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Room for other devices alongside mobiles
News Even though mobile phones are getting more sophisticated, other portable devices will continue to reach parts of the market that phones cannot, says IDC.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Development/design, Web sites, SMB, Mobile, India, International Data Corp., Chip, phone, hard drive
3Dlabs--Creative's launch pad into mobile space?
News Wholly-owned subsidiary of Creative confirms handset makers in Asia are evaluating its mobile processor, but won't say if Creative is one of them.
Tags: Media players, Mobile processors, Development/design
Suzhou: The next semiconductor hotbed?
News National Semiconductor, promising US$200 million in investments during the next five years, has signed a pact to build its first mainland plant.
EC approves Ericsson, STMicro joint venture
News The European Commission gives nod for deal that sets up a business to provide wireless platforms for handsets and semiconductors for mobile communications.
Tags: Networking, Mobile platforms/communications, Hardware, Software, Mobile, Wireless Platform, Semiconductor, Wireless, Dutch company, 2G
Texas Instruments sheds 3,400 jobs
News The job cuts follow a 95 percent year-on-year drop in quarterly profits, largely attributable to declining sales of chips for mobile phones.
Tags: Layoffs, 802.11/Wi-Fi, Handhelds, Texas Instruments Inc., Semiconductor, Wireless, digital signal processor, processor, job, revenue
Motorola names new cell phone chief
News The company selects former Qualcomm exec Sanjay Jha to head its beleaguered mobile-device business and become a co-CEO, leading the release of several new phones.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Cellular phones, Smart phones, Qualcomm Inc., Motorola Inc., Cell Phone, Stock, Touch Screen, phone, stock price
The next year is crucial for WiMax
News WiMax, though "promising", will need to prove itself in the market over the next year before reaching commercial success, says IDC.
Tags: WiMax, Network infrastructure, Mobile, International Data Corp., QoS, phone, performance, program manager, revenue, supply chain
Ericsson paces wireless stocks
News Shares of wireless handset makers and the suppliers to those companies surge on talk that the sector may have reached bottom.
Agilent shares sink on profit forecast
News Shares of Agilent Technologies fell 9 percent Wednesday after the Hewlett-Packard spinoff said second-quarter profit and sales will be lower than expected.
Lucent spins off, new company to focus on enterprise networking
News Lucent Technologies is spinning off its PBX, SYSTIMAX structured cabling and LAN-based data businesses to shareowners, forming a separate company that will focus directly and independently on the enterprise networking market.
