Sierra Wireless' latest embedded wireless module connects cars to Verizon's LTE network, underlining growing interest in the 4G technology while also highlighting its current drawbacks. There is growing demand for the integration of 4G ...
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On the roof of a medical building in San Francisco, Sprint Nextel has a cell site that's far above the cramped canyons of the city's streets, but despite the wide-open views, space is limited. Sprint shares the roof with other mobile ...
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The spread of smartphones, powered by fast 3G and LTE networks used to watch ever more video content, are pushing up the volume of mobile data traffic. The challenge for operators will be to turn that into more revenue, as users prefer ...
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Governments routinely use the internet to spy on people and organisations, and to steal sensitive and classified information - and we'd all better get used to it. That is the message from Chinese' networking company Huawei's head of ...
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Mobile users can probably look forward to being automatically transferred from cellular to Wi-Fi networks in the near future, but going back and forth for the best possible performance is another matter. Software in the works will use ...
Momentum is building as leading companies engage in the first round of 5G technology development, according to Strategy Analytics, which recomends that companies start planning now to influence the definition of the requirements for the new ...
Semiconductor giant Intel is the mystery buyer that has emerged for ST-Ericsson's global navigation satellite system (GNSS) business. Intel had been fingered as a possible buyer of the unit, put up for sale when joint owners Ericsson and ...
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Intel has confirmed that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets of the Global Navigation Satellite System business of ST-Ericsson, extending its investments in positioning technology. The financial terms of the ...
Ericsson has announced it plans to close its copper telecoms cable manufacturing facility in Sweden, at the cost of 354 jobs. "The decision is based on the fact that Ericsson's production of telecom cables is small from a global ...
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New network software from Ericsson is designed to make sure mobile users get the best possible connection when there is both a Wi-Fi and a cellular network available. The software, which Ericsson introduced at the CTIA Wireless trade show ...
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Ericsson may have a contender for oddest networking product if it commercializes the wireless bus windows it demonstrated at this week's CTIA Wireless trade show. The windows would have built-in, translucent antennas connected to an ...
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Europe's Digital Agenda Commissioner on Thursday set out plans for the E.U. to produce more micro- and nano-chips than the U.S. in the next seven years. "I want to double our chip production to around 20 percent of global production. I ...
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The European Union may be trying to protect its telecom equipment industry with its recent threat to investigate China over networking equipment imports. But the move could end up hurting the chances of Western vendors intent on supplying ...
Jolla, the smartphone start-up established by "refugees" from Nokia, has demonstrated its first reference design, with new devices being released to the public by the end of the year. Although the company is focused on developing the ...
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For first-quarter 2013, RF front-end component maker and foundry services provider TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA has reported revenue of $184.2m, down 15% on $216.7m on a year ago and 21% on $233.6m last quarter. ...
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