Qualcomm

CDMA pioneer Qualcomm Inc. sat atop a busy week-with many more likely to come-as the company made moves in its legal battle with Broadcom Corp., stirred up the dust in …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. Handset and infrastructure vendors CIBC World Markets further lowered its …

Sprint Nextel Corp. will bulk up its music and video offerings for its Vision and Power Vision data subscribers beginning next month.The carrier, in a billing insert to its customers, …

In a routine update of its business outlook for the first quarter, Texas Instruments Inc. narrowed its expected revenue and earnings per share ranges. Investors may have expected a more …

Amobee Media Systems is the latest startup on the ad-supported mobile game space, teaming with Exit Games to deliver marketing messages in titles running on Java and BREW handsets.Exit is …

Broadcast mobile TV provider Modeo L.L.C. received a waiver from the Federal Communications Commission late last month that allows Modeo to increase the transmission power of its 1670-1675 MHz spectrum, …

ADVERTISEMENTS, PRODUCT endorsements and commercials have been the bread and butter of the TV business for decades. Mobile television-albeit a new distribution channel-is no different, though broadcasters of the new …

A flurry of mobile gaming news is coming out of San Francisco in conjunction with the Game Developers Conference. Powerhouses and startups in the gaming industry have saturated the market …

Qualcomm Inc. announced that China Network Systems (CNS) and Taiwan Television Enterprise Ltd. (TTV) have signed an agreement to conduct a technical trial of the San Diego-based company’s MediaFLO technology …

Despite Verizon Wireless’ attempt to downplay the launch of its Vcast Mobile TV service, the availability of the streaming TV service in the Denver area forced-and I do mean forced-a …

California is sprinkled with television studios, and while many of the traditional Hollywood studios already have or are in the process of creating separate divisions for endeavors in the mobile …

Despite Verizon Wireless’ attempt to downplay the launch of its Vcast Mobile TV service, the availability of the streaming TV service in the Denver area forced-and I do mean forced-a …

In a significant move in the widening debate over interoperable public-safety communications, Alcatel-Lucent announced it won a contract worth up to $110 million to build a CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision …

Verizon Wireless has launched mobile TV service using MediaFLO USA Inc.’s technology and network, initially offering the service in 20 markets across the United States from Richmond, Va., to Portland, …

Verizon Wireless will begin offering mobile television on March 1, according to coverage maps on the carrier’s Web site. No further details were offered, and the maps offered the caveat …

The next couple of quarters will be rocky, Motorola Inc.’s CFO told investors and analysts at last week’s Bank of America’s 2007 Technology Conference in New York. David Devonshire, Motorola’s …

For years, the nation’s two largest wireless carriers, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Verizon Wireless, have focused on their network’s reach and reliability in marketing strategies and their business models. But …

Mosaid Technologies Inc. announced it will pay around $70 million to chipmaker Agere Systems for patents covering Wi-Fi and WiMAX technology.“Agere invited more than 70 companies to bid on this …

One down, at least four to go.Broadcom Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. agreed to drop lawsuits and counter-suits involving two patents apiece relating to Bluetooth technology. One dispute had been set …

The next few quarters will be “rocky,” Motorola Inc.’s chief financial officer told investors and analysts at Bank of America’s 2007 Technology Conference-a term the executive used three times until …

Nothing wrecks a trip to Europe like work. And last week I was lucky enough to travel to Barcelona to cover the 3GSM World Congress. While the show is too …

The ripples are still making their way across the lake in the wake of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s surprise announcement that it will offer mobile broadcast TV through Qualcomm Inc.’s MediaFLO …

BARCELONA, Spain-While Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s announcement last week that it planned to use Qualcomm Inc.’s MediaFLO network to launch a mobile television service later this year cemented the technology as …

At the 3GSM World Congress, as at other major industry confabs, there are gadgets galore. And then there are the market-based strategies and financial plans behind them. Attempting to translate …

Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube. –Evidently, New Yorkers aren’t confident that their citizens have been trained to …