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Wireless gaming publisher Jamdat Mobile Inc. filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed public offering of common stock. The company, which has agreements to distribute its application in 38 countries through 72 wireless carriers, said it has...

PolyFuel raises $18.4M in new funding

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-PolyFuel Inc. said it closed an $18.4 million third round of funding. The new funds bring the five-year-old company's total investments to about $40 million.The latest funding was led by CDP Capital-Private Equity and includes existing investors Mayfield, Ventures West, Technology Partners,...

Intel, Proxim cooperate on WiMAX solutions

SANTA CLARA-Intel Corp. said it is collaborating with Proxim Corp. to develop and deliver WiMax solutions for fixed and portable broadband wireless access.Both companies will develop base stations and subscriber unit access points for data, voice and video services."The convergence will enable seamless mobility...

Congress probes spectrum management issues

WASHINGTON-Five percent of the nation's broadcasters are holding the nation hostage by refusing to give back their spectrum, which has been allocated to public safety, charged Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.). "Because of broadcaster intransigence, some 5 percent of the TV stations in the U.S....

Intel to deploy WiMax technology in China

DALIAN, China-Intel Corp. said it has signed an agreement to deploy WiMax broadband wireless technology with the Dalian and Chengdu Chinese municipal governments."Technology and Internet adoption continues to transform how business is conducted and how consumers communicate and manage information worldwide," said John Antone,...

Intel says quarterly revenue will hit top expectations

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Citing higher-than-expected demand for its memory chips, Intel Corp. said its second-quarter revenue will reach the top end of its expectations.The company expects revenue to be between $8 billion and $8.2 billion. In April, the chip bellwether's forecast was $7.6 billion to...

Alcatel joins WiMax Forum

PARIS-Building on its cooperation with Intel Corp. for broadband solutions, Alcatel said it has joined the WiMax Forum as a principal member."Alcatel sees WiMax as an intrinsic component of this user-centric broadband strategy, which combines a broad portfolio of fixed and mobile access technologies,...

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Handset distribution company InfoSonics Corp. said it plans to sell 2 million shares for between $5.50 and $6.50 per share in its upcoming initial public offering. The company plans to list its common stock on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol IFO. Founded...

Wi-Fi loses luster as Cometa closes

Wi-Fi, the much-hyped sibling of the wireless industry, might have lost a little of its luster with the closure of one of its more ambitious players and troublesome security warnings from governmental agencies.The once-hailed Wi-Fi company Cometa Networks Inc., originally backed by power players...

Wi-Fi sees first major setback with Cometa shutdown

The once hailed Wi-Fi company Cometa Networks Inc., originally backed by power players AT&T, IBM and Intel, has shut down its network due to lack of funding.Since its founding, "the company has made some progress but the segment has evolved considerably" during that time,...

Sirific Wireless closes $17M in financing

SANTA ROSA, Calif.-Sirific Wireless Corp., a radio-frequency transceiver company, closed its series B financing of $17 million. TD Capital Ventures led the funding. Intel Communications Fund made an initial strategic investment.Sirific is demonstrating a single-chip CMOS quad-band EDGE RF transceiver for mobile handsets, laptops...

Chip industry humming along

Other than worries among chipmakers over Cisco System Inc.'s quarterly earnings, the sector continues to purr with good news. However, some analysts caution against overheating with inventory overload.Chipmakers that supply Cisco products suffered slides in their stock prices when Cisco announced double-digit profits that...

Intel ships upgraded wireless PC chips

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Intel Corp. said it is shipping three Intel Pentium M processors that will boost performance for smoother video playback, faster application response and better multi-tasking in wireless laptops.The company said more than 150 laptop PC designs are based on its Centrino mobile...

Alcatel launches PTT solution

Alcatel Corp. has joined other big infrastructure players by launching its push-to-talk application, an instant communication protocol that has gained momentum during the past year.Alcatel said it will integrate its product with its Internet Protocol multimedia communication portfolio.The announcement comes as industry is split...

In broadband battle, .16e seems to overtake .20-for the moment

As the standards bodies for two metropolitan area network protocols prepare for separate meetings in May, both 802.16 and 802.20 are spoiling for a battle for survival. Neither .16e nor .20 have reached standards specifications yet, but supporters of each are pushing the strengths...

Bush hits trifecta on China, Korea disputes

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration hit the trifecta on wireless trade last week, winning concessions from China and South Korea on Wi-Fi, third-generation wireless and mobile Internet services that advance U.S. business opportunities in the booming Asian region. The wireless trade disputes with China and South...

Chip companies offer new strategies, alliances

News from RF Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp. and Skyworks Solutions Inc. reflects the flurry of activities in the semiconductor world.RFMD announced what it described as a strategic focus on three core business units, including cellular, wireless connectivity and infrastructure. All three division chiefs...

Symbol releases new mobile computers

HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Wireless and mobile computing company Symbol Technologies released its new MC9000-K and MC9000-S rugged mobile computers, which the company said feature Microsoft Corp.'s software, Intel Corp.'s chips and support for Wi-Fi as well as GSM/GPRS and/or CDMA wide area networks."We have integrated advanced...

Semiconductor sales boost profits for Samsung, Intel, TI

While market watchers sounded their disapproval of Nokia Corp.'s handset sales in the first quarter, the Finnish vendor witnessed sound activities in its infrastructure business, including a 16-percent increase in net sales to $1.68 billion, compared with $1.4 billion in the year-ago period. Meanwhile...

Intel earnings increase falls below expectations

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-In spite of a substantial surge in its first-quarter profits, Intel Corp. did not live up to Wall Street expectations, and company shares fell 23 cents to $27.44 Wednesday.Intel's profit rose 89 percent to $ 1.7 billion in the first quarter of...

Bush hints at WTO action on standards, interconnect fees

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration last week identified exclusionary wireless standards and high mobile-phone interconnection fees as barriers to telecom trade in a new report, and did not rule out bringing complaints against China and South Korea at the World Trade Organization if disputes over standards...

Pulselink says signaling protocol can resolve UWB differences

SAN DIEGO-Ultra-wideband technology player PulseLink has pitched what it calls a common signaling protocol to resolve the snafu between competing wireless groups.The groups, one led by Intel Corp. and the other by Motorola, insist their solutions will work for industry and have scheduled the...

Intel announces plans for environmentally friendly chips

TOKYO-Intel Corp. said it plans to make its processors and chipsets environmentally friendly by eliminating about 95 percent of the lead used in them.The company said it will start shipping the lead-free products in the third quarter of 2004."Intel is working with the industry...

Hundt joins Tropos board

SAN MATEO, Calif.-Tropos Networks, supplier of metro-scale Wi-Fi network equipment, announced former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt has joined its board of directors."The products developed by Tropos have the potential to accelerate the deployment of true mobile wireless broadband access," said Hundt. "The...