Qualcomm’s ULIC and ZTE’s UMTS Integrate for 60% Increase in UMTS Data Throughput 

Jul 7, 2009, MD&D News Staff

The combination of Qualcomm’s Uplink Interference Cancellation (ULIC) technology and the ZTE’s Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) basestation products is designed to improve the capacity and performance of UMTS systems, according to Qualcomm. ...

Sprint Clears Telit CDMA M2M Module For Network Use 

Jun 22, 2009, MD&D News Staff

The CC864-DUAL, a CDMA dual-band cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) communications module from Telit Wireless Solutions Inc., has been approved for Sprint’s national 3G wireless network. With this certification, Telit M2M users can now gain Sprint coverage and use their M2M applications on the system....

Low-Frequency Quadrature Modulator Extends Transmitter Performance 

May 14, 2009

The LTC5598 direct-conversion quadrature modulator from Linear Technology Corp. offers superior linearity performance and low noise to enhance the dynamic range performance of basestation transmitters, according to the company, with +27.7-dBm OIP3 and +74-dBm OIP2....

Receiver And Software Suite Accelerate GPS Navigation 

May 13, 2009, MD&D News Staff

Several Mio and Magellan PNDs now use the ROCm GPS technology from Atheros Communications. According to the company, its AR1511 single-chip GPS receiver and companion Orion 3.1 software suite deliver precise navigation using the Atheros AGPS technology, advanced parallel search, and superior tracking sensitivity....

Qualcomm Launches $550k Business Plan Competition 

May 8, 2009, MD&D News Staff

Qualcomm Inc. has launched a global business plan competition to promote innovation in the wireless industry. The Qualcomm Ventures QPrize contest is open to entrepreneurs in North America, Europe, China, and India, providing $550,000 in total seed funding to help entrepreneurs transform their innovative business plans into reality. ...

Qualcomm, Sanmu Sign 3G License Agreement 

May 5, 2009, MD&D News Staff

Qualcomm has granted Shenzhen Sanmu Communication Co. Ltd. a worldwide patent license to develop, manufacture, and sell 3G subscriber units and module/modem cards implementing the cdma2000 and/or TD-SCDMA standards....

Ember And ARM Target High-Performance ZigBee Networks 

Apr 30, 2009, MD&D News Staff

Ember’s upcoming next-generation ZigBee semiconductors will use the 32-bit ARM Cortex-M3 processor for applications like smart energy, home area networks, home health care, and security systems. According to Ember, the Cortex-M3 brings together multiple technologies to reduce memory and processor size while delivering industry-leading performance and power efficiency....

Amazon’s Kindle 2 Costs $185.49 To Build 

Apr 23, 2009

The Kindle 2 eBook reader from Amazon.com carries $185.49 in materials and manufacturing costs, according to iSuppli’s Teardown Analysis Service. The direct material cost of the Kindle 2, consisting of all parts used to make the product, amounts to $176.83. ...

LG Announces Design Competition 

Apr 21, 2009, MD&D News Staff

LG Mobile Phones is partnering with crowdSPRING and Autodesk to hold a new competition to define the future of personal mobile communication. U.S. residents age 18 and over can submit their design for the next LG mobile phone and compete for more than $80,000 in awards, with $20,000 for first place, $10,000 for second place, and $5000 for third place, plus 40 honorable mentions receiving $1000 and an LG U.S. phone. ...

Femto Forum Announces Business Case Study, New Members 

Apr 17, 2009

Signals Research Group has completed a business case for femtocells for the Femto Forum, finding that across a wide variety of scenarios considering different regions of the world, the business case for femtocells is strong. The Femto Forum also announced seven new members: Cable&Wireless, Intelibs, Octasic, Qualcomm, Sony Corp., Toshiba, and True Move....

China Defies Global Decline In Wireless Carrier Spending 

Apr 16, 2009

China is expected to defy the downturn in the global wireless infrastructure equipment business in 2009, as the nation’s 3G network rollout drives world-beating double-digit growth in carrier capital spending, according to iSuppli Corp. The market research company expects spending on wireless infrastructure equipment in China to rise to $6.2 billion in 2009, up 13.2% from $5.5 billion in 2008....

Resistive Touchscreen Technology, Smart-Phone Applications Prevail At CTIA 

Apr 15, 2009, MD&D News Satff

Smart phones stole the show at the International CTIA Wireless 2009 conference earlier this month, and touchscreens and applications will play a key role in their success, according to iSuppli Corp. In fact, iSuppli’s optimistic forecast for global smart-phone shipments totals 192.3 million units in 2009, up 11.1% from 173.6 million in 2008. ...

RIM Sees Financial Gains Despite Tough Market 

Apr 14, 2009, MD&D News Staff

Research in Motion Ltd. (RIM), maker of the popular BlackBerry series of smart phones, saw $3.46 billion in revenue in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009—up 24.5% from $2.78 billion in the previous quarter and up 84% from $1.88 billion in the same quarter last year....

Wireless Ethernet Backhaul Solution Lets Carriers Scale Their Backhaul Networks 

Apr 9, 2009, Louis E. Frenzel

With more and faster data services becoming common at wireless carriers, the limitations of the backhaul networks have become evident. Here is one way to solve this problem....

Satellite/Terrestrial Phone Reference Design Brings Full Us/Canada Coverage To Those Who Need It 

Apr 9, 2009, Louis E. Frenzel

Elektrobit and TerreStar announced two new reference designs at CTIA, both of them based on a satellite/terrestrial radio design that can provide a unique full coverage smartphone as well as modem capabilities....

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