Extending mobile connectivity beyond smartphones and tablets is a key goal for companies across the wireless ecosystem, and this spring it appears that wearables may temporarily steal the spotlight from the connected car. Google, Samsung, Motorola, and LG have all announced new wearable technologies...
Intel's momentum in mobile hits a roadblock
Consumers are not the only ones losing out if reports that Google and Microsoft are killing the Transformer Book Duet are true. Intel championed the Asustek device, which was set to define a new device category of hybrid...
The giants of the personal computer world are a force to be reckoned with at this week's MWC 2014 event, and their agendas are strikingly similar. Intel, Dell and Hewlett-Packard all announced new initiatives this week related to network function virtualization.
Intel is working with...
Telecom Software Press Releases
AT&T introduces user-defined network cloud
Alcatel-Lucent partners with Intel for cloud solutions
Telefonica to use Alcatel-Lucent's CloubBand NFV platform
Ericsson also partners with Telefonica for NFV
Dell expands collaboration with RedHat for OpenStack NFV
HP launches OpenNFV
Cisco quantum virtualized packet core solution passes portability testing with...
Broadcom targets low-cost LTE smartphone market
Carriers and device makers are increasingly focused on low-cost smartphones, and chipmakers are ready to give them what they want. Today Broadcom unveiled two new mobile platforms aimed at the sub-$300 LTE smartphone market. The solution set features a...
Verizon Communications is diving deeper into content delivery with the purchase of Intel Media for an undisclosed amount. Intel Media has been working on set-top box technology and cloud-based content delivery, and initially planned to market products and services under the OnCue brand. But...
Intel has put its $5 billion investment in an Arizona chip plant on hold, but says it has nonetheless hired more than 1,000 new people to work at the Chandler facility. The "Fab 42" plant, as it was called, was set to start producing...
CES chip news this year included a number of new products that target devices beyond smartphones, tablets and PCs. Chipmakers foresee a world in which more of the devices we use every day will be connected to mobile networks.
Not content to dominate the smartphone...
Curved screens, connected cars, and wearable tech are three of the biggest trends so far this year at CES.
Ahead of the curve
Since the human face is curved, why shouldn't a smartphone follow that shape? That's the apparent thinking behind LG's G Flex, which...
Before we turn the page on 2013, we thought we would take a look back at the past 12 months by highlighting what we felt were the top 100 stories across the mobile space. Since it would be foolish to rank these in order...
Intel is buying the wireless assets of small cell expert Mindspeed, which agreed last month to be acquired by MACOM. Mindspeed said at that time that it would find a buyer for its wireless assets.
Mindspeed, which bought Picochip last year, brings to Intel...
Samsung may be outsourcing some of Apple's chip fabrication to GlobalFoundries. An Albany newspaper is reporting that GlobalFoundries will start making iPhone and iPad processors at its foundry in Malta, New York. A Samsung team is reportedly visiting the factory to share Apple's chip...
Intel wants to be inside your mobile device in more ways than one. Its Atom processors have already made into several new tablets, and now the chip giant has launched a multimode LTE modem as well. The XMM 7160 is a 2G/3G/LTE, multi-band solution...
BlackBerry's $4.7 billion dollar deal with Fairfax Financial may be in jeopardy, with BlackBerry stock trading below Fairfax's $9-per-share offer price. Today Bloomberg is reporting that the troubled Canadian smartphone maker is talking to other suitors, and that each of these potential buyers only...
AT&T, Cisco and Intel are all part of a broad new IoT partnership announced today by GE. IoT, or the Internet of Things, refers to the emerging capability to connect machines and devices to the Internet. This enables equipment to be remotely controlled by...
Qualcomm gets Lenovo's Vibe
Qualcomm has scored a victory with Lenovo, landing the processor in the new Vibe Z smartphone and replacing Intel, which supplied the processor for the Vibe Z's predecessor. The Vibe Z, also called the K910, is powered by Qualcomm's ARM-based quad-core...
Intel has generated a lot of publicity for its mobile processors of late, but mobile connectivity chipsets are also a major focus for the world's largest chipmaker. The company says its communications systems have already shipped inside more than a billion mobile phones. It...
Cisco has packed 4 billion transistors onto a single chip in an effort to create the world's most scalable and programable network processor. The company says it is targeting the Internet of Everything (IoE) with its nPower X1, which it calls "the first generation...
A survey from Informa Telecoms & Media showed impressive numbers of big data adoption among telecom companies. According to the study conducted with approximately 120 operators in June 2013, 48% of carriers said they are already implementing big data projects.
However, Informa notes that the...
As mobile devices replace personal computers in many homes and workplaces, chip manufacturers are repositioning themselves to focus on wireless technologies. Intel is investing $2 billion in the first foundry built for the production of chips cut from 450mm wafers. The chip giant's goal...
Seven Networks announced that it is collaborating with Intel Corp. on mobile network technologies based on Seven's Open Channel software that is designed to help operators reduce and manage app data traffic and optimize their networks.
"We feel that Intel has the potential to be...
Six chipmakers have already won certification for 5G Wi-Fi designs. This week the Wi-Fi Alliance announced its certification program for 802.11ac, also known as 5G Wi-Fi because it uses the 5 Ghz spectrum band. 5G Wi-Fi delivers data speeds up to three times as...
Mobile video is a double-edged sword for operators -- customers are willing to pay more each month to watch video on mobile devices, but processing that video is straining data centers to capacity and beyond. 40% of existing data centers will be maxed out...
Sensors are a small but growing part of the worldwide semiconductor market, expected to grow faster than any market segment except memory chips, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association. Sensor chips record physical input like temperature, pressure or light, and convert the input to...
