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Global sales of smartphones exceeded those of all personal computers combined last year, with vendors shipping roughly 490 million smartphones, according to reports from IDC and Canalys. This was well …

Device makers spent more on chips for wireless products last year than on chips for computers or any other product. The latest research from IHS iSuppli shows semiconductor spending for …

The positive buzz about Nokia’s Lumia 900 is sounding very sweet to Qualcomm, maker of the 1.4-GHz Snapdragon APQ8055 chipset that powers the smartphone. After several years with no business …

AT&T (T) closed on its $1.925 billion acquisition of 700 MHz spectrum licenses covering 300 million potential customers from Qualcomm (QCOM). The deal gained regulatory approval late last week, having …

Following the discovery of a lump of coal in its stocking earlier this week, AT&T (T) managed to get at least one present it was hoping for: Qualcomm’s 700 MHz …

Qualcomm (QCOM) is set to lose one of its co-founders to retirement as the company announced Irwin Jacobs would retire from its board of directors at Qualcomm’s 2012 annual stockholder …

AT&T has asked the judge overseeing the Department of Justice case against its plan to acquire T-Mobile USA to “stay any further court proceedings until Jan. 18, 2012, to allow …

Texas Instruments says fourth-quarter revenue will be lower than expected, thanks to weakness in all markets — except mobile. Success in the wireless market has been a key differentiator for chipmakers this year, as companies that have a strong presence have posted markedly better results than their competitors.

As the amount of data moving over wireless networks grows, so does the demand for the chips that generate and process that data. Strategy Analytics estimates that sales of smartphone …

Chipmakers Intel (Nasdaq: INTC), Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) and ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ONNN) all saw tremendous growth this year, according to preliminary 2011 market share rankings from research firm IHS. Acquisitions …

Mobile phone intellectual property rights (IPR) licensing significantly includes patents that are “essential” to implement various standards including GSM, CDMA, HSPA and LTE. Purported IPR valuations including those derived from essential patent ownership “determinations” are subject to great uncertainties, inaccuracies and biases.

Qualcomm is looking to take advantage of Latin America’s relatively modest 3G penetration rates to boost its influence and revenues in the region. As part of this, Qualcomm said it was …

Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay launched HSPA+ commercial networks during the first week of November, bringing Latin America’s total of HSPA networks in the region to 66, with 25 now upgraded …

Switzerland’s ST-Ericsson has inked a deal to supply chipsets for future Nokia phones that use the Microsoft Windows operating system. Shares of ST-Ericsson’s two parent companies, Ericsson and STMicroelectronics, traded …

With just over a week on the market, Apple’s newest iPhone iteration – the 4S – has already made its presence felt across the mobile space. Apple reported earlier this …

Qualcomm Incorporated has teamed up with Sesame Workshop India, an organization promoting mobile education in India, to launch the Radiophone project – an initiative to provide scores of children from migrant populations with consistent educational experiences.

As the very last TouchPads leave the dusty shelves they’ve called home for the last month, making their way to consumers cashing in on fire-sale prices as low as $99, HP has announced it will sell its top-of-the-range Pre3 smartphone for just £49 ($80) in Europe only.