BROWSING: Agere

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems announced a new high-performance GPRS chipset and software platform designed for high-speed multimedia and entertainment applications, including real-time audio and video streaming, digital photo imaging, MP3 music capabilities, MPEG4 video playback and interactive games, for GSM-based mobile phones. "Mobile-phone users have...

Battle won, even before the first shot is fired.Early in the life of the technology, industry analysts and players already regard Cisco Systems Inc. as the big tree in the wireless local area network jungle.Leveraging its channels and products in the wired market, Cisco...

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems Inc. said it has unveiled a custom chip that combines eight ARM966E processor cores, making it four times more powerful than typical chips, as well as reducing cost and improving time to market."We were able to leverage our system-level expertise, broad...

PCTel Inc. has filed patent infringement lawsuits against Lucent Technologies Inc., Agere Systems Inc., Broadcom Corp. and Robotics Corp.PCTel, which supplies 802.11 software, software-defined products and Internet access technology gear, also filed a complaint against 3Com Corp. in March this year."We enter litigation reluctantly,...

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems said it has unveiled three high-speed chips and software reference design for both current and next-generation multiservice telecom equipment pieces, including wireless."These bridge chips and reference design software are key pieces to the puzzle for increasing capacity and lowering total system...

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems said it has unveiled six chips with a view to improving the capacity, size, total system costs and time to market for next-generation wireless equipment.The products include APP550, APP530, TAAD Lite, TAAD UltraLite, SAR-1K and SAR-500, and they target such functions...

Openwave Systems Inc. today released software for mobile-phone makers looking to offer support for multimedia messaging services. The company also said Agere Systems has licensed the software and will sell it in China. Openwave said its new Mobile MMS Client will give users a...

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems Inc. said it has introduced a low-power read-channel chip that enhances performances and extends battery life in handheld computers and other wireless devices."The Agere's TrueStore read-channel RC6500LP is optimized to deliver superior signal integrity and performance for portable hard disk storage...

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems and Ubicom Inc. will collaborate to deliver 802.11b reference designs.Their first joint offering, on display this week at CeBIT in Germany, is a single-board reference design for access point, repeater and Ethernet bridge solutions using Agere's two-chip Wi-Fi solution and Ubicom's...

PHILADELPHIA-Agere Systems Inc. shareholders have followed recent industry trends to approve proposals allowing the board of directors to undertake a reverse stock split.The board may institute the split, which will be in 1-for-5, 1-for-10 or 1-for-15 ratio, before the 2004 annual meeting.

SAN JOSE-The World Semiconductor Trade Statistics organization said 2002 shipments of digital signal processors reached its highest monthly figure in two years with a net revenue growth of 14.1 percent to $4.85 billion."TI continues to be the dominant company in DSP, increasing their market...

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems said it had a fourth-quarter loss of $146 million, or 9 cents per share, in contrast with a loss of $375 million, or 23 cents per share, in the same period last year.Its revenue was $436 million, down 2 percent compared...

LAS VEGAS-Conference-goers who managed to brave the miles of show floor at this year's annual Consumer Electronics Show were witness to a significant movement in the electronics landscape-the rise of wireless. Hundreds of wireless companies showed off their wares at the well-attended convention, and...

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems announced it will supply Samsung with wireless data chipsets and software for use in the company's new generation of advanced mobile phones.The agreement, worth more than $150 million over 12 months, calls for Agere to incorporate its GPRS chipset and software...

NEW YORK-Wi-Fi Alliance has laid out new mechanisms for security for the technology to address concerns about possible hacking.The specifications, known as Wireless Protected Access, covers 802.11i standard for encryption and 802.1x for access control in homes and office networks. It allows enterprise users...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it will partner with Agere and Proxim to develop end-to-end solutions for Wireless LAN access, integrating hot spots with 3G wide area networks."The operators can offer customers attractive value added service packages, combining the different features of both WLAN and...

Hitachi Ltd. and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. said they have decided to bring their semiconductor units together to form a new company called Renesas Technology Corp. The new company, which should begin operations in April, is intended to combine the system Large Scale Integration (LSI)...

NEW YORK-The $410 million in outstanding subordinated convertible debt issued by Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, Pa. received a speculative-grade ratings downgrade August 30 from Moody's Investors Service, to B3 from B2. The New York-based rating agency cited its expectations that Agere's operating losses and...

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. has inked a strategic initiative with several wireless companies, including Agere Systems, Hewlett Packard, Sierra Wireless, iPASS and ipUnplugged, to provide enterprise customers with secure high-speed wireless data."This integrated portfolio of solutions will allow business customers to access critical...

ATLANTA—Motorola Inc., Agere Systems Inc. and Infineon have formed a joint venture company called StarCore LLC to develop and market digital signal processor technologies for mobile devices and infrastructure equipment."Our mission and strategy contrast sharply with both traditional DSP business models based on proprietary...

LAS VEGAS—Agere Systems said it has unveiled its 802.11a, 5 GHz radio and antenna kits for the ORiNOCO AP-2000 dual-radio wireless network access point."These new kits enable an IT manager to easily add the additional wireless speed, bandwidth and channels provided by 802.11a technologies...

MURRAY HILL, New Jersey, United States—Lucent Technologies commented on its declining economic situation, stating it will post revenues in the first quarter of between US$3.1 billion and US$3.4 billion, but that the first quarter will also represent the low point of the company's falling...

MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Lucent Technologies commented on its declining economic situation, stating that it will post revenues in the first quarter of between $3.1 and $3.4 billion but that the first quarter will also represent the low point of the company's falling sales.Lucent blamed the...

Audiovox CommunicationsAudiovox Communications introduced the Maestro, a Pocket PC that uses Microsoft Windows Powered Pocket PC 2002 software. The product features 32 MB of SDRAM and 32 MB of Flash Rom and an Intel Strong ARM 206 MHz processor. It also includes built-in CFR...