SAN FRANCISCO-Intel Corp. has recorded a negative first as it has dropped from the first place in flash memory sales to fourth place, according to market research firm iSuppli.The ranking is for the third quarter of 2003.The company, however, retains its premier position as...
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Operator reluctance and general market confusion represent significant barriers to the success of WiMAX, according to a new report from Pyramid. Pyramid believes fixed wireless operators, which have been disappointed by over-hyped technologies in the past, lack enthusiasm for WiMAX and will...
Failure to arrive at an industry standard has caught ultra-wideband technology players between bowing to standards pressures and customer demand.The Institute of Electrical and Electronics working group's meeting, which ended Nov. 14, closed like the one held two months earlier-without the 75 percent votes...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Intel Corp. said it has introduced its wireless local area network chipset, which adds higher-speed 802.11a capability to its Centrino mobile technology for notebooks.The product combines a and b capabilities to the technology."The addition of 802.11a to Intel Centrino mobile technology provides...
DENVER-Mobile phones are used for talking, texting, gaming, photographing and documenting. They link to the public Internet and private, corporate Intranets. They store important names, numbers and calendars. In the not-so-distant future, wireless devices may be used for identification purposes and as payment devices,...
Motorola Inc. has unveiled an architecture that will enable original equipment manufacturer developers to bring many features into smart handhelds at limited cost, within a small space and more rapidly than currently possible.Known as the Mobile Extreme Convergence architecture, the company describes it as...
ATLANTA-Top wireless players have come together to form what they call the Wireless Technology Forum, a non-profit to communicate, educate and promote the changes that take place in the industry.The members include Cisco Systems Inc., Nokia Corp., Intel Corp., Proxim, Motorola Inc. and Sellera."The...
LAS VEGAS-Wireless enterprise company iAnywhere Solutions Inc. announced it will team with technology giant Intel Corp. to sell its new Wi-Fi toolkit, which the companies said is a bundle targeted at companies looking to jump-start their Wi-Fi efforts.iAnywhere said the toolkit includes its SQL...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Intel Corp. and Sony Corp. have agreed to work together to enable users to access music, images, videos and other entertainment applications on cellular phones and personal digital assistants.The Sony Music Entertainment division will leverage Intel's Personal Internet Client Architecture."The two companies...
Intel Corp. has joined with other players to extend the scope of an alliance to accommodate wireless communications for next-generation applications.The group, known as the Innovation Alliance, includes such companies as ASUSTeK, Compal, Gigabyte, HTC, MicrosStar, Mitac, SuperMicro, Quanta and Wistron.Intel will provide the...
Longtime wireless modem maker Sierra Wireless announced a significant new business direction with the unveiling of its Voq phone-a device that marks the arrival of a new smart-phone player and another Microsoft Corp. backer.Investors seemed cheered by the bold move, sending Sierra's stock up...
Longtime wireless modem maker Sierra Wireless announced a significant new business direction with the unveiling of its Voq phone-a device that marks the entrance of a new smart-phone player and another Microsoft Corp. backer.Investors seemed cheered by the bold move, sending Sierra's stock up...
Psion Teklogix released its new Netbook Pro portable computer, a device that uses Microsoft Corp.'s Windows CE.NET operating system.The move is notable as Psion Teklogix is a division of Psion plc, which is a major stakeholder in operating system company Symbian. Symbian and Microsoft...
The battle of standards over base stations has heated up with the Common Public Radio Interface initiative announcing the launching of its specification.CPRI, which is led by L.M. Ericsson, faces rival Open Base Station Architecture Initiative led by Nokia Corp. CPRI said it completed...
Intel Corp. wants the world to know that it is not about cell phones, or personal digital assistants or wireless notebooks. It is about all of them.Working its vision under what it describes as adaptive communication technologies, the chipmaker plans to roll out cohesive...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Intel Corp. said it has unveiled enhancements for its solutions for wireless notebooks, cell phones, personal digital assistants and other handhelds.The chipsets include Dothan, which is the code name for the next Intel Pentium M processor; Sonoma, a code name for the...
SINGAPORE-Five Asian companies joined the collaboration between the Singapore telecom regulator and Intel Corp. to help solve the challenges of hot-spot roaming. The initiative will work to develop standards for global seamless Wi-Fi connectivity.The companies include China Mobile; Singapore's mobile operators MobileOne, SingTel Mobile...
Tropos Networks Inc. will supply equipment to enable Verge Wireless Networks Inc.'s metro-scale Wi-Fi network in downtown Baton Rouge, La. The Tropos system works like a mesh network in which Wi-Fi cells communicate with each other, creating paths back to just one wired node...
On balance, wireless chips have carried a small swagger as the industry's only oasis of good news. But Texas Instruments Inc. caused the sector to stumble by narrowing its third-quarter forecast.The semiconductor bellwether said it revised its earnings per share to between 20 cents...
True to its cautious style, The Federal Communications Commission has shied from committing to a definite ruling on the ultra-wideband technology, which has divided the various players into two camps.One group is led by Motorola Inc., and the other is led by both Texas...
TOKYO-NEC Corp. said it has introduced a new SGSN and GGSN product platform to enhance large-volume Internet Protocol packet transmission applications, such as video streaming and global positioning system services.The vendor said it will soon deliver the new product to Japanese mobile carrier NTT...
Tropos Networks Inc. will provide its Tropos Wi-Fi equipment to enable the deployment of a metro-scale Wi-Fi network in downtown Baton Rouge, La. The network will be managed by 802.11 services provider Verge Wireless Networks Inc. The Tropos system works like a mesh network...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Intel Corp. unveiled what it describes as the industry's first single-chip processor for cell phones using EDGE technology.The product, known as the Intel PX800EF processor, combines key components, which include the memory, the XScale and the micro signal architecture, according to David...
With the SARS epidemic now out of sap, the land of wonton soup and TD-SCDMA technology is regaining its place on the front burner of wireless business.Infected with a new elan for investment, vendors have announced a series of contracts and initiatives in China,...
