The market for mobile phones' onboard memory is undergoing transformation and commoditization, threatening incumbent companies and opening opportunities for small, nimble companies with a competitive differentiator to their product, according to Yankee Group analyst John Jackson. Carriers and handset vendors are exploring how much...
RICHARDSON, Texas—Intel Capital stepped up its WiMAX investments, pouring an additional $17.5 million into WiMAX gear-maker Navini Networks Inc. The funding underscores Intel’s strong commitment to WiMAX and places the company in a market-share dominant position as sales of pre-WiMAX-certified technology takes off. "It...
NETANYA, Israel-Intel Corp. has selected Siano Mobile Silicon's multi-band, multi-standard receiver chipset for Intel's mobile TV reference platform in its Xscale product line. The collaboration comes at a time when mobile TV component makers are matching up with chipset and handset vendors. The news...
NETANYA, Israel—Intel Corp. has selected Siano Mobile Silicon’s multi-band, multi-standard receiver chipset for Intel’s mobile TV reference platform in its Xscale product line. The collaboration comes at a time when mobile TV component makers are matching up with chipset and handset vendors. The news...
In determining its path to a profitable future, Intel Corp. faces what other companies have faced before: the fundamental question of focus. Should Intel focus on core competencies, even if that's in cooling markets, or should it endure a slide in earnings and stock...
The latest scuttlebutt surrounding Steve Jobs' much-anticipated jump into wireless sounds more like a breakfast treat than a music-friendly phone-but it could produce a tasty mobile device. Tech bloggers and industry analysts are abuzz over the thought of an "AppleBerry," the imaginary fruit of...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Intel Corp. is rumored to be exploring the sale of its communications chip business as it seeks to slim down its operations and focus on its leadership position in microprocessors for personal computers. Intel today said that it had announced in April...
The United States last week struck a historic trade deal with Vietnam, the communist nation and one-time foe whose name pops up a lot these days as we find ourselves bogged down militarily in another overseas hot spot.The U.S.-led coalition made it possible for...
WASHINGTON-A coalition of top wireless and high-tech manufacturers urged the Federal Communications Commission to reject a California testing lab's call to revise compliance measurement guidelines for new 5 GHz wireless Internet devices. A government-industry group crafted the guidelines to ensure the devices won't interfere...
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group announced a new drive to develop a medical device profile that could make medical, health and fitness devices interoperable with wireless consumer electronic products-namely cell phones, laptops and PDAs. The Bluetooth SIG said it expects its Medical Devices Working...
WASHINGTON, D.C.-NextWave Wireless Inc. filed a Form 10 with the Securities and Exchange Commission registering their existing shares of stock, but the company said it is not preparing for an initial public offering."NextWave Wireless LLC has filed a Form 10 with the SEC to...
SANTA MONICA, Calif.—Wi-Fi aggregator Boingo Wireless Inc. launched its Embedded Wi-Fi Toolkit, an open source software package that enables developers to integrate Wi-Fi connection management technology into small devices such as dual-mode phones, MP3 players and digital cameras. Carriers, device makers, chip vendors and...
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Craig McCaw's Clearwire Corp. filed for a $400 million initial public offering, a move that likely will help fund the company's efforts to expand its wireless broadband operations in the United States and elsewhere. The company did not reveal how many shares it...
As the use of RFID technology increases, so do the concerns from consumer privacy advocates. A trade group recently unveiled a set of best practices that they say promotes respect for consumer privacy, but at least one group calls the guidance a ruse."This is...
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...
The IEEE 802.11n working group earlier this month voted down draft 1.0 of the proposed standard for higher throughput improvements, sparking debate about whether the vote was a dramatic defeat or an expected speed bump. Draft 1.0 of the measure fell well short of...
Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Corp., Motorola Inc., Nortel Networks Ltd. and Siemens AG are just a few of the heavy-hitters aiming to certify interoperability requirements through a new trade group, the Communications Platforms Trade Association. While similar groups have been lauded by industry watchers, many...
PORTLAND, Ore.—Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Corp., Motorola Inc., Nortel Networks Ltd. and Siemens A.G. are just a few of the heavy-hitters aiming to certify interoperability requirements through a new trade group, the Communications Platforms Trade Association, which launches today. The CP-TA described itself as "an...
BANGALORE, India—Subex Systems Ltd., a telecom software products developer, announced it’s buying British revenue-assurance developer Azure Solutions Ltd. for $140 million. The companies said they will operate as Subex Azure Systems Ltd. and plan to offer fraud management and revenue-assurance systems led by Subash...
LOS ANGELES-Amp'd Mobile Inc. continued to rake in venture capital last week, raising $150 million in a third round of funding. New investors Tudor Investments, Intel Capital, Rho Ventures, Qualcomm Inc., Quilvest Ventures, Polygon Investment Partners and Heights Capital Management participated in the round....
LOS ANGELES – Amp’d Mobile Inc. continued to rake in venture capital this week, raising $150 million in a third round of funding. New investors Tudor Investments, Intel Capital, Rho Ventures, Qualcomm Inc., Quilvest Ventures, Polygon Investment Partners and Heights Capital Management participated in...
WASHINGTON-Wireless industry veterans with access to significant financial and political resources soon intend to ask policymakers to scrap plans to auction a large swath of 700 MHz spectrum being surrendered by TV broadcasters and instead use 30 megahertz for a fourth-generation nationwide public-safety network...
BELLEVUE, Wash.—The Bluetooth Special Interest Group picked the WiMedia Alliance multiband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing version of ultra-wideband for integration with Bluetooth technology, thus taking the next step in its plan to create a high-speed data rate version of version of Bluetooth capable of...
Just when municipal Wi-Fi projects are gaining support from incumbent telcos, the battle between the City of New Orleans and BellSouth Corp. slaps the conflict back onto center stage. New Orleans' Chief Technical Officer Greg Meffert asserts that BellSouth, through telecom lobbyists, is pushing...
