in the mobile broadband business, panelists agreed at RCR Wireless News' Global Mobile Broadband Tour and Conference Philadelphia. And it's good to own spectrum...
After several postponements, months of very public inter-ministerial bickering that required the intervention of a special task force of senior ministers (the so-called Empowered Group of Ministers) headed by the finance minister, and a few lawsuits, it's finally on. India finally begins today the...
CDMA pioneer Qualcomm Inc. sat atop a busy week-with many more likely to come-as the company made moves in its legal battle with Broadcom Corp., stirred up the dust in a separate matter with Nokia Corp., and negotiated a new cross-licensing deal with Nortel...
RESTON, Va.-Sprint Nextel's former operations chief, Len Lauer, who was fired from the company earlier this year following Sprint Nextel's disastrous second-quarter financial performance, has landed at Sprint Nextel's technology partner Qualcomm Inc. Lauer will be Qualcomm's corporate executive vice president and group...
First OFDMA and now MIMO. Qualcomm Inc.'s acquisition of Airgo Networks and its Multiple-Input, Multiple-Out technology, as well as the company's previous purchase of Flarion Technologies Inc., position Qualcomm to play big in future wireless broadband.The behemoth San Diego-based chipmaker last week announced it...
While the long-term vendor ramifications of Sprint Nextel Corp.'s plan to deploy a WiMAX network remain uncertain, it's clear that the early winners are Intel Corp., Motorola Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.-while the biggest losers are Qualcomm Inc. and its Flarion Technologies Inc.-developed...
NEW YORK—While the full ramifications of Sprint Nextel Corp.’s plan to deploy a WiMAX network remain uncertain, it’s clear that the early winners are Intel Corp., Motorola Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.—while the biggest loser is Qualcomm Inc. and its Flarion Technologies Inc.-developed...
While the world watches Intel Corp. try to position itself at the top of the WiMAX market for laptop chips, French chipmaker Sequans Communications quietly announced that its low-power-consuming WiMAX chip for handsets and WiMAX infrastructure products is being sampled by top manufacturers. During...
Given all the recent WiMAX announcements, it seems that the communications infrastructure community has convinced the rest of the world to invest in WiMAX technology, whether for fixed or mobile networks. In Seoul, South Korea's top two carriers, SK Telecom Co. Ltd. and KT...
The combined $900 million investment in Clearwire Corp. from Intel Capital and Motorola Ventures establishes that 802.16e technology will be a force in mobile wireless broadband service. Under the investment deal announced last week, Intel plans to invest $600 million into Craig McCaw's Clearwire...
A recent report from Lehman Brothers Equity Research suggests that Cingular Wireless L.L.C. plans to cut its capital expenditures next year by $1.5 billion, a 20-percent drop from the $7.5 billion the nation's leading carrier is planning to spend this year. However, Lehman Brothers...
While it's widely understood that developing technology standards is never an easy road to travel, the recent schism between Intel Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. over the IEEE's 802.20 Working Group's activities sets a new standard for companies looking to out-maneuver their competitors and shape...
SAN DIEGO—United Computer & Telecommunications said it will develop and sell OFDM/OFDMA subscriber units, routers and modem cards under an agreement with Qualcomm Inc., the companies said. The royalty-bearing agreement gives UCT rights to patents Qualcomm acquired with last year’s $600 million buyout of...
Sprint Nextel Corp. says it is testing so-called "4G" technologies for use on its expansive 2.5 GHz spectrum holdings and that it plans to choose one that has a "global reach and presence." The carrier said it was currently in talks with "other global...
RESTON, Va.—Sprint Nextel Corp. says it is currently testing so-called "4G" technologies for use on its expansive 2.5 GHz spectrum holdings and that it plans to choose one that has a "global reach and presence." The carrier said it was currently in talks with...
Now that Qualcomm Inc. has signed a new royalty-bearing patent agreement giving Soma Networks Inc. license to develop, manufacture and sell subscriber units, modem cards and infrastructure equipment based on Qualcomm's OFDM and OFDMA technology, the wireless industry is buzzing with guesses as to...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. raised its revenue estimates for its third quarter ending in June, indicating it expects revenue at or slightly above earlier forecasts of $1.77 billion to $1.87 billion based on strong demand for its chipsets destined for both low-end and 3G phones....
SAN DIEGO—While its annual analysts meeting got underway in New York, Qualcomm Inc. launched a minor salvo of financial and product news today, including a collaboration with Microsoft Corp. to speed time-to-market for its chipsets for smart phones. The chip maker’s news, in brief:The...
WASHINGTON-The Department of Justice reported Qualcomm Inc. and Flarion Technologies Inc. have agreed to pay a $1.8 million in civil penalties for violating "pre-merger waiting period requirements" associated with Qualcomm's $600 million acquisition of Flarion. According to the complaint, Qualcomm obtained operational control over...
WASHINGTON—The Department of Justice reported Qualcomm Inc. and Flarion Technologies Inc. have agreed to pay a $1.8 million in civil penalties for violating "premerger waiting period requirements" associated with Qualcomm’s $600 million acquisition of Flarion. According to the complaint, Qualcomm obtained operational control over...
MotorolaMotorola Inc. named Hamid Ahmadi its first chief architect, with responsibility for developing a unified architectural framework and leading strategic hardware and software architecture planning across all business units. Ahmadi will report to Padmasree Warrior, the company's executive vice president and chief technology officer....
The telecommunications industry is about to dramatically accelerate its move to OFDM-based mobile data networks, Flarion Technologies Inc. predicts in its recent white paper, "Trains, Planes and Automobiles." Unsurprisingly, Flarion contends its own Flash-OFDM technology can help speed the transformation of wireless networks from...
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...
