Chips – Semiconductor

Lucent Technologies Inc.’s Microelectronics Group plans to unveil today a digital signal processor system-on-a-chip family for next-generation wireless and Internet networks that provides significant channel density improvements. The product family, …

The world’s largest chip maker, Intel Corp., said it plans to invest billions to help ease a global shortage of flash memory chips used in mobile phones. Intel said about …

Bad news hit the cdmaOne community last week as the South Korean government put a stop to cdmaOne handset subsidies and uncertainty lingered about China Unicom’s plans to deploy the …

WASHINGTON-The House Judiciary Committee last week passed legislation to simplify taxation of mobile telephone calls by local and state authorities, setting the stage for the Republican House leadership to resolve …

WASHINGTON-Popular bipartisan legislation to simplify mobile-phone taxation by state and local authorities ran into trouble last week when a nasty turf fight erupted between the House Commerce Committee and the …

WASHINGTON-The cellular industry and leaders of state and local government groups took to the road last week with their efforts to pass legislation to mandate that wireless subscribers be taxed …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. reported company revenue fell slightly in the second quarter, to $727.7 million, compared with $932.4 million for the same period in 1999. Even with the loss of …

NEW YORK-Because of their relative scarcity, augmented by their growth history and potential, wireless carriers seeking financing enjoy elevated status in the eyes of investors, even in volatile capital markets. …

WASHINGTON-Accenting its message with pastel-colored beanbag mobile phones, the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association told Capitol Hill last week that competition is king. The trade association again delivered a set of …

WASHINGTON-What to do with the often confusing tax structures of both mobile phones and the Internet collided in back-to-back hearings by the House telecom subcommittee on Thursday. The collision occurred …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-According to the Semiconductor Industry Association, worldwide sales of semiconductors totaled $14.5 billion in February, an increase from $10.9 billion during the same period last year. Asia Pacific …

NEW YORK-New York City’s Silicon Alley has spawned MobileSpring Inc., an incubator for developing companies that deploy Web-based services to mobile communications devices. Mark Caron, president and chief executive officer …

That’s why Bill Clinton is president. Last Tuesday, in harmony with Brit counterpart Tony Blair, Clinton accomplished something even the Great Greenspan couldn’t pull off. The Big Guy managed to …

WASHINGTON-House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.), backed by several key Democrats, last week unveiled draft legislation to rein in merger review practices of the Federal Communications Commission. The draft …

The United States and European Union negotiated a compromise on data privacy that could pave the way for a final deal this summer. An agreement on data privacy is key …

SigmaOne SigmaOne Communications Corp., a provider of location systems and services for wireless carriers and the wireless Internet, reported the development of the company’s wireless location system for Global System …

WASHINGTON-House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.) intends to unveil legislation shortly that is expected to go far beyond last week’s proposal by the Federal Communications Commission to streamline its …

IBM and AT&T announced an alliance to offer wireless data services to their business customers. Financial terms of the partnership were not disclosed. The companies said they expected significant opportunities …

HANOVER, Germany-Alcatel announced its single-chip Bluetooth solution, which brings all functions, including radio-frequency, base-band, processor, memory, antenna and filtering devices into a single die package. “We have taken a hard …

DALLAS-Specialty manufacturer Dallas Semiconductor Corp. announced its latest battery-management chip, which significantly reduces the size and cost of battery electronics. According to the company, the DS2438 Smart Battery Monitor makes …

SAN FRANCISCO-Nokia and Visa International signed a global agreement to cooperate on the development of payment solutions for mobile electronic commerce. The deal calls for the companies to develop ways …

NEW YORK-Qualcomm’s meteoric stock price appreciation in 1999 may well be a unique phenomenon that other companies are unlikely to replicate. Nonetheless, other established and new telecommunications players seem poised …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it shipped on time chip samples and system software for the MSM5000 Mobile Station Modem. The company said this product is the world’s first third-generation 1x …

Qualcomm Inc. shares dropped 16 percent last Wednesday after the cdmaOne innovator warned of slower chip sales this quarter. This warning eclipsed Qualcomm’s higher-than-expected first fiscal quarter earnings. Merrill Lynch …

NEW YORK-Smart cards must overcome a chicken-and-egg problem before they can expand their use in wireless devices beyond their established role as subscriber identification modules in Global System for Mobile …