German automobile major Opel will arm its passenger cars from next month with Opel OnStar, a personal connectivity and service assistant touted to offer a safer and comfortable driving. The application will be donned by the next ...
Tags: vehcile technology, Opel Astra, OnStar App
The Skoda model campaign continues full steam ahead. Just like the hatchback, the Skoda Superb Combi attains a new level in terms of creativity and technology. With the new Superb Combi, Skoda demonstrates the brand's emotional strength ...
Tags: Skoda, Superb Combi
After a successful 2013, the market for RF power semiconductors for wireless infrastructure blew off the chart in 2014, according to a new report from market analyst firm ABI Research. The Asia-Pacific region, and China specifically, ...
Avago Technologies Ltd (a supplier of III-V-based analog interface components for wireless, wireline, storage and industrial applications) has launched the ALM-2203 miniature highly integrated low-noise amplifier (LNA)-filter RFIC module, ...
Tags: LNA-Filter Module, Car Radio
China Unicom and handset vendor Xiaolijiao have jointly launched an ultra-low priced 4G smartphone, the Honglajiao, in China, which is likely to trigger a new round of price-cut competition for 4G models in the market, according to sources ...
Tags: 4G Smartphone, handset
Advanced infotainment systems, over-the-air (OTA) updates, big data analytics, mobility services and in-car security are key technologies that will shape the global connected car market in 2015. Human machine interface (HMI) input and ...
Tags: Advanced Telematics, Connected Car
General Motors’ Cadillac has added new features to its 2016 model of ELR electrified luxury coupe, while dropping the price. The proposed upgrades to the vehicle include more than 25% boost in power and torque, faster ...
Tags: Cadillac, Electrified Luxury Coupe
Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has introduced eight low-noise, variable-gain amplifier (VGA) receive modules for LTE and WCDMA infrastructure applications requiring low ...
Autonet Mobile has partnered with AT&T to offer its next generation of connected car software to the automotive segment. The new solution, which will run on AT&T 4G LTE network, will allow the user to access their cars using mobile ...
Tags: Autonet Mobile, 4G LTE network, Auto Parts
General Motors is expected to generate $350m in profit over three years through the roll out of its 4G LTE mobile broadband in its cars and trucks. General Motors chief financial officer Chuck Stevens was quoted by Reuters as saying: ...
Tags: General Motors, cars, Auto Parts
German automobile manufacturer Audi is developing a new central driver assistance controller (zFAS) with high-end computing power for piloted driving. Audi has awarded a contract to technologies specialist Delphi to supply systems for ...
Tags: Audi, Auto Parts, automobile manufacturer
Cavendish Kinetics of San Jose CA, USA, which provides RF MEMS tuning solutions for smartphones, handheld and wearable wireless devices, says that its SmarTune antenna tuning solution is gaining significant traction in the LTE smartphone ...
Tags: MEMS, Cavendish Kinetics, Electronics
Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) is sampling its second-generation tunable SFP+ module operating at very high temperatures of up to 85°C with very low power ...
Tags: Oclaro SFP+transceiver, CDR, Electronics
Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corp has developed a gallium nitride high-electron-mobility transistor (GaN HEMT) offering high output power and efficiency for use in base transceiver stations (BTS) operating in the 3.5GHz band for ...
Tags: Mitsubishi Electric, GaN HEMT
Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) says that its SkyOne Mini front-end solution is enabling several new smartphone launches. SkyOne Mini, a derivative of the SkyOne ...
Tags: Skyworks, SkyOne Mini devices