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BUCHAREST, Romania-Streaming video is a technology that is often mentioned in conjunction with third-generation (3G) networks, but users may see its possibilities sooner than 3G network rollouts. Streaming media is the ability to receive video alerts, wireless games, short video …

NEW YORK-Investors looking for successful Bluetooth market plays will have to wait till late this year, but the outlook for the technology will grow brighter during the next several years, said Johan Strandberg, senior wireless equipment analyst for Stockholm-based Deutsche …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Revenues continue to inch higher for Parthus Technologies plc, which released its earnings for the quarter, bolstering comments from Parthus officials that the company may well benefit from a slowing economy. Parthus’ total revenue for the quarter, ended March …

NEW YORK-Emblaze Systems Inc. will optimize its patented streaming media technology for use in wireless devices running on Symbian’s EPOC operating system, under an agreement announced last week. A simulation using content from Emblaze’s content partners and Symbian-based smart phones …

NEW YORK-Not surprisingly, the number and size of mergers and acquisitions for which a dollar value was made public declined markedly in all industries when compared to the same period a year ago, Los Angeles-based Mergerstat reported. Announced transactions involving …

DALLAS-The aggressive cost-cutting plan recently implemented by Texas Instruments Inc. that included a voluntary retirement program, shortened work weeks and manufacturing consolidation, apparently wasn’t enough, as reflected in the company’s first quarter financial results, reported late last Tuesday. TI’s revenue …

Motorola Inc. mixed memory with some cheer in its first-quarter results last week as it reported its first loss in 16 years amid hopes of a rebound in the second half of this year. The phone maker declared that the …

Chips are falling through the cracks of the slowing economy. Just like phone makers, solutions providers and operators, chip makers are buckling in what analysts describe as their worst time ever. Big names like Texas Instruments, Intel Inc. and Conexant …

NEW YORK-The U.S. Patent and Trademark office has granted a patent to Tropian Inc., a fabless semiconductor maker based in Cupertino, Calif., for its method of addressing issues related to radio-frequency switch mode power amplifier designs. “Although information is readily …

Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, Pa., the communications semiconductor unit of Lucent Technologies Inc., made it to market with an initial public offering priced at $6 that began trading on the New York Stock Exchange March 28. Agere had amended its …

GroupServe GroupServe announced Tom Stroup, president, will also take on the role of chief executive officer. Stroup’s first task as CEO will be to oversee the commercial product launch of GroupPort. Stroup will also oversee the company’s business development, strategic …

Adicom Wireless Adicom Wireless announced Asymmetric Wireless Data Link, a new broadband wireless access product. AWDL, targeted at both U.S. and European markets, is designed to resolve major challenges wireless service providers face, including universal coverage in a cell and …

Motorola Inc.’s miserable journey into the realm of mobile satellite communications with Iridium L.L.C. worsened last week when a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge in New York ruled that creditors of Iridium could proceed with plans to sue Motorola for $2 …

Infowave Thomas U. Koll was appointed Infowave Software Inc.’s new chief executive officer. He previously was vice president of Microsoft’s Network Solutions Group and was responsible for the company’s worldwide business with telecommunications companies in wireline and wireless markets. Koll …

Of the 387 people who work for Parthus Technologies plc, more than 300 are engineers. This, company executives say, is one of the main reasons Parthus is able to offer such a diverse range of products and technologies, and eventually …

Schlumberger Ltd. spent close to $6 billion across three technology acquisitions last week, proof the oil services giant is serious about moving into the technology sector, with special emphasis on wireless services and smart cards. But while some in the …

Telcom Global Chris Carter was appointed Telcom Global Solutions Inc.’s senior director for engineering services. In his new position, Carter will be responsible for planning and managing the company’s global resource pool. Carter has more than seven years of experience …

AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc.’s semiconductor products sector said it would reduce its workforce by 4000 jobs in the course of this year as part of its “steps to boost efficiency and profitability.” The layoffs will involve ending the assignments of contract …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-National Semiconductor Corp. reported it was buying networking chipset developer InnoComm wireless for about $130 million in a move to expand its wireless networking business. San Diego-based InnoComm produces chipsets for Bluetooth, HomeRF and 802.11 wireless networking standards.

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-PicoTurbo Inc., NewLogic Technologies and Chip Express Corp. announced a partnership integrating the NewLogic Boost IP core with the picoTurbo pT-100 microprocessor IP core creating a Bluetooth baseband processor solution including the hardware and software required for Bluetooth …

Qualcomm Inc. said it is reviewing the need for and timing of its proposed initial public offering of Qualcomm Spinco Inc., the company’s semiconductor business, which it plans to spin off. Regardless of the decision on the IPO, Qualcomm said …

The ominous shadow of an economic slowdown is creeping into the wireless industry as vendors reel under unfulfilled earnings forecast, poor sales performance, downgrades and investor anxiety, capping off the gold-rush mentality of the past half-decade which took shareholders, analysts …

In tune with lowered expectations, Motorola Inc.’s fourth-quarter earnings dropped, confirming fears of an industrywide slowdown. Including special items, its net income dropped 58 percent to $135 million, or six cents per share, from $323 million a year ago. Excluding …

SAN DIEGO-Amid signs of a slowing market and weary investors, Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. managed to raise $37.5 million in its Series G Preferred financing, which was led by Morgenthaler Ventures. Other investors included CDIB Ventures, Global Alliance Venture Capital and …