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Qualcomm Cell Phone Ban To Take Effect

Eliza Villarino — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 06:45:02 +0000

Qualcomm continues to lose the war over patents with Broadcom. U.S. President George W. Bush has announced he will not overturn a June ruling by the International Trade Commission banning the importation of cell phones housing chips infringing Broadcom patents. Qualcomm, however, is determined not to give up the fight. Aside from preparing an appeal to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, the firm has teamed up with its clients and operators to devise new software that would sidestep the patent. “We will pursue all legal and technical options available to us to minimize the impact of the ITC order on consumers, our customers and the entire wireless industry,” said Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs.

Broadcom is obviously happy with Bush’s decision. “This decision strengthens the intellectual property rights of all U.S. companies, not just Broadcom,” remarked David A. Dull, Broadcom’s senior vice president and general counsel. “And (it) sends a clear message to all those who would seek to escape the consequences of their patent infringement. In upholding the ITC remedy, the administration is also encouraging a market-based solution to patent issues that is in the best interests of American consumers, U.S. companies and global patent protection.”
Via [news.com.com]

Broadcom Puts WiFi, Bluetooth And FM On Wireless Chip

Eliza Villarino — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:22:00 +0000

Broadcom has unveiled BCM4325, a chip that supports WiFi, Bluetooth and FM radio. With the use of proprietary “InConcert” algorithms, the chip is able to address interference issues between Bluetooth and WiFi. Such problems normally happen in the past when radios operate in the same spectrum — both Bluetooth and WiFi tap the 2.4GHz band. The company claimed that the combined features would reduce active and idle power consumption by 40 percent and create 50 percent free space on the chip.
Via [cbronline.com]

Broadcom Wi-Fi Router Touts Integration

Eliza Villarino — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 08:56:00 +0000

Broadcom has unveiled an 802.11g Wi-Fi chip that will provide full Layer 3 routing. By integrating a 54g radio and a medium access control block with an Ethernet switch and a MIPS processor, the BCM5354 can generate and connect to multiple networks through a sole access point via multi-BSSID (Basic Service Set Identifier) software.

Lenovo, according to the company, will use Broadcom’s Intensi-fi 802.11n chip sets to allow its N100 widescreen notebook computer and certain 3000-family notebook computers to access dual-band 802.11a/g/n services and enable Bluetooth and Ethernet capabilities.

Buffalo Inc. also opted for Broadcom’s reference design for use in Skype Wi-Fi phones. The design calls for the combination of BCM1161 VoIP processor and the AirForce One BCM4318E 54g chip. The Skype-certified Buffalo handsets are expected to hit the Japanese market this month.
Via [eetimes.com]

Atheros And Broadcom Combine Over 802.11n

Sherry Jones — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 10:50:00 +0000

Speed may be the goal, but interoperability is the number one concern among 802.11n vendors and user-hopefuls. The 802.11n standard is hoped to achieve markedly faster transmission speeds with higher quality at longer distances and with less interference. Unfortunately, current 802.11n draft-compliant products have tested at less than desired levels, even coming short of results achieved by non-compliant products. Truly certified products are expected to be available the first half of 2007; early buyers are warned their 2006 purchases may not be compatible with the final version.
Via [techworld.com]

Two Vendors Claim ‘First’ Pre-Standard 802.11n Chipsets

Wayne Slavin — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 12:12:00 +0000

Marvel and Broadcom both say they’re ready to ship chipsets based on the new technology, designed to increase bandwidth and make other improvements over 802.11g.
Via [informationweek.com]

Broadcom 802.11g Chipset Reverse Engineered

Wayne Slavin — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 11:21:00 +0000

Over two years ago a group was founded to reverse engineer the Broadcom Wireless LAN chipsets to provide Linux drivers. This chipset is used by many OEMs, for example in Appleâ€™s AirPort Extreme in Power- and iBooks, Linksysâ€™ WAP and WRT series of consumer grade wireless routers, various laptops from Acer, Gateway, HP and others and many more external and internal devices, including CardBus cards.
Via [linuxelectrons.com]

802.11n Deal Imminent, Says Broadcom Exec

Wayne Slavin — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 17:52:00 +0000

The logjam that has delayed agreement on the IEEE 802.11n high data-rate WLAN standard will be broken soon, and a standard agreed by the middle of next year, a senior executive from Broadcom Corp. told the World Broadband Forum.
Via [eetimes.com]

Broadcom Unveils Wi-Fi Solution For PCI Bus

Wayne Slavin — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 15:07:00 +0000

Broadcom Corp. has announced what it claims is the first Wi-Fi chipset that supports the PCI Express bus architecture.
Via [eetimes.com]

Broadcom Holds Off On 802.11n Chip

Wayne Slavin — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 21:23:00 +0000

We shouldn’t look a for an 802.11n chip from Broadcom anytime soon, according to Jeff Abramowitz, senior director of marketing for the company’s home and wireless networking business unit.
Via [reed-electronics.com]

Companies Team To Enable Push-button Security In WiFi Nets

Wayne Slavin — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 01:16:00 +0000

Broadcom has teamed up with Linksys and Hewlett-Packard to bring push-button security capabilities to WiFi networks.
Via [commsdesign.com]

Broadcom Boosts Wi-Fi Coverage

Wayne Slavin — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 18:22:00 +0000

Two new Wi-Fi products from Broadcom, a client chipset and a router system-on-a-chip, utilize the company’s new BroadRange signal processing technology, which can boost the coverage area of broadband wireless systems by as much as 50 percent, Broadcom says.
Via [newsfactor.com]

Chipsets Boost Wi-Fi Range By 50 Per Cent

Wayne Slavin — Wed, 24 Nov 2004 16:06:00 +0000

Broadcom today unveiled two wireless Lan chipsets which it claims allow Wi-Fi users to maintain high speed wireless connections at distances up to 50 per cent greater than previous offerings.
Via [vnunet.com]

Broadcom Goes the Distance

Wayne Slavin — Tue, 23 Nov 2004 17:10:00 +0000

Broadcom Corp. will introduce two new 802.11g radio chip sets designed to extend access point range.
Via [eweek.com]

Broadcom To Push Security Improvements

Wayne Slavin — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 14:22:00 +0000

Broadcom Corp.’s 2005 to-do list includes integrating security features into its enterprise products, backing AMD’s microprocessors and boosting its presence in handsets, executives said Thursday.
Via [eweek.com]

Broadcom Squeezes Voice-Over-Wi-Fi Into Two ICs

Wayne Slavin — Tue, 12 Oct 2004 16:57:00 +0000

In a move to convert the residential phone into an Internet appliance capable of handling voice and data traffic, Broadcom Corp. has condensed all of its Wi-Fi and voice-over-Internet Protocol hardware and software technologies into two chips. A phone equipped with the chip set could replace a consumer’s cordless phone, but would also browse the Web, and send e-mail or instant messages, without compromising voice quality or battery life, Broadcom said.
Via [commsdesign.com]