Intel Corp. pledged $3.5 million to help create jobs for college graduates in high-growth industry sectors, including wireless infrastructure. The company is leading a new group called The Invest in America Alliance, which aims to “further anchor the nation's competitiveness on the global stage....
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.With the announcements in Barcelona this week it is easy to see the mobile wireless...
BARCELONA – In the shadow of an overwhelming LTE-focused Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain, the WiMAX industry gathered the night before the show's official opening to provide an update on the “other” next generation technology's progress. The gathering also came on the...
BARCELONA – Two heavyweights in their own right, Nokia and Intel this morning announced plans to merge their Linux-based software platforms for next-generation devices.MeeGo, which merges Intel's Moblin and Nokia's Maemo platforms, the software is intended to support multiple hardware types across a host...
SHENZHEN, China--Why did the publisher of RCR Wireless News visit China earlier this month? In many respects, it was to see first hand the explosive growth of the Chinese wireless market. The primary reasons, however, were threefold. First, RCR Wireless News has always been...
Mobixell Networks, which provides mobile multimedia and advertising solutions, acquired mobile Internet company 724 Solutions. The combined company will focus on rich media mobile Internet and messaging solutions for mobile operators.EMS Technologies Inc.Sky Connect divisions. The new business unit will provide a variety of...
While 2009 was dismal for overall semiconductor sales, smartphones, electronic readers and netbooks/smartbooks should help the industry in 2010. “The year 2009 will be remembered as one of the most dismal years in the history of the global semiconductor business, with a plunge of...
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.Year over year netbook sales grew by almost 270% in the second quarter! (Source: NPD...
Clearwire gets more funding from Sprint, other investorsFrom: RCR Wireless NewsClearwire Corp. confirmed it would gain another $1.564 billion in funding from its existing partners to help it continue to build its nationwide WiMAX network. Sprint Nextel Corp., which owns 51% of Clearwire and...
Clearwire Corp. confirmed it would gain another $1.564 billion in funding from its existing partners to help it continue to build its nationwide WiMAX network. Sprint Nextel Corp., which owns 51% of Clearwire and is struggling with its 3G subscriber base, will contribute the...
Editor’s Note: This is the first of a three-part series this week highlighting the Irish Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector. Today’s article focuses on spectrum and technology initiatives led by the Irish government targeting wireless companies. Wednesday’s article will focus on an overview...
Ericsson’s growing presence in the North American market is set for further expansion in the coming months as the infrastructure and technology giant this week announced that its current CTO Hakan Eriksson would begin heading up the company’s IP business based in San Jose,...
Intel Corp. assured Clearwire Corp. it is closely guarding its investment information on the wireless-broadband company after an insider-trading scandal surfaced last week, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing Clearwire chief executive Bill Morrow.Reuters
Over the past year wireless operators have begun populating their retail stores and Web sites with a new niche of devices, the netbook. These devices busted onto the scene last year offering dimensions, capabilities and prices somewhere between traditional laptop computers and smartphones.The explosive...
At a time when many companies are feeling the pinch of the recession with fewer contracts and having to downsize their workforces, Fort Meyers, Fla.-based Interop Technologies is using the downturn to move its operations center to the Dallas area and grow its employee...
Adobe Systems Inc. inched closer to launching a Flash player for mobile devices unveiling its Flash Player 10.1 software designed for smartphones and other Internet-connected devices. The company said a public developer beta of the “browser-based runtime” is expected to available for Microsoft Corp.’s...
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 attraction of netbooksThe growth of the netbook sector has been an anomaly in an...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Fourth-generation technology deployments might be stifled by intellectual property rights as different ecosystems collaborate to make devices for the new standards, said Yung Hahn, president of the Open Patent Alliance at a Wednesday morning keynote at PCIA's 2009 Wireless Infrastructure Show....
The tower industry gets its turn on the trade show spotlight this week as PCIA’s 2009 Wireless Infrastructure Show is set to kick off at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Hotel in Nashville, Tenn. The event’s festivities start on Monday, Sept. 21 with the...
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Silicon Valley companies that are debating whether it's beneficial to work with telecom carriers should recalibrate their expectations in the time it will take to get the service to market, but hold onto the fact that the benefits of scale...
A few of the recent events coming into play are going to force the Federal Communications Commission into a no-win situation regarding its inquiry into whether the wireless industry is competitive. At first blush, the inquiry into whether the wireless market is competitive,...
Cellular phones are, as you well know, ubiquitous these days. And for the past decade, the dominant players in the industry have been well distributed around the globe. There is strong representation from Korea, Japan, Scandinavia, Germany, the U.S., China, Taiwan, and lots of...
Nokia announced pricing for its 3G booklet would run more than $800 if it is sold without carrier subsidies. The world's largest handset manufacturer showed the netbook at its annual Nokia World event in Stuttgart, Germany.The netbook runs on Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system...
The converging telecom and IT space is set to become a $5 trillion global business, fueled by relentless demand from individuals and businesses to be able to access information across any device at any time. The wireless/telecom/media/IT sector is growing two to five...
