CROLLES, France-Three semiconductor companies STMicroelectronics, Philips and Motorola Inc. opened a research and development center to pioneer CMOS technology from 90 nanometer processes to 32 nanometer processes over the next five years.The center, known as Crolles2 Alliance facility, will also include 300 mm wafer...
PARAMUS, N.J.-Penton Media Inc. said Intel Corp.'s Gadi Singer and Philips Electronics' Paul Marino will give the keynote addresses at the 2003 Wireless Systems Design Conference and Expo later this month in San Jose, Calif. Singer is vice president of the wireless communications and...
China's homegrown technology known as TD-SCDMA is creeping up from the industry's subconscious as it attracts more resources and quiet maneuvers from major players.The Chinese government recently allocated the 2.3 GHz and 2.4 GHz bands to Time Division Duplex, where TD-SCDMA is expected to...
SAN DIEGO-In One Voice Technologies Inc.'s recent comments on its corporate outlook for 2003, Dean Weber, chairman and chief executive officer, acknowledged the economic downturn of late, but he optimistically said, "To be perfectly clear, I have never seen greater opportunity for our company...
BEIJING-Tang Ru'an, chief executive officer (CEO) of Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Company, told the China Daily newspaper that this year will be of crucial importance for commercializing TD-SCDMA, the third-generation (3G) standard the company co-developed with Germany's Siemens.Trial operation of experimental networks in Chongqing...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Electronics giant Royal Philips Electronics announced it will acquire Systemonic, which makes silicon products for wireless local area networks, a move Philips said will help the company add wireless audio/video streaming capabilities to its quest to create pervasive connectivity in the home.Terms...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Royal Philips Electronics launched its new fisio 825 and 625 mobile phones, which use technology from Cellon International."Our partnership with Philips represents a case study for the value that companies can capture through outsourcing of design and development," said Jason Sun, president...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Electronics giant Royal Philips Electronics announced it will acquire Systemonic, which makes silicon products for wireless local area networks, a move Philips said will help the company add wireless audio/video streaming capabilities to its quest to create pervasive connectivity in the home.Terms...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Electronics giant Royal Philips Electronics announced it will acquire Systemonic, which makes silicon products for wireless local area networks, a move Philips said will help the company add wireless audio/video streaming capabilities to its quest to create pervasive connectivity in the home.Terms...
EINDHOVEN, United Kingdom-Royal Philips Electronics and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. reported a successful commercial network field trial of single antenna interference cancellation chips for GSM/GPRS mobile phones. The companies said the semiconductor technology improves voice quality, decreases download times for data and increases the number...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Royal Philips Electronics will dissolve the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Philips Components division and restructure the business in its other divisions to reduce costs and simplify its organization. Philips plans to combine its telecom speaker activity with Mobile Display Systems (MDS) and move it...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Royal Philips Electronics will dissolve the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Philips Components division and restructure the business in its other divisions to reduce costs and simplify its organization. Philips plans to combine its telecom speaker activity with Mobile Display Systems (MDS) and move it...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Royal Philips Electronics and Sony will jointly develop a new near-field radio-frequency technology called Near Field Communication, which will enable short-range communication between mobile phones, digital cameras, personal digital assistants (PDAs), laptops and game consoles, the companies announced.The NFC technology will operate...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Royal Philips Electronics and Ericsson Mobile Platforms signed an agreement under which Philips will source semiconductor devices for Ericsson reference designs. This will give Ericsson access to Philips' semiconductor and product portfolio, the companies said.
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Royal Philips Electronics released its new ProntoLite personal remote-control software for devices using Palm Inc.'s operating system, which allows users to control up to 10 devices, such as TVs, VCRs, CD players, DVD players or set-top boxes, using their personal digital assistant."ProntoLite optimizes...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Furthering an alliance announced in April, STMicroelectronics, Motorola and Philips said they have rolled out a design platform for chips."This platform allows designers to start next-generation system-on-chip product development for low-power, wireless, networking, consumer and high-speed applications," said the three companies in...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Scott McGregor, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Philips Semiconductor, has added to the mounting tide of third-generation (3G) criticism by claiming the company is not convinced about the predicted success of services based on the technology.According to McGregor, the growing acceptance...
DUBLIN, Ireland—A new report from U.K.-based analysts Strategy Analytics suggests that a number of handset vendors could be prime targets for larger rivals. The report, "Western Europe Operators' Handset Vendor Strategies," indicates that while Alcatel, Philips and Sagem handsets are sold by half of...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The decrease in cellular users in Argentina has generated a new strategy for operators, consisting of the sale of used terminals with lower costs than new ones. During the last four months, the value of new terminals has tripled as a consequence...
PARIS—Three semiconductor companies announced they would forge a US$1.4 billion alliance to develop new chips with a view to cutting costs and defining standards for the industry.The companies, Motorola of the United States, STMicroelectronics of France and Philips of the Netherlands, plan to unveil...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.—Following the massive interest in cross-carrier text messaging in the United States, Motorola Inc. released its own interoperability product.Motorola's new Short Messaging Service Gateway, which is an extension of the company's SMS center product, routes messages from one carrier to another, or...
ATLANTA—Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced it will integrate Philips Speech Processing's SpeechPearl speech recognition engine into its Versera Voice Services suite.Glenayre's Versera suite offers users voice-driven navigation of voice mail, e-mail and fax messages, dial by voice, and a voice controlled address book. "SpeechPearl supports...
LONDON—Symbian announced six semiconductor companies have joined its Semiconductor Partner Programme, showing support for Symbian OS and ARM core-based chipsets.The six new partners—Agilent Technologies; Epson; Parthus; Philips Semiconductors; Samsung and STMicroelectronics—join existing partners ARM; Intel; Motorola SPS; Qualcomm CDMA Technologies and Texas Instruments. Symbian...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—With the first signs that European cell-phone operators are generating better revenues than expected, the major handset developers are gearing themselves up for better days after many months of cutbacks and financial gloom. Most notable among the manufacturers is Philips Consumer Communications,...
