| Duo focus on Android smartphone solution for CDMA
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2010-12-29 |
| Wind River and Via Telecom have joined forces to provide Android smartphones to OEMS under Project Kunlun for China's CDMA market. |
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| Wi-Fi leads location market
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2010-12-20 |
| ABI Research forecasts that Wi-Fi location will lead all other location technologies including GPS, cellular and MEMs, with shipments reaching more than 100 crore by 2015. |
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| Qualcomm CEO optimistic about mobile apps
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2010-12-09 |
| Paul Jacobs, CEO, Qualcomm, says he strongly believes in mobile TV despite the MediaFlo business failure. |
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| Motorola, Kopin team on wearable computer headset
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2010-11-29 |
| Motorola has collaborated with Kopin to develop a hands-free computer and communications headset that would form part of a wearable computer. |
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| Radiometrix signs on distributor for India
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2010-11-19 |
| Radiometrix has chosen APC Technologies as its channel partner to tap into the Indian market for wireless design. |
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| Cloudy days ahead for electronics industry
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2010-11-02 |
| The year 2010 is almost over, and a mixed bag of fortune favours the electronic industry for the remaining months, heading into 2011. |
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| Broadcom to bag 4G solution provider
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2010-10-18 |
| Broadcom to pay Rs.1,475.59 crore ($316 million) for Beceem and its 4G wireless platform solutions portfolio. |
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| Analyst: Nokia-N8 eyes touchscreen smartphone segment
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2010-10-15 |
| Despite dramatic differences in the designs, the N8 carries a BOM cost nearly identical to iPhone 4 which indicates that N8 is gunning after the same touch-screen smartphone market ruled by Apple, according to iSuppli. |
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| Apple TV reuses iPad, iPod Touch parts
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2010-10-11 |
| iSuppli's analysis of Apple Inc's second-generation Apple TV revealed a Rs.2,894.22 ($61.98) BOM consisting of parts similar to the iPad and iPod Touch. |
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| Cortus, RivieraWaves unite on Bluetooth low energy IP
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2010-10-01 |
| Cortus and RivieraWaves have signed an agreement to offer a range of turnkey Bluetooth IP solutions |
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| Mobile phone accessories sees explosive growth
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2010-10-01 |
| Suppliers of aftermarket mobile phone accessories earned some Rs.1.24 lakh crore ($26.5 billion) in revenues in 2009 and the figure could reach more than Rs.2.33 lakh crore ($50 billion) by 2015, according to ABI Research. |
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| Qualcomm rules out NFC for now
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2010-09-16 |
| Qualcomm Inc. clarifies that it has no immediate plans to offer NFC chips for mobile handsets but has deployed its NFC engineers to predominantly work on software. |
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| Apple extends A4 chip to non-computer products
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2010-09-07 |
| In a move that reduces hardware and software design and manufacturing costs, Apple Inc. has extended the usage of the A4 microprocessor to its latest iPod Touch and its re-launched AppleTV product apart from the iPad and iPhone 4. |
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| Rocky road for car wireless applications
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2010-09-02 |
| Wireless in-vehicle technologies remain an area of intense interest for many in the automotive industry but the ever changing wireless landscape has not paved an easy path for some. |
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| QNX, Freescale team up to accelerate design cycles
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2010-08-30 |
| QNX Software Systems Co. and Freescale Semiconductor have teamed up to speed up design cycles for the automotive infotainment industry. |
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| 28 crore combo connectivity chips to ship in 2010
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2010-08-26 |
| ABI Research estimates that 97.90 crore devices will ship in 2015 that combine different radio technologies including FM broadcast reception, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and GPS |
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| Wipro introduces Bluetooth testing facility to India
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2010-08-17 |
| Bluetooth SIG recognises Wipro's Bluetooth Qualification Test Facility (BQTF |
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| Marvell, Harman turns Audi cars into Wi-Fi hotspot
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2010-08-13 |
| Marvell and Harman have jointly delivered Wi-Fi connectivity into cars, and the 2010 Audi A8 is the first automobile to showcase the factory-installed mobile hotspot. |
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| Analyst: Who will buy Infineon wireless?
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2010-08-09 |
| Amongst all its suitors, Intel is the most likely buyer for Infineon's wireless business even though Broadcom is a better fit and Samsung is clearly interested. |
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| Wireless tech vendors look to broaden horizons
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2010-07-15 |
| Taking advantage of the announcement of Bluetooth V4.0 specifications, many wireless technology vendors have decided to explore completely new markets in the consumer and entertainment applications, including Bluetooth V4.0 and Wi-Fi with 4x4 MIMO |
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| Philips, Tektronix kick-off Philips Connectivity Plugfest
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2010-07-13 |
| The plugfest is an international platform for companies to display their innovations on solutions and products on connectivity domain such as HDMI & HDMI CEC, DLNA/UPnP/Bluetooth and USB |
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| TI achieves full qualification of Bluetooth low energy stack
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2010-07-08 |
| The Bluetooth SIG has formally adopted the Bluetooth low energy technology for which Texas Instruments has achieved full qualification of the Bluetooth low energy stack |
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| Wi-Fi healthcare deployment grows by 60%
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2010-06-30 |
| The Wi-Fi adoption within healthcare has grown at more than 60 per cent over the past 12 months in WLAN and Wi-Fi real-time locations systems deployments, according to ABI Research. |
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| Intel puts cash in multimedia touchscreen firm
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2010-06-11 |
| OpenPeak Inc., a multimedia touchscreen firm has raised additional Rs.240.12 crore ($52 million) of financing from its existing investors and Intel Capital. |
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| Apart from lighting can LEDs send data?
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2010-06-10 |
| With preparations under way for a shift to solid-state lighting based on high-output LEDs, a proverbial light bulb has appeared above the heads of some forward-looking engineers to use LEDs for wireless communications. |
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| Intel-powered Google TVs on the horizon
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2010-05-24 |
| Google has officially announced its GoogleTV initiative where all systems will be powered by Intel Atom-based processors. |
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| ST taps Alango voice solution for automotive apps
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2010-05-21 |
| ST has signed a licensing agreement with Alango in which ST will integrate Alango's leading software technologies into ST's advanced Bluetooth chips for car infotainment applications, such as hands-free kits |
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| Smart phones with gyroscopes on the horizon
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2010-05-17 |
| Smart phones to get smarter with gyroscopes as they can support new user interface modes, enhance online gaming experience and perform indoor navigation. |
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| 3G mobile broadband tablets set to rise
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2010-05-03 |
| IMS Research forecasts that 3G mobile broadband will be present in over one-third of tablets shipping worldwide from 2011 onward. |
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| PoC sensor wireless platform designed for healthcare
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2010-04-29 |
| LynuxWorks and Portwell Inc. have collaborated on a proof-of-concept (PoC) wireless sensor platform based on Intel chips designed for the healthcare community. |
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