Is Huawei the government's next target?
The U.S. Commerce Department made an unusual move, temporarily reversing its decision to deny export licenses to American companies that sell products to ZTE. Today, the Chinese company said it obtained "interim relief" from the sanctions and it expects...
Apple under pressure
Apple's iTunes may face some legal challenges. The Federal Trade Commission is reportedly trying to find out whether iTunes is using its marketplace muscle to get songs into its paid services instead of free-streaming services. Apple of course is working on its...
This week Nürnberg was host to Embedded World, three days of embedded system technology companies showcasing construction elements, modules, full systems, operating systems and software. With roughly 900 exhibitors from more than 35 countries, this is the world’s largest trade fair for the embedded...
IoT gateways are of interest to wireless service providers who are looking to the "Internet of Things" for new revenue.
What is an IoT gateway?
An IoT gateway is a device that enables machine-to-machine communication by connecting appliances in the home, workplace or smart city to...
Qualcomm got a lot of attention at Small Cells World Summit 2014 with its talk about "inside out" connectivity enabled by small cells. The mobile chip giant wants operators to consider super powerful indoor small cells as a way to connect entire neighborhoods. Indoor...
Qualcomm in the hood
The mobile chip giant wants to be part of your neighborhood, or your small business if you have one. At Small Cells World Summit 2014 Qualcomm introduced the FSM90xx, a small cell chipset that targets homes, neighborhoods, and small-to-medium businesses. The...
Tegra K1 debuts in tablets
The Tegra K1 made headlines with its 192 cores when Nvidia launched the chip, and now the processor is showing up in real products. China's Xioami was the first to launch at Tegra K1 powered tablet, and now U.S. consumers...
Sequans wins contracts for LTE-only modems
LTE-only modems are gaining traction on both sides of the Pacific, with China Telecom announcing today that its upcoming LTE launch will include devices powered by Sequans' single-mode TD-LTE CPE units. The devices will be made by Chinese manufacturers...
Several mobile and wireless companies have made this year's list of the world's most ethical companies, chosen by Ethisphere. Companies are ranked based on their internal ethics and compliance programs, their corporate citizenship and responsibility, and accepted norms of ethical conduct within the company....
A number of telecommunications and technology companies underwent employment changes this month, including Syniverse, Lantiq and Extreme Networks. Texas Instruments also named a new vice president, a new head of education technology, and bid goodbye to a retiring individual.
Intel is buying the wireless assets of small cell expert Mindspeed, which agreed last month to be acquired by MACOM. Mindspeed said at that time that it would find a buyer for its wireless assets.
Mindspeed, which bought Picochip last year, brings to Intel...
Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to fire up the DeLorean and take a trip back in time to re-visit some of the more interesting headlines from...
Ixia announced that Vic Alston resigned as its president and CEO after a company audit committee found that he had lied about his credentials. Alston had attended Stanford University as he claimed, but falsely stated that he had received a B.S. and M.S. in...
Small cell deployments and Wi-Fi offload are two of the most important ways that mobile operators increase network capacity and coverage, but until recently they have been seen as separate solutions. Now carriers are looking for small cells that integrate Wi-Fi connectivity. These so-called...
Wireless service providers will soon be adding capacity to their networks with small cells powered by 28 nanometer chips that can connect more users than an entire base station once supported. Many of these small cells will be hosted by enterprise customers. While outdoor...
Silicon vendors from opposite ends of the wireless supply chain are "meeting in the middle" as they compete to power small cells in the enterprise. Established macrocell chipset suppliers like Texas Instruments and Freescale face growing competition from mobile processor experts Qualcomm and Broadcom,...
Sensors are a small but growing part of the worldwide semiconductor market, expected to grow faster than any market segment except memory chips, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association. Sensor chips record physical input like temperature, pressure or light, and convert the input to...
Gartner estimates worldwide chip sales at $300 billion for 2012, and IHS iSuppli puts the number at $304 billion. Both firms agree that worldwide semiconductor sales were down more than 2% last year, with sales falling at most of the major chip companies.
IHS...
The network test and measurement space is busily supporting wireless operators as they transition to LTE networks and advanced wireless services. RCR Wireless News' Kelly Hill is tracking this space in a weekly look at analysis, trends and new products in test and measurement.Â
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Small cells were a major focus last week at Mobile World Congress, with several semiconductor companies launching new products to power and connect everything from femtocells to enterprise small cell networks. Silicon vendors are increasingly focused on software, particularly when it comes to small...
Texas Instruments will lay off 1,700 people and stop designing chips for mobile devices. The Dallas semiconductor giant says more device manufacturers are designing their own chipsets, making the business more challenging for outside suppliers.
This week's International Microwave Symposium in Montreal is sure to be the launchpad for several product announcements, and today Texas Instruments (TXN) and Altera (ALTR) are starting things off with an RF development kit that they say will cut the time needed to design...
As the newly appointed president and CEO of Freescale (FSL), Gregg Lowe may be calling on a number of the same customers he visited in his previous role as head of Texas Instruments' (TXN) analog chips business. The two Texas companies compete head-on in...
Shares of Freescale Semiconductor (FSL) are sharply higher for the second straight day on news that the company has hired a top Texas Instruments (TXN) executive as its new CEO. Gregg Lowe, who has been running TI's analog chip business, takes the helm immediately...
