Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.You have to hand it to firms like Intel Corp. (INTC) and Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)...
Nokia Corp. continued its expansion outside of its traditional device sphere announcing plans to acquire U.S.-based mobile analytics firm Motally Inc.Nokia said Motally’s in-application tracking and reporting service will be adapted for Qt, Symbian, Meego and Java developers. Nokia also said it will continue...
Clearwire Corp. (CLWR) said it plans to begin trialing LTE services in the Phoenix area this fall and that it may tap into its vast spectrum holdings to fund future network growth.The carrier said its LTE trial will include technology partners Huawei Technologies Co....
Best Buy Co. Inc. (BBY) hasn't been shy about its grandiose plans for mobile. The company has gone after the app space, devices and music, just to name a few.Today the big-box retailer announced a new wholesale arrangement with Clearwire Corp. (CLWR) to sell...
RCR Unplugged recently reported that German chipmaker, Infineon Technologies, was under Intel’s acquisition microscope, but it seems another suitor - Samsung Electronics - has joined the fray.
With the demand for better, faster smartphones increasing exponentially by the day, it comes as no real surprise that little British chippie ARM has managed to beat even its own earning expectations and gain market share, pushing from handsets into all kinds of other electronics, from fridges to MP3s.
RCR Wireless News interviewed Intel Corp.'s Kevin Jones, Global 4G evangelist, to get a better understanding on WiMAX's role in future technology deployments, some regions of the world that are using WiMAX technology and other areas of interest, while RCR and Intel attended Huawei's...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.The future of smartphones is coming, and it is wide open … as in open source. The...
Little British chippie ARM boasts hundreds of licensee’s for its technology – found in over 98% of the world’s smartphones - but the firm seems to have landed a very big fish indeed with Microsoft announcing on Friday it had signed up for an ARM architectural license of its own.
Integrated Circuits (ICs) are an integral part of the mobile handset semiconductor market especially with the increasing demand for application processors within the wireless marketplace. In fact, the segment has one of the largest growth and development potentials in the industry due to an almost insatiable appetite for ever-growing levels of multi-functionality in next-generation handsets.
“PCs will soon seem very archaic,” said Trevett, whose firm currently relies on the PC market to make a living. “Mobile computing is the future. Mobile is the web, the web is mobile, the two are really integral,” he continued.
Popping up again like a recurring rash is the rumor that Intel is about to acquire German chip maker Infineon's mobile chip business, a move which would significantly help the firm in its ARM wrestle for significance in the mobile/wireless space.
Editor's Note: This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' May Special Edition, "Enabling the Mobile Revolution: Mobile Chips, Devices and Accessories." The 80-page special edition is available here.Good things come in small packages, especially when it comes to the tiny processors designed...
A report claiming Intel is closing down its WiMax Program Office in Taiwan has caused a bit of an online storm in a teacup, with some dramatically pointing to the event as a sure sign Intel is distancing itself from WiMax, while the firm laughs off such allegations.
Intel seems to have taken yet another surreptitious step towards the world of cellular, snapping up bankrupt Israeli based Comsys Mobile Communication and Signal Processing, a WiMAX/GSM modem chip maker for a reported $30 million.
It was hardly heart stopping news to discover Finnish phone maker Nokia had decided to dump its antiquated Symbian operating system for future high-end smartphones in favour of its sleeker, Linux-based MeeGo mobile OS.
Driven by an insatiable consumer demand for anything “i” related, and apparently overlooking some slight design flaws, Apple Inc. (AAPL) said it managed to sell more than 1.7 million iPhone 4 devices through its first three days of availability, becoming the “most successful product...
Intel and Nokia’s Meego operating system is not looking too shabby at all, at least not on a recent Intel YouTube video showing off the OS on an unspecified tablet.
Has WiMAX hit its apogee? Well, according to a new report from In-Stat, the mobile broadband technology is facing increased competitive pressure that could hamper any further growth.In its report, “Global WiMAX Subscribers, Base Stations, and Revenues,” In-Stat noted that the future for WiMAX...
Editor's Note:Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.The Qualcomm Snapdragon platform continues to generate robust industry attention to accompany its steadily expanding customer...
WiMAX operator Clearwire Corp. said it plans to start offering laptops with embedded modems at Best Buy locations and online at bestbuy.com. The devices, which include chips from Intel Corp., include the Dell Inspiron 14, Dell Inspiron 15, Dell Mini 10 and Toshiba Satellite...
Intel certainly doesn’t want to be left sitting on the bench when it comes to the tablet game, and used the recent Computex expo in Taiwan to show what skills it brought to the table.
Computex Taipei is the not only the place to see current and future trends in the IT industry, but possibly also the place where trends and trendy combine, especially in terms of hi-tech shopping.
