RF front-end component maker and foundry services provider TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA has introduced two new high-performance Multi-band, Multi-mode Power Amplifiers (MMPAs). The highly integrated MMPAs support more ...
On 26 February at the 2013 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain (1–5pm at the Barcelona Mandarin Oriental), Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA, which makes gallium nitride (GaN) RF components, and fabless semiconductor firm Eta Devices ...
Tags: Cree, Eta, Record-Efficiency Power Amplifier, Mobile Base-Stations
ZyXEL Communications will use software from Alcatel-Lucent to integrate mobile networking into its home networking equipment. As part of Alcatel-Lucent's Software Licensing Program, ZyXEL will integrate residential small cell software ...
Tags: ZyXEL, small cell software, mobile networking, networking equipment
HTC and Nokia are separately expected to announce super-high-quality cameras in new smartphones expected to be unveiled over the next week. It remains unclear whether the new cameras alone can lure new customers to either smartphone ...
Tags: smartphone, HTC, Nokia
LG Electronics has taken the fight to Samsung’s Galaxy Note 2, having revealed its new Optimus G Pro on Monday, which, LG says, is a direct competitor to the hugely successful phablet. The new device will have a 5.5-inch screen, ...
Tags: LG, Optimus G Pro, Samsung
In an effort to make it easier to connect vehicles, Ericsson and Gemalto have joined forces on embedded SIMs. Just like in mobile phones, SIM cards secure devices used for connecting machines. To simplify management, the telecom industry ...
Tags: Ericsson, Gemalto, embedded SIMs
Through its new Smart Plan platform, Alcatel-Lucent wants to make mobile subscription plans more flexible and allow data packages to be shared among users and handed out by companies to their customers using an application on smartphones ...
Opera's announcement yesterday that it would ditch its own browser and JavaScript engines in favor of the open-source WebKit and V8 engines will let it compete in the lucrative iOS market. But Opera's CTO maintained that that was just one ...
Tags: Opera, JavaScript engine, browser, iOS market
Nokia and LG Electronics have both launched new phones that can handle two SIM cards, as they aim to attract more buyers in developing countries. Offering dual-SIM products has become increasingly important in the last couple of years . ...
Tags: Nokia, LG Electronics, phone market
A watch that doubles as a computer and two-way radio has been a technology vision since at least the 1950s. Recently, reports that Apple is building an iWatch have lit a fire under the smart watch concept, at least in part because of ...
Tags: Apple, smart watch, company news
Mailing your cellphone to a recycling company might make you a few pounds, but it can leave you at risk of identity theft. The deletion techniques recycling companies use are meant for hard discs, and so don't work on the solid-state flash ...
Tags: cellphone, deletion techniques, flash memory
Ubiquisys is working with Guildford-based networks company Quortus to demonstrate a small-cell-based mobile PBX at Mobile World Congress, which takes place in Barcelona later this month. According to the companies, the all-mobile PBX ...
Tags: Ubiquisys, mobile PBX, Mobile World Congress
Broadcom has unveiled its smallest ever 4G LTE-Advanced smartphone wireless modem. The race is on to amongst chip suppliers to take the initiative for the generation of super mobiles which will come after this year's LTE smartphones. The ...
Tags: Broadcom, smartphone, 4G LTE-Advanced, wireless modem
Rohde & Schwarz has introduced a fading simulation module for its CMW500 wideband radio communication tester, making it possible for smartphone or chipset manufacturers to carry out standard-compliant MIMO performance tests during LTE ...
The mobile industry might be preparing to show off lots of new gadgets at this month’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, but a mergers and acquisitions specialist says the industry should forget about hyping them up and prepare for ...