ROK Entertainment Group said its ROK Player allows multimedia memory card-capable mobile phones to play content-loaded multimedia chips on the full screen of their handsets rather than in letterbox formats. "We have already licensed a wide range of content from comedy to music and...
HONG KONG-Convergence holds one of the keys for third-generation growth in the wireless industry, spawning applications such as custom ringtones, three-dimensional games, multi-megapixel cameras, video and digital TV, according to Doug Rasor, vice president and manager for worldwide strategic marketing at Texas Instruments."We must...
CAMPBELL, Calif.-Berkana Wireless Inc. introduced its BKW9000-based radio reference design kits.The kits are designed to speed development of cellular handsets and handhelds based on the BKW9000 line of single-chip quad-band GSM/GPRS CMOS RF transceivers, said the company. The company is offering kits supporting 2.5-generation...
DALLAS-Two victors, two vanquished.Broadcom Inc. agreed to take a charge of $27.5 million in settling all outstanding litigation with Agere Systems Inc. In another development, The Delaware Court of Chancery rejected for the second time Qualcomm Inc.'s claims that Texas Instruments Inc. breached both...
A year ago, the semiconductor sector seemed on cruise control, while other sectors of telecom had just begun to rev up their economic recovery engines. Quarter after quarter companies reported sequential growth, confirmed by studies reflecting a surge in demand to feed a growing...
Qualcomm Inc. said it anticipates a rosy fourth-quarter result, emphasizing the traction of its chipsets in the wireless market.The company said it expects earnings per share of between 28 cents and 30 cents compared with its prior estimate of between about 27 cents and...
With 802.11n still lurking in the distance, wireless players are stepping up efforts to wed cellular and wireless local area networks while earnestly preparing Wi-Fi for wedded bliss. The "n" protocol will not be ready for a few years, but some carriers have set...
Shares of Nokia Corp. were up more than seven points Thursday on news from the company that it believes it will exceed previous forecasts for the third quarter. Nokia cited strong volume growth in the global mobile device market thus far this quarter for...
Still sounding like something from a sci-fi flick, fingerprint-recognition technology is coming to fruition in the wireless arena, with funding from top technology firms pushing along product development and launches. AuthenTec Inc., which develops biometric fingerprint sensors and fingerprint algorithms, has watched demand for...
With each side of the ultra-wideband technology conflict ratcheting up rhetoric and maneuvers, the turf of war is sizzling with less love and more politics.With another voting session looming next week in Berlin, both the direct-sequence companies and their multi-band counterparts anticipate a deadlock,...
SAN FRANCISCO-The MultiBand OFDM Alliance said it will announce a Special Interest Group and discuss the roadmap for the group's specification for ultra-wideband technology at the Intel Developers Forum next week.The promoters of the MBOA-SIG include Alereon, Hewlett Packard Co., Intel Corp., Nokia Corp.,...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Intel Corp. has unveiled a tri-mode chipset for Wi-Fi technology, joining the fray of other companies competing in that space.Other chip companies like Broadcom, Atheros Inc. and Texas Instruments Inc. have similar products. The chipset covers 802.11 a, b and g, the...
LONDON-Symbian Ltd. announced its sponsors for its Smartphone Show scheduled to take place Oct. 5-6 in London.The sponsors are Vodafone, UIQ Technology in association with Motorola Inc. and Sony Ericsson, Texas Instruments and Metrowerks. Carphone Warehouse is the show's retail sponsor.
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Intel Corp. has unveiled a tri-mode chipset for Wi-Fi technology, joining the fray of other companies competing in that space.Other chip companies like Broadcom, Atheros Inc. and Texas Instruments have similar products. The chipset covers 802.11 a, b and g, the three...
LOS ANGELES-Qualcomm Inc. has dropped its $18 million lawsuit seeking damages against Texas Instruments over its CDMA licensing agreement.TI had allegedly publicly discussed the terms of the licensing deal, prompting the Qualcomm lawsuit in a Delaware court.The court ruled last month in Qualcomm's favor.
A group of companies have come together to submit a proposal to the IEEE for a global 802.11n standard, a protocol described as a next-generation Wi-Fi technology.The proposal, which is based on a hybrid of the OFDM and multiple in, multiple out technologies, is...
Both the mobile infrastructure space and wireless local area network arena are heading toward sunnier times, according to reports by the Dell'Oro Group.WLAN is enjoying a big boost with a 75-percent increase in enterprise-class equipment sales. The study also expects that segment to grow...
For all the play Voice over Internet Protocol snags in the wireless arena, a new and broader technology is lurking to gulp it up. Media over packet technology, as it is called, will also threaten to make multimedia messaging services obsolete. But its arrival...
DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. unveiled a second-quarter profit that tripled last year's figures, owing to strong demand for wireless handsets and its semiconductor products.TI roared to a $441 million, or 25 cents a share, profit as against $121 million, or 7 cents a share, last...
TOKYO-In its second such announcement in as many days, Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced it will invest $50.3 million in Texas Instruments Inc. over two years to jointly develop a single-chip LSI, making FOMA 3G handsets compatible with both W-CDMA and GSM/GPRS networks.Currently,...
DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. will partner with ARM to develop a security solution to protect software on mobile phones.For the solution, TI will implement ARM's TrustZone Technology on its OMAP platform and line of TCS chipsets using the recently licensed ARM 1176JZF-S core. TrustZone Technology...
SAN DIEGO-The Delaware Court of Chancery ruled Texas Instruments Inc.-and not Qualcomm Inc.-was in breach of the companies' patent portfolio agreement. The case is set to proceed to trial Aug. 16 to determine the extent of TI's liability to Qualcomm for damages incurred as...
The Delaware Court of Chancery has ruled Texas Instruments Inc., and not Qualcomm Inc., was in breach of the companies' patent portfolio agreement. The case will proceed to trial Aug. 16 to determine the extent of TI's liability to Qualcomm for damages incurred as...
MILPITAS, Calif.-PalmOne Inc. announced Handspring Inc. alumnus Ed Colligan will serve as the company's new president. Colligan was formerly PalmOne's senior vice president and general manager of its Wireless Business Unit and was president and chief operating officer of Handspring before PalmOne acquired the...
