Two days ago to see reports that China Mobile announced the 5G business timetable, so there is a question as the title. For 5G, don't worry about it not coming, worry about it is not time. 3G is a lesson. Today's 5G and the 3G is ...
Tags: China Mobile, 5G, business timetable
Broadband wireless and wireline communications component maker Anadigics Inc of Warren, NJ, USA has launched three new power amplifiers (PAs) optimized for 3G and 4G small-cell applications, including picocells, enterprise-class femtocells, ...
Tags: Anadigics, small-cell, Power Amplifiers
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, ...
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
Qorvo Inc of Greensboro, NC and Hillsboro, OR, USA, a provider of RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and aerospace/defense applications, has announced several new high-performance RF filters that provide faster data throughput and ...
Tags: RF Filters, 4G Smartphones
Tokyo-based Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd has begun sample shipment of the TPM-2606P2 all-in-one RF module for long-term evolution (LTE) base-stations for small cells. With the spread of smartphones and other mobile devices, mobile ...
Tags: Electric Ships Samples, Small-Cell LTE Base-Stations, Electrical
Shipments of 4G LTE handsets will grow from 204 million units in 2014 to 676 million in 2015, forecasts market analyst firm ABI Research in its report ‘4G Subscribers, Devices, and Networks Market Data’ (part of the firm’s ...
Tags: LTE handsets, Electrical
Envelope tracking (ET) adoption rates will soar, according to a new forecast analysis published by fabless envelope tracking (ET) semiconductor firm Nujira Ltd of Cambridge, UK. The firm’s research predicts that the total market for ...
Broadband wireless and wireline communications component maker Anadigics Inc of Warren, NJ, USA is shipping production volumes of its AWB7122 and AWB7222 small-cell power amplifiers to Nextivity Inc of San Diego, CA, USA (a global provider ...
Tags: Anadigics, Power Amplifiers
For its fiscal fourth-quarter 2014 (ended 29 March), RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA has reported revenue of $256m, down 11.3% on $288.5m last quarter and 8.8% on $280.6m a year ago. Fiscal Q4/2013 Q1/2014 Q2/2014 Q3/2014 ...
Tags: RFMD, Electrical, Electronics
For first-quarter 2014, RF front-end component maker and foundry services provider TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA has reported revenue of $177.6m, down 34% on $267.7m last quarter (due to seasonality plus channel inventory ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
For fiscal second-quarter 2014 (ending 28 March), Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has reported revenue of $481m, down 4.8% on $505.2m last quarter but up 13% on $425.2m a ...
Tags: Skyworks, Electrical, Electronics
China Mobile requires that all TD-LTE smartphones to be certified beginning May 31, 2014 support five mobile communication standards: TD-LTE, FDD LTE, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA and GSM, according to the company. The largest mobile telecom carrier ...
Tags: China Mobile, TD-LTE, Smartphones
At the 2014 GSMA Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain (24-27 February), RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA has announced that multiple upcoming 4G reference designs and 4G smartphones will feature its envelope tracking ...
Tags: 4G Smartphones, RFMD
At the 2014 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain (24–27 February), analog semiconductor maker Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA has introduced a suite of products targeting low-cost smartphones for emerging, high-growth ...
Tags: low-cost smartphones, high-growth markets, high-performance products