Qualcomm

Samsung is moving forward with plans to invest $3.9 billion in the Texas chip foundry that makes the processors for the iPhone, despite reports that it may be losing Apple’s business in the near future. The Texas government has given …

Qualcomm’s tablet strategy is becoming clearer. The company set up a research and development engineering center in Brazil to develop tablet designs and technologies to sell a near-complete product to manufacturers. “The goal is to help manufacturers build affordable tablets …

Chipmakers on both sides of the Pacific are fighting hard for spots inside the millions of smartphones that are being designed, manufactured and sold within China. One of every three smartphones shipped in the third quarter went to China, according …

Many smartphone users who rely on GPS to get from point A to point B will soon be able to do the same thing in large indoor areas, using Wi-Fi networks and new software developed by Cisco and Qualcomm. But …

RIO DE JANEIRO—Panelists who debated m-health in Brazil agreed that the lack of connectivity is the greatest challenge to developing the market. Security, culture and legislation were also pointed out as challenges by executives from information technology and medical equipment …

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 …

In the near future, small cells, which encompass femtocells, picocells and microcells, will cost less than smartphones, thus providing a wide avenue to support mobile data growth, Qualcomm CEO, Paul Jacobs predicted. Jacobs was in Brazil this week to participate in …

An Israeli business newspaper is reporting that Qualcomm (QCOM) is set to acquire Israel’s DesignArt Networks for between $120 and $140 million. The deal would not be a large acquisition for Qualcomm, but it could give the San Diego chipmaker …

Ten wireless industry visionaries share their experience, their advice and their expectations for the future. These leaders come from different parts of the wireless ecosystem but they share a common commitment to excellence. They offer advice for wireless professionals and …

Samsung is buying CSR’s mobile connectivity chipset business, and some investors think that could be bad news for Broadcom.

How much do you want your smartphone to know? As long as the information doesn’t leave the phone, are you OK with your sidekick device knowing where you are, what you’re doing, who you’re doing it with? Qualcomm, designer of …

Under its new corporate structure, Qualcomm will put its primary business unit into a wholly owned subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. (QTI) QTI and its subsidiaries will operate Qualcomm’s semiconductor business (QCT), its product and services businesses, and its research and …

Qualcomm wants mobile devices powered by its processors to hit the ground running the best software as efficiently as possible. So the company is offering Android developers a software development kit (SDK) for its Snapdragon mobile processors.

Dish Networks’ attempt to enter the mobile communications space received somewhat of a boost as it announced Qualcomm would enable chip-level support for potential devices designed to work across Dish’s satellite and terrestrial-based network plans. Dish reported that the chip …

Tablet makers now have a new chipset option when configuring devices for AT&T Mobility. Nvidia (NVDA) says its Icera 410 LTE multimode data modem chipset is good to go on AT&T Mobility’s growing LTE network. The modems are for tablets …

Qualcomm said it has signed an agreement to sell a 49% stake in its Indian operation that holds spectrum licenses covering Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and Kerala to Bharti Airtel for $165 million, and that the Indian company is on its …

NEW ORLEANS – Clearwire continues it march towards an LTE future, announcing this morning at the CTIA trade show that it had signed a deal with Qualcomm to produce a chipset supporting the carrier’s Band 41 radio frequency in the …

A California judge has ordered Samsung and Apple to send their CEOs and top lawyers to settlement talks next month. Tim Cook and Choi Gee-sung will meet May 21 and 22 in the San Francisco court of Judge Joseph Spero, …

If AT&T Mobility is interested in the 700 MHz spectrum assets Verizon Wireless is looking to offload, it’s keeping that interest close to the vest. Speaking during its quarterly conference call, AT&T Mobility’s CEO Ralph de la Vega noted the …

“It’s painful not to be able to supply all the chips your customers ask for,” Qualcomm (QCOM) CEO Paul Jacobs said in announcing the company’s fiscal second quarter earnings. The leading designer of chipsets for mobile devices beat Wall Street’s …

The world’s largest seller of mobile phones says its devices and services unit will lose money during the first half of this year as it struggles to make the transition from feature phones to smartphones. So far Nokia says it …

Sales of chipsets that enable connectivity for mobile devices are expected to surge in the months ahead, and this is seen as an area of opportunity for smaller players. The biggest part of the mobile semiconductor space is the market …