Qualcomm

Video-game giant Electronic Arts Inc. shook the mobile gaming world last week with the announcement it would shell out $680 million to acquire publisher Jamdat Mobile Inc. EA said it …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Nextel Corp. said it will install Qualcomm Inc.’s uiOne technology in its new phones. The carrier also unveiled its first phone running the technology, Sanyo Corp.’s CDMA2000 …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Nextel Corp. said it will install Qualcomm Inc.’s uiOne technology in its new phones. The carrier also unveiled its first phone running the technology, Sanyo Corp.’s CDMA2000 …

SAN DIEGO-Chipmakers Qualcomm Inc. and Texas Instruments Inc. both raised revenue forecasts based on improving sales, news that could translate into an improved market for the worldwide mobile phone industry. …

SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Qualcomm Inc. said it has joined the Wi-Fi Alliance, saying it aims to be directly involved with ensuring wireless local area network technology is compatible with the company’s …

Qualcomm Inc. snared its first customer for MediaFLO last week, as Verizon Wireless said it will use the chipmaker’s new network to broadcast live TV to subscribers. The nation’s second-largest …

NEW YORK-Investment banking firm CIBC World Markets raised its 2006 handset sales forecast to almost 1 billion phones, supporting claims that the worldwide mobile phone market continues to exceed expectations. …

SAN DIEGO- Verizon Wireless will use Qualcomm Inc.’s MediaFLO network to broadcast live TV to cell phones, the companies announced. The nation’s second-largest carrier announced plans to use Qualcomm’s $800 …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. launched two next-generation wireless platforms-DO Multi-carrier Multi-link extensions and HSDPA Multi-carrier Multi-link extensions. The company said the DMMX and HMMX platforms support the roadmaps of CDMA2000 1x …

Qualcomm Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. tightened their ties with a new deal that calls for Samsung to build Qualcomm’s chips for CDMA and W-CDMA phones. The agreement further …

FREMONT, Calif.-A wireless industry group known as the FLO Forum said the “forward link-only” air-interface specification, which proscribes protocols used over the airwaves between the FLO network and a FLO …

WASHINGTON-While U.S. companies have made inroads into China’s massive telecom market, they say there are still serious obstacles preventing them from competing for business in next-generation technologies and telecom services. …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. tightened their ties with a new deal that calls for Samsung to build Qualcomm’s chips for CDMA and W-CDMA phones. The agreement …

Watching Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. exchange nasty barbs over intellectual property rights smacks of similar bickering between Qualcomm and L.M. Ericsson in 1999 over patents for the CDMA protocol. …

After years of hype and billions of dollars in network upgrades, the time has come for the worldwide W-CDMA market to take off. Perhaps the best indication that W-CDMA technology …

Alltel Corp. continued its rural expansion by gobbling up privately held Midwest Wireless for $1.075 billion in cash. The acquisition comes just months after Alltel closed on its $6 billion …

Alltel Corp. continued its rural expansion by gobbling up privately held Midwest Wireless for $1.075 billion in cash. The acquisition comes just months after Alltel closed on its $6 billion …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. launched two next-generation wireless platforms-DO Multi-carrier Multi-link eXtensions and HSDPA Multi-carrier Multi-link eXtensions. The company said the DMMX and HMMX platforms support the roadmaps of CDMA2000 1x …

Opinions are not hard to come by in the ongoing debate between proponents of GSM and CDMA technologies. It’s easy to get caught up in questions about which technology is …

The legal tussle over Qualcomm Inc.’s licensing practices turned into a full-scale war last week as Qualcomm took aim at longtime rival Nokia Corp. with a patent-infringement lawsuit. The charges …

European operator O2 UK plc said it will use Qualcomm Inc.’s uiOne user interface technology in its high-end, “X range” devices. Although somewhat limited in scope, the deal signals a …

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. fired back at Qualcomm Inc., arguing the company’s patent-infringement lawsuit is a thinly-veiled reprisal against Nokia and five other companies that claim Qualcomm has engaged in anti-competitive …

LONDON-European operator O2 UK plc said it will use Qualcomm Inc.’s uiOne user interface technology in its high-end, “X range” devices. Although somewhat limited in scope, the deal signals a …

SAN DIEGO-Two Asian carriers announced plans to launch CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Rev A networks by the end of next year-LG Telecom, a small Korean carrier, and KDDI Corp., Japan’s second-largest …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Sprint Nextel Corp. joined the Global UMTS TDD Alliance, which is spearheaded by IPWireless Inc. Other companies joining the UMTS TDD Alliance include T-Mobile Czech Republic, which launched …