The quest for scale and intellectual property appear to be motivating chip companies to consolidate, with three transactions announced this week. Qualcomm buys RF specialist Qualcomm has purchased Austin’s Black …
RF Micro Devices
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Two leading makers of radio frequency solutions announced plans to merge operations in a deal expected to create a $2 billion powerhouse in the device RF space. RF Micro Devices …
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The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier–Lehman Brothers lowered its EPS estimates on Sprint Nextel to break …
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SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. reported plans to acquire RF Micro Devices Inc.’s Bluetooth-related assets for $39 million in cash. Qualcomm said that the acquisition, which focuses on Greensboro, N.C.-based RF Micro …
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Trying to form a sense of the sprawling chip market for mobile phones is akin to getting a tape measure around an elephant’s waist. With dozens of players and product …
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GREENSBORO, N.C.-RF Micro Devices Inc. said it plans to sell its equity interest in Jazz Semiconductor for between $24 million and $27 million in cash. The company is divesting its …
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GREENSBORO, N.C.—RF Micro Devices Inc. said it plans to sell its equity interest in Jazz Semiconductor for between $24 million and $27 million in cash. The company is divesting its …
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GREENSBORO, N.C.—Those pesky, detail-oriented analysts and emotional stock traders sent ripples through the market yesterday and today as news circulated that RF Micro Devices Inc.’s two largest customers—Nokia Corp. and …
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HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. sent ripples through the mobile-device industry by raising its 2006 growth estimate for global handset sales from 10 percent to 15 percent “or more” over last year. …
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HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. sent ripples through the mobile device industry by raising its estimate of global handset sales for this year from 10 percent to 15 percent “or more” over …
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Telecom equipment vendors posted fiscal first-quarter results and watched their stocks react accordingly. Thanks in part to a $278 million bankruptcy lawsuit ruling, Lucent Technologies Inc. posted a first-quarter net …
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SAN DIEGO-While wireless chip titan Qualcomm Inc. posted strong first quarter results, the company’s stock slipped slightly downward due to warnings of slowing sales in its second quarter. Qualcomm posted …
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GREENSBORO, N.C.-RF Micro Devices Inc. said it plans to expand its Chinese assembly operations to increase internal assembly capacity by about 50 percent. The company said by increasing its internal …
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Skyworks Solutions Inc., which provides semiconductors for mobile applications, said it expects to report fourth-quarter revenues below the low end of the company’s previous guidance. Based on a preliminary review …
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According to most industry observers, all systems are go in the worldwide wireless industry. Predictions show significant sales opportunities in emerging markets like India, where handset costs are plummeting below …
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ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. raised its revenue expectations due to what the company said were stronger-than-expected sales of mobile phones. Nokia’s stock jumped almost 4 percent on the announcement to $16.71 …
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ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. raised its revenue expectations due to what the company said were stronger-than-expected sales of mobile phones. Nokia’s stock jumped almost 4 percent on the announcement to $16.71 …
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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 …
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Following is a list of public wireless companies that have had ratings changes and investment notes from investment-banking and financial firms this week.
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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 …
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WARREN, N.J.-Anadigics Inc. said it is shipping production volumes of GSM/GPRS and W-CDMA power amplifiers to UTStarcom Inc. for its GW200 handset. UTStarcom unveiled its GW200 dual-mode handset at Supercomm …
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GREENSBORO, N.C.-RF Micro Devices Inc., which provides proprietary radio frequency integrated circuits for wireless applications, increased its guidance for its fiscal 2006 first quarter ended June 30. RF Micro Devices …
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GREENSBORO, N.C.-RF Micro Devices Inc. reiterated the financial guidance it provided earlier this year for the first quarter ending June 30 as well as for the full year. The company …
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NEW YORK-No. 2 mobile-phone maker Motorola may rely more heavily on RF Micro Devices Inc. for its mobile phone chips as the company works to trim its supply chain. Investment …
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The following wireless companies had debt ratings changes by financial services firms this week. Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services placed its ratings on four wireless tower companies on CreditWatch with …