Faraday tapes out 40nm ASICs for 4G LTE base stations, says paper

Newswatch - May 21, 15:33

IC design service provider Faraday Technology has completed the tape-out of ASICs for 4G LTE base stations, utilizing a 40nm process at United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC),...

4G power amplifiers to buoy Sigurd sales in 2012

Mar 15, 14:50

Packaging and testing house Sigurd Microelectronics reportedly has landed new orders for 4G LTE chips, including those placed by Anadigics and other major power amplifier suppliers...

HTC likely to lose top rank in US 4G market

Mar 15, 01:25

Competition for the 4G smartphone market in the US is expected to heat up soon as AT&T, Sprint Nextel and Verizon Wireless all have adopted new strategies for the purchase of...

March shipments of 4G mobile phones to reach over 1 million

Mar 1, 01:30

Mobile phone makers Samsung and HTC both target 4G phone shipments in March to exceed one million units. Shipments in second-quarter 2012 are likely to reach 5-10 million units. Suppliers...

Lantiq/Altair solution adopted by IPWireless for LTE end-user devices

Feb 22, 16:13

Lantiq has announced that IPWireless, which develops and designs 3G and 4G wireless broadband and broadcast solutions, has selected the solution that combines its XWAY GRX168 network...

Chip firms gearing up for 4G smartphones

Feb 16, 14:19

With Samsung Electronics, HTC and other smartphone vendors set to promote their 4G handsets in 2012, suppliers of the major components such as baseband processors and power amplifiers...

China Mobile reportedly to obtain 4G license in December 2012

Feb 10, 11:35

The China government reportedly will issue 4G licenses earlier than originally expected in December 2012 and China Mobile may be the first to obtain a license and adopt TD-LTE (Time...

LTE infrastructure spending booming, says IHS

Feb 1, 16:14

Global capital spending on LTE technology is projected to reach US$24.3 billion in 2013, nearly triple the US$8.7 billion of 2012, according to IHS iSuppli. LTE infrastructure spending...

LTE and 3G driving 30% growth in APAC mobile Internet infrastructure market, says Synergy Research

Nov 11, 11:25

One of the fastest growing technology markets is networking equipment to support mobile Internet access. The second quarter of 2011 saw mobile Internet infrastructure revenues pass...

RF transceiver market for mobile devices to reach 1.5 billion by 2015, says Petrov Group (part 2)

Oct 28, 15:36

RF transceivers are critical components of mobile devices including handsets/smartphones and tablet PCs. By 2015, the total RF transceiver market will reach 1.5 billion units while...

Standalone transceiver chips to dominate the smartphone market, says Petrov Group (part 1)

Oct 21, 16:36

Transceivers are essential to the performance of mobile devices. They are designed to detect weak signals at a specific frequency when receiving and to send signals at a specific...

Fujitsu Semiconductor, Sequans team up for LTE

Oct 21, 14:16

Sequans Communications announced on October 20 it has established a technology and marketing collaboration with Fujitsu Semiconductor for the purpose of providing customers with a...

HTC emerges as 4G smartphone leader in US in 2Q11, says NPD

Newswatch - Oct 17, 11:30

HTC ranked as the top vendor of 4G smartphones in the US market in the second quarter of 2011, comprising a 62% share of the segment, according to data released by market research...

T-Mobile USA adopts HTC Amaze 4G smartphone for HSPA+ 42Mbps services

Sep 28, 14:01

T-Mobile USA will launch the HTC Amaze 4G and Samsung Electronics' Galaxy S II smartphones in October supporting its HSPA+ 42Mbps services operated in 150 local markets in the US.

Global Unichip 3Q11 revenues to rise 15-20%

Sep 22, 01:10

IC design service provider Global Unichip is expected to report 15-20% sequential growth in revenues for the third quarter of 2011, as orders for 65nm and 40nm non-recurring engineering...

AT&T launches 4G LTE/HSPA+ tablet PC from HTC

Newswatch - Sep 2, 13:31

AT&T and HTC have jointly announced that AT&T will begin selling HTC's first 4G LTE/HSPA+ tablet PC, the HTC Jetstream, in the US market on September 4.

Sequans, Greenpacket and P1 collaborate on LTE solutions

Jul 22, 11:02

4G chipmaker Sequans Communications, 4G networking solutions provider, Greenpacket, and Packet One Networks (P1), a major 4G operator in Southeast Asia, have jointly announced that...

