IDG News Service - If $8 billion shows up in Sprint Nextel's wallet as planned in Softbank's proposed takeover, the No. 3 U.S. mobile operator may pay off debt, speed up its rollout of LTE, or even buy its network partner, Clearwire. ...
It was looking like it would be this time next year before mobile operators other than EE – formerly Everything Everywhere – were able to offer 4G. The merger between T-Mobile and Orange was the only brand to receive a ...
Tags: mobile operators, mobile industry, DCMS, EE
The iPhone 5 is"geometrically more complex"than Apple's previous smartphones,a teardown expert said today after taking apart the company's newest device. "Across the board,this is geometrically more complex,and very,very interesting,"said ...
Tags: iPhone 5, Apple, smartphone, LTE
Based on a low-power Renesas RL78/I1a microcontroller, the DALI Demo Kit uses a wireless mesh network for SSL control and will be available from Virtual Extension in Q4. Renesas Electronics Europe and Virtual Extension are showcasing a ...
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The wireless standard dubbed WiGig is set to launch in products in 2013, enabling users to connect all mobile and desktop devices without wires. The Wireless Gigabit Alliance formed in 2009 to create the WiGig standard, which will run ...
Tags: WiGig, desktop devices, Wireless Gigabit, Wi-Fi
M/A-COM Tech launches MMIC doubler with integrated gain,self-biased doubler and driver stages M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell,MA,USA(which makes analog semiconductors,components and subassemblies for RF,microwave and ...
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RF Micro Devices,says it has begun production shipments of power amplifiers to Samsung for use in the next-generation Galaxy S3 4G LTE smartphone. This 4G LTE smartphone features a dual core multi-mode 3G/LTE modem. RFMD said it ...
RFMD starts shipping power amplifiers for LTE version of Samsung's Galaxy S3 smartphone RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro,NC,USA has begun production shipments of power amplifiers(PAs)to Samsung in support of its next-generation Galaxy ...
Reliable communication is vital in all types of transportation and in particular communication systems need to work effectively in marine vessels. Typically, a ship will use a number of transmitter-receivers or 'transceivers', for example ...
Tags: Electronics, Antenna, communication
Antenova has released a switch-less wideband LTE antenna reference design for smartphones. "The goal of a truly global LTE smartphone imposes great challenges on the antenna system,"said CEO Greg McCray."While the current majority of LTE ...
Tags: LTE, Antenova, Smartphones
To achieve higher download and upload speeds,vendors and operators are planning to use a number of different technologies over the coming years in both HSPA and LTE networks. At their core,many of these technologies are related to ...
Tags: Mobile Networks, smartphone, MIMO, Uplink Transmit Diversity, spectrum
20 June 2012 Avago launches wireless products for3G/4G small-cell base stations and portable GPS systems Avago Technologies(which supplies wireless components for cellular base stations,macrocells,other communications subsystems,and ...
Tags: Avago, wireless products, GPS systems
Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc(TAEC)-a subsidiary of Tokyo-based semiconductor maker Toshiba Corp-has announced a Ka-band high-power gallium nitride(GaN)microwave monolithic integrated circuit(MMIC)with what it claims is one of ...
RF front-end component maker and foundry services provider TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro,OR,USA has launched what is claimed to be the first 802.11ac-ready Wi-Fi RF module for next-generation mobile devices.In addition to ...
Tags: TriQuint, Wi-Fi, Mobile Device, Download
In booth 1210 at the 2012 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium(IMS)in Montreal,Canada(17-22 June),RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro,NC,USA has launched four RF front-end modules(FEMs)for next-generation WiFi applications.The ...
Tags: RFMD, WiFi, FEM, IMS, WiFi applications