SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Cometa Networks Inc. reported a deal with iPass Inc. providing iPass users access to Cometa hot spots in the Seattle area, including Barnes & Noble Bookstores, McDonalds restaurants and Tully's Coffee Shops. Cometa, which was formed by AT&T Corp., Intel Corp. and IBM...
Texas Instruments Inc. may have experienced the flip side of optimism when its stock fell on its guidance last week. But a recent study assures the industry that the semiconductor space is not on the verge of a slowdown.In a study titled, Worldwide Desktop...
Ntelos Wireless, which provides services in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina, announced it will use technology from TeleCommunication Systems Inc. to meet the Federal Communications Commission's E911 Phase II mandate. "We are very pleased to continue our successful relationship with...
WASHINGTON-The stakes have been raised in the U.S.-China wireless trade dispute, with the Bush administration last week issuing a veiled threat about seeking redress at the World Trade Organization, and Intel Corp.-the world's top chip-maker-declaring it will not back the Asian giant's Wi-Fi standard."While...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. led the mobile-phone charge with the introduction of five new advanced GSM phones, including three for the Americas market. The company's news came on the heels of new phone news from a variety of players.Sony Ericsson's...
CANNES, France-Siemens AG said it has developed a new standards-based mobile network architecture that simplifies and enhances performance as well as reduces cost.The vendor says it is the first to offer a comprehensive system conforming to the Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture, Carrier Grade Linux...
CANNES-Intel Corp. has unveiled the details of its next-generation cellular and baseband processors, which include a dual-mode UMTS solution.The family of processors, which will be known as Hermon, aim to bring a coexistence of multiple broadband wireless technologies and a multimode reference platform for...
CANNES, France-Siemens AG said it has developed a new standards-based mobile network architecture that simplifies and enhances performance as well as reduces cost.The vendor claims to be the first to develop a comprehensive system that conforms to the Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture, Carrier Grade...
SAN FRANCISCO-Intel Corp. plans to unveil an ultra-wideband platform and it joined an initiative with other players to promote a common USB standard. The chip bellwether said it is working with members of the multiband OFDM Alliance to develop a standard UWB radio...
SAN FRANCISCO-Intel Corp. has announced plans to unveil a platform for the ultra-wideband wireless technology and joined an initiative with other players to promote a common USB standard.The chip bellwether said it is working with members of the multiband OFDM Alliance to develop a...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-PalmSource Inc. officially announced its new dual-OS strategy at the company's developer conference, an effort to support both high-end smart phones as well as low-end personal digital assistants. The company also announced processor company Nvidia Corp. will join the likes of Intel...
FREMONT, Calif.-Singapore's ST Assembly Test Services Ltd. and ChipPac Inc. have agreed to merge, creating what it calls one of the world's premier test and assembly solution providers for semiconductors.The companies have tested and packaged chips for bellwethers like Intel Corp and Analog Devices...
DALLAS-The Mobile Industry Processor Interface Alliance said two major vendors, Intel Corp. and Motorola Inc., are among its 35 new members.The organization defines and promotes open standards for interfaces to mobile application processors."Our growing membership base sends a clear signal that the mobile industry...
DALLAS-The Mobile Industry Processor Interface Alliance said two major vendors, Intel Corp. and Motorola Inc., are among its 35 new members.The organization defines and promotes open standards for interfaces to mobile application processors."Our growing membership base sends a clear signal that the mobile industry...
Semiconductor players remain the most optimistic wireless sector, even if the stock profiles do not reflect the upbeat mood.Yet according to a new study, the shares are poised to grow. Standards & Poor's Equity Research said semiconductor stocks have the potential to appreciate between...
WASHINGTON-Motorola Inc. last week inked $1.1 billion in contracts with Chinese mobile-phone operators, transactions that come at a time of rising trade tensions between the two countries.In all, $2.3 billion in deals-mostly wireless-were announced here last Tuesday at a U.S.-China technology event. Motorola's $556...
China is a land of enormous opportunity for wireless infrastructure makers and the like, no doubt about it. A land with more than 1 billion people can yield a lot of cell-phone users. Motorola Inc. recently scored a $1 billion contract in China, and...
SAN FRANCISCO-Intel Corp. jumped to record earnings in its fourth-quarter results with $2.17 billion, or 33 cents a share, a contrast to its $1.05 billion, or 16 cents a share in the same period last year.The company also introduced a product that enables 802.11b...
WASHINGTON-Motorola Inc. today signed deals totaling $1.1 billion with China's top mobile-phone carriers, and other U.S. wireless firms picked up multimillion contracts in the world's largest wireless market. The transactions come at a time of rising trade tensions between the two countries.In all, $2.3...
LAS VEGAS-As usual, mobile phones formed a major part of the activity at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Audiovox Communications Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., LG Electronics and others showed off their line-ups of advanced mobile phones, and several phone makers...
In the eyes of market research firm IDC, wireless chips are on a roll. And semiconductor companies want to match this zeal with solutions and initiatives.In its report released last week, which was an optimistic revision of its earlier forecast, IDC said it expects...
Intel Corp. at this week's Consumer Electronics Show said it will invest $200 million in companies developing technologies to drive the convergence of personal computer and consumer electronics devices on a wireless home network via The Intel Digital Home Fund. The Intel Capital-managed fund...
Motorola Inc.'s long-awaited V600 camera phone will finally hit store shelves this month through AT&T Wireless Services Inc., the companies announced. The phone suffered from software glitches and had been delayed until after the holiday shopping season."Just as the ground-breaking Motorola StarTAC and Motorola...
In the search for killer applications and other services that rake in revenue, independent software vendors are the new brides of wireless.With software expanding, the value of the hardware space will continue to shrink in the wireless space. ISVs therefore are working with major...
