The race to bring the much-hyped wireless home to market continued to heat up last week as two major wireless mesh-networking chipmakers gained traction in the nascent market. Zensys A/S, a Denmark-based company, added two new backers for its proprietary Z-Wave technology. Monster Cable...
Motorola Inc. may cut EDGE technology from the initial shipments of its forthcoming handsets-including the highly anticipated Pebl and Slvr models-due to problems with chips from supplier RF Micro Devices Inc. Motorola earlier this year promised that its forthcoming Pebl and Slvr devices would...
TEMPE, Ariz.-In an in-depth wireless local area network, WiMAX and chip market study, research firm Forward Concepts predicted that WLAN equipment sales will grow to $5.9 billion in 2006 as new IEEE 802.11n and Voice over Wi-Fi equipment is introduced and the infrastructure for...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-NEC Corp. said it will use L.M. Ericsson Mobile Platforms' new U250 W-CDMA chip in its line of mobile phones for Europe. NEC previously used Ericsson Mobile Platforms' U100 chip.Ericsson Mobile Platforms, along with Qualcomm Inc. and others, has scored several key W-CDMA...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. boosted its product line-up with the release of three new power management integrated circuits. The company said the chips target the low-, mid- and high-tier segments of the market."Qualcomm is redefining the concept of a systems solution by offering a complete...
Investors cheered a report that predicted chipmaker RF Micro Devices Inc. is scoring additional business with the likes of Motorola Inc. and Nokia Corp. and that the company likely would exceed its expectations for the coming quarter.RF Micro Devices' stock was up almost 8...
SAN FRANCISCO-Chipmaker Intel Corp. offered a general outline for some of its plans in the wireless world, including updates to its chips for Wi-Fi laptops and mobile phones."The number of voice lines worldwide skyrocketed with the proliferation of cellular phones, which made the phone...
CUPERTINO, Calif.-Founded in 1996, chip startup Tropian Inc. today released its first product, an RF transceiver for mobile phones that combines the transmissions of GSM and EDGE technologies. The company said the product will lead to smaller, more powerful and more efficient phones. "We're...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said it will continue its battle with Nokia Corp. over royalty payments for InterDigital's 2- and 2.5-generation technologies. The company said it would oppose Nokia's recent motion to vacate the decision by the International Court of Arbitration of...
BOSTON-A new report finds that ZigBee technology players are squaring off against Zen Systems, which has established a strong position in the residential control market with its proprietary Z-Wave solution.Strategy Analytics, a global research and consulting company, predicted that by 2008, the market for...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. signed an agreement with the semiconductor division of Royal Philips Electronics Ltd. to include InterDigital's High-Speed Downlink Packet Access technology in the Nexperia cellular system solutions line.InterDigital offers its HSDPA solution as a set of technology blocks for...
CHICAGO-Motorola Inc. used its annual analyst meeting here to paint a portrait of itself as a sleek, lean, high-tech firm with plans to sit alongside such well-known consumer brands as Apple Computer Inc. and Nike Inc. And to verify its progress, Motorola released a...
Although Qualcomm Inc. lowered its expectations for W-CDMA and CDMA handset shipments, the company still managed to post results ahead of expectations. The company's stock was up more than 6 percent on the news to $38.34 per share.Qualcomm's revenues for its third quarter came...
BOSTON-Third Screen Media, which provides mobile advertising and marketing software, said it closed a $3 million round of venture-capital funding.The round was led by TD Capital Ventures of Boston. Also participating was Blue Chip Venture Co.The company said it will use the funding to...
AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. announced it will continue to use chips from Freescale Semiconductor Inc.-the company's former chip subsidiary-in its third-generation devices through 2008. Motorola and Freescale have been developing 3G chips since 2001.Terms of the deal were not disclosed."Motorola and Freescale are driving innovation...
Mesh network technology company Zensys this week plans to announce it raised $16 million in its second round of funding. The financing was led by new investor Bessemer Venture Partners, which was joined by existing partners Palamon Capital Partners and Danish growth fund Vaekstfonden....
WASHIGNTON-Members of the Congressional Rural Caucus Tuesday put a marker down in favor of universal service, urging the House Commerce Committee leadership to include reform of the subsidy program in any telecom-act rewrite. "The universal-service fund is vital. It is vital that this rewrite...
WASHINGTON-Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, shocked the telecommunications industry and his fellow lawmakers Thursday when he said that drafts of telecommunications-reform legislation will be available before Congress leaves town next week, and that a hearing will be held shortly...
BATH, U.K.-Intel Capital was among the investors fueling a $20.5 million round of funding for PicoChip, the wireless semiconductor vendor said Thursday. Scottish Equity Partners led the round, which brought PicoChip's total funding to $41.5 million. Other investors include newcomer Rothschild, as well as...
Taiwanese electronics manufacturer BenQ Group will take over Siemens' ailing mobile-phone business, catapulting the Asian upstart into the ranks of the world's largest handset makers. Although the exact terms of the deal are somewhat cloudy, Siemens essentially will pay BenQ $303 million to take...
The mobile-phone industry has evolved in countless ways during the past few decades. Phones today feature a dizzying array of new technologies and services, from multiple radios to integrated digital cameras to blazing fast processors. But perhaps the most notable change in the market...
U.S. wireless carriers spent almost $40 billion on network gear last year. Although carriers put some of that money toward upgrading networks to the newest and greatest technology, most of it went to network capacity and coverage. Carriers know that voice remains wireless' most...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-The Semiconductor Industry Association revised its worldwide semiconductor sales projections for 2005.The association previously had predicted flat sales compared with the $213 billion the industry reported in 2004. SIA now projects sales will grow 6 percent this year to $226 billion. The...
DALLAS-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is using Texas Instruments' OMAP multimedia processor chip in its mobile TV phones. Samsung is currently selling phones in South Korea that work on the Digital Multimedia Broadcasting mobile TV technology. "Samsung is committed to digital innovation, including delivering mobile...
