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VLSI VLSI Technology Inc. said its president and chief operating officer, Richard M. Beyer, left the company for personal reasons. “We have a very solid team that can weather the …

rain’s Chicago Business CHICAGO-Motorola Inc. has quietly exited the business of making programmable computer chips used in consumer electronics and other products. Late last week, a spokeswoman for Motorola’s semiconductor …

NEW YORK-Harris Corp., Melbourne, Fla., announced July 20 a work force reduction of 2,300, or 8 percent, due primarily to weakness in the semiconductor market, said the company. The company …

Motorola Inc. last week announced its long-awaited plan for realigning the company along with another quarter of depressing financial results. Ending its “warring tribes” way of doing business, Motorola announced …

Stet Hallas Telecommunications S.A., Greece, went public 3 June through an equity offering by a holding company. Stet Hallas is 20-percent owned by Bell Atlantic Corp. of the United States. …

DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. announced plans to eliminate about 3,500 jobs in a move expected to save the company $270 million annually. The layoffs are part of a global restructuring that …

Competition among companies that supply digital signal processors to the wireless industry is beginning to heat up with new alliances and investments changing the competitive landscape. IBM Corp.’s Microelectronics division …

VLSI Technology Inc. today announced it is shipping samples of its new Code Division Multiple Access chip solution, which it is calling the first real alternative to Qualcomm Inc.’s CDMA …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-VLSI Technology Inc. joined the team of computer and telecommunications companies supporting Bluetooth, a technology that would allow a variety of mobile devices to be connected wirelessly. The …

Motorola Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. have formed an alliance to jointly develop next-generation digital signal processing technology, a move that is expected to jump-start third-generation mobile phone technology. Motorola’s …

Motorola Inc., warning investors of another poor financial quarter, announced a restructuring plan that includes cutting employees by 15,000 worldwide and taking a $2 billion blow in special charges. The …

SEOUL, Korea-Motorola Inc. announced it will invest $300 million during the next three years in its South Korean operations. Motorola will use half to expand its current semiconductor operation in …

Several leading telecommunications and computer industry companies last week announced a technology platform that would allow all types of mobile devices to communicate with each other without cable connections. Companies …

Motorola Inc.’s shares settled Thursday after jumping more than $4 Wednesday amidst rumors Siemens AG was considering buying the telecommunications giant. Motorola shares closed Thursday at $58.25, down $1.13. Trading …

AUSTIN, Texas-The Semiconductor Products Sector of Motorola Inc. and Telogy Networks announced that Motorola signed an exclusive licensing agreement for Telogy’s ActiveAir Wireless technologies, which Motorola plans to integrate into …

Lucent Technologies Inc.’s Microelectronics Group acquired Optimay GmbH, a privately held software-development company based in Munich, Germany. Optimay, which will become a subsidiary of Lucent Technologies International, develops software products …

Motorola Inc.’s Semiconductor Products Sector will make its DSP56652 chip available to the open market, representing the first generally available product based on Motorola’s dual-core architecture, said the company. The …

Watkins-Johnson Co. reported first-quarter net income of $9.7 million, or $1.15 per share, compared with net income of $2.5 million, or 30 cents per share, for the first quarter last …

This year’s financial outlook appears gloomy for Motorola Inc., which released poor first-quarter results last week and told analysts this quarter’s results won’t look much better. “The primary factors likely …

NEW YORK-Moody’s Investors Service Inc. confirmed the speculative grade rating of Ba1 on $1.8 billion in outstanding debt of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., including Samsung Electronics America Inc. and other …

CHICAGO-Motorola Inc.’s Messaging Systems Products Group has introduced three second-generation decoder chips and related software drivers to support the recently announced FLEX G1.9 high-speed, one-way paging protocol upgrade. The new …

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March 23-April 1 The International Telecommunication Union. Velletta, Malta. +356 356 356. Wireless Marketing Summit ’98 March 30-31 Shorecliff Communications International. The Wyndham Anatole Hotel, Dallas. (800) 608-9641. Inter Comm …

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.-Rockwell Semiconductor Systems Inc. introduced a complete antenna-to-microphone system solution for 900 MHz Global System for Mobile communications, the first GSM products in its wireless telephony portfolio. Rockwell …

NEW YORK-Touted by some securities analysts last summer as small-cap wireless companies likely to outperform broader markets, Anadigics Inc. and Spectrian Corp. now are defendants in lawsuits filed by unhappy …