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A study from ABI Research predicts the market for femtocell semiconductors could top $1.8 billion 2013, from $72 million this year, growing at an annual compound growth rate of more …

Even as Motorola Inc. makes some key new hires, such as co-CEO Sanjay Jha, other executives continue to exit. Chief Information Officer Patty Morrison left the company last week. Morrison …

The LiMo Foundation announced nine new members today and said that more handsets with its operating system are launching in North America and Japan. The organization is a leading proponent …

Samsung has diversified its suppliers of UMTS baseband chips to include Infineon Technologies AG, leaving the world’s second-largest handset vendor less dependent on Qualcomm Inc., Samsung confirmed.“This is no surprise,” …

Mobile phone design efforts over the past two years appear to have taken the handset as far as it will go, for now, if the handsets coming out of the …

Separate mobile Linux efforts have been cited by competitors as likely to lead to fragmentation.That’s an ongoing debate, to be sure. But one Linux camp and an analyst said last …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier –Lehman Brothers lowered its rating on Leap Wireless to equal …

Intel Corp. has a vision for portable, personal broadband that will ensure the company transitions from “Intel Inside” to “Intel on the Internet.”Mobile WiMAX plays a big role in chip …

Motorola Inc. is shifting its long-term, 3G-chip business away from Qualcomm Inc. in favor of Texas Instruments Inc., leading one analyst last week to downgrade his short-term rating on Qualcomm …

Motorola Inc. has shifted its 3G chip business away from Qualcomm Inc. in favor of Texas Instruments Inc. and Freescale Inc., according to analyst Mark McKechnie. “We believe Motorola’s decision …

The W-CDMA baseband chip business is morphing in real time, as various market pressures push and pull the players to partner, diversify their customer base or pursue less-demanding technologies.Data from …

When teardown firms managed to analyze the components of the iPhone, they found that Apple Inc. had taken the wireless handset industry’s diversification strategy one step further.Where most handset vendors …

Corporate infrastructure provider Avaya Inc. announced an $8.2 billion deal under which it will be bought out by two private-equity firms. The transaction is just the latest in a growing …

Alltel Corp. announced Sunday that it agreed to be acquired by two private-equity firms in a $27.5 billion transaction.The buyers are TPG Capital, the global buyout group of private-investment firm …

The rise of venture capitalists’ power in the wireless industry and beyond continues to grow with the just announced purchase of National Grid Wireless U.S. by M/C Venture Partners and …

ONCE UPON A TIME, in the deep past-about six months ago, say-the global handset business started looking fairly predictable. Nokia Corp. had steadily amassed dominant market share while maintaining relatively …

Qualcomm Inc.’s prospects for quarterly revenue and earnings due in April have brightened, while Texas Instruments Inc.’s forecast lacked luster. Although both companies’ forecasts pertain to the current quarter only, …

The next couple of quarters will be rocky, Motorola Inc.’s CFO told investors and analysts at last week’s Bank of America’s 2007 Technology Conference in New York. David Devonshire, Motorola’s …

The next few quarters will be “rocky,” Motorola Inc.’s chief financial officer told investors and analysts at Bank of America’s 2007 Technology Conference-a term the executive used three times until …

Texas Instruments Inc., established in 1930 to develop oil exploration technology, has grown into a predominantly wireless-based powerhouse with $14.3 billion in annual revenue last year. Its main customer for …

After declaring a strategy of diversity in semiconductor suppliers and signing deals with Texas Instruments Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. for W-CDMA and other chips, Motorola Inc. declared yesterday that it …

German chip maker Infineon Technologies AG crowed yesterday that it will supply Nokia Corp. with baseband and RF chips for the handset vendor’s entry-level phones in GSM markets.Details of the …

Motorola Inc.’s recent, sobering earnings report came with a number of explanations of how the American vendor would turn things around. Motorola executives mentioned, among several factors, their portfolio mix-and …

Hewlett-Packard Co. announced it will purchase Bitfone Corp. in a move the company said is part of its plan to grow its mobile enterprise business. Financial details of the transaction …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. Carrier Credit Suisse First Boston lowered its estimates on Sprint …