China-version iPhones to adopt China Mobile TD-LTE technology, says paper

Newswatch - May 20, 16:03

China Mobile Communications has reached a consensus with Apple under which the next-generation of iPhones to be sold in China will adopt TD-LTE technology developed by China Mobile,...

Baseband processors still essential, says Petrov Group

May 3, 17:02

With the proliferation of tablets and smartphones application processors are in the limelight, but another group of mobile processors, basebands, deserve attention too, according...

Shortage of ITO material and delay of equipment to affect LTPS and AMOLED capacity expansion

Mar 29, 01:40

Supply of ITO materials and NF3 gas is reportedly in shortage due to the Japan earthquake, and shipments for equipment from Nikon and Canon reportedly have been delayed also due to...

HTC unveils 3D smartphone, 4G-capable tablet PC and WP7 phone at CTIA

Mar 24, 01:45

HTC has unveiled two 4G-capable devices – the HTC EVO 3D smartphone and HTC EVO View 4G tablet PC – at the CTIA Wireless 2011 trade show in cooperation with Sprint Nextel...

AT&T continues 4G spectrum grab with T-Mobile buy, says IHS iSuppli

Mar 23, 12:14

With its purchase of T-Mobile USA, AT&T appears to be continuing to use acquisitions to gain control of more of the limited supply of wireless spectrum required to compete in...

Integrated mobile processors to challenge standalone application processors, says Petrov Group (part 2)

Mar 16, 12:19

Recently several handset IC companies have announced integrated mobile processors – products that integrate baseband processor and application processor together with graphics...

China's wireless carriers double capital spending on 4G in 2011, says IHS iSuppli

Mar 4, 11:13

China's investment in the next-generation 4G wireless technology known as Long Term Evolution (LTE) is set to double in 2011 as the country's major telecom carriers move to upgrade...

LTE to overcome WiMAX and dominate 4G shipments, says IHS iSuppli

Feb 9, 14:23

Driven by widespread mobile network operator (MNO) adoption, the next-generation wireless technology known as long-term evolution (LTE) by 2014 will have more than nine times as many...

Qualcomm, China Mobile and top-five Taiwan carriers to exchange views on 4G development in seminar

Jan 20, 15:06

High-profile representatives from Qualcomm, China Mobile and the top-five Taiwan-based telecom service providers Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Taiwan Mobile (TWM), Far EasTone Telecommunications...

AT&T to launch 20 4G handsets and 12 Android smartphones in 2011

Jan 7, 02:00

AT&T plans to introduce 20 4G handsets and 12 Android-based smartphones in 2011 in order to counter Verizon Wireless which will begin to market iPhones in cooperation with Apple...

CES 2011: HTC unveils three 4G smartphones with three carriers

Jan 7, 01:25

HTC has unveiled three new 4G smartphones in cooperation with US-based carriers AT&T, Verizon Wireless and Sprint at CES 2011, making the company apparently a leading supplier...

HTC to ship 10 million 4G smartphones in 2011

Jan 6, 02:10

HTC's shipments of 4G-enabled smartphones supporting either LTE or WiMAX are expected to top over 10 million units in 2011, accounting for 20% of its shipments, according to an estimate...

Korea panel utilization rate reaches over 90% in November, says DisplaySearch

Dec 14, 14:09

Korea-based TFT-LCD panel makers' average utilization rates reached over 90% in November, while Taiwan-based panel makers were gradually increasing their utilization rates mainly...

CMI, CPT set shipment records for small- to medium-size panels in November

Dec 10, 14:27

Shipments of small- to medium-size panels will be stronger than expected in the weak season in the fourth quarter of 2010 with Chimei Innolux (CMI) and Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT)...

RIM PlayBook in North America market in 1Q11, worldwide in 2Q11

Nov 19, 01:45

Research in Motion (RIM) is scheduled to introduce its tablet PC, the PlayBook, in the North America market in the first quarter of 2011 and then worldwide in the second quarter,...

Handset testing becomes increasingly more complicated, says CGC executive

Nov 11, 13:53

With smartphones becoming functionally more powerful and supporting a growing list of communications standards, testing certification is increasingly more complicated, said Chen Hengzhong,...

AUO to start mass production of small- to medium-size AMOLED panels in 2Q11

Nov 11, 01:20

AU Optronics (AUO) started equipment installation for its AMOLED production line in the third quarter of 2010 and expects to start mass production of small- to medium-size products...