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Qualcomm Reveals New EV-DO Chipset For VoIP Handsets

Eliza Villarino — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:26:00 +0000

Qualcomm Inc. has developed a modem chipset for its CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev. B, which it claims can deliver average downlink data rates of 9.3 Mbps via the 5 MHz spectrum. The company expects the Qualcomm Mobile Station Modem MSM7850 chipset to enable mobile TV, music streaming and VoIP calls. The device, which is due for sale later this year, is backward compatible with older EV-DO versions. Qualcomm announced it will release software upgrades for earlier Cell Site Modem CSM6800 to support Rev. B within the week. Qualcomm also unrolled single chip Rev. A systems including the QSC6085, which it is providing to WiFi provider China Unicom and phone maker Sanyo. India’s Tata Teleservices and China’s Huawei Mobile and ZTE are also QSC family clients.
Via [informationweek.com]

Nanoradio Launches Wi-Fi Chipset

Wayne Slavin — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 09:23:00 +0000

Swedish fabless wireless provider Nanoradio AB today announced the launch of its first generation Wi-Fi chipset solution, NRX700, aimed at the portable electronic device market.
Via [reed-electronics.com]

Startups’ Mini-PCI Card Kit, Chip Set Fuel WiMax Race

Wayne Slavin — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 16:21:00 +0000

As two startups fighting to be heard above the big WiMax guns of Intel and Fujitsu, Sequans Communications and Wavesat Inc. this week will separately announce a chip set and a mini-PCI card reference kit designed to accelerate WiMax development and deployment. The announcements come a week after the two vendors commenced WiMax certification testing.
Via [commsdesign.com]

Intel Leads Wi-Fi Chipmakers In New Forum

Wayne Slavin — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 15:01:00 +0000

Intel, Broadcom, Marvel and Atheros have sidestepped the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers’ process to work on a draft of the new 802.11n standard, which the vendors plan to submit to the IEEE’s working group for consideration, sources say.
Via [zdnet.com.au]

Qualcomm Integrates WLAN Functions Into Handsets

Wayne Slavin — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 21:39:00 +0000

Wireless technology provider Qualcomm Inc. has announced that its Mobile Station Modem chipsets will support Philips’ wireless local area network (WLAN) module.
Via [commsdesign.com]

Broadcom Unveils Wi-Fi Phone Chip

Wayne Slavin — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 16:14:00 +0000

Broadcom Corporation introduced a new single-chip mobile VoIP processor designed with Wi-Fi phones in mind. Broadcom is already offering the VoIP processor commercially.
Via [wirelessweek.com]

Alvarion Ships End-User WiMAX Equipment

Wayne Slavin — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 18:11:00 +0000

Alvarion Ltd. said Wednesday that it was first out the gate with customer-premise-equipment (CPE) based on Intel’s “Rosedale” WiMAX chip.
Via [extremewimax.com]

Intel Senses United Wireless Future In 802.21

Wayne Slavin — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 14:47:00 +0000

In a pre-show briefing to international press on Monday, Intel discussed developments that the company claims will herald a new era of cooperating standards in wireless. “Our goal is to provide seamless network connectivity across a wide range of networks,” said Alan Crouch, the director of Intel’s Oregon Communications Technology Lab. “And 802.21 is the one to watch,” he added.
Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]

Ember Expands In Cambridge, England

Wayne Slavin — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 21:09:00 +0000

Ember Corp., a startup developer of Zigbee wireless chips for embedded systems, has opened a new facility in Cambridge, England, to house an expanded radio IC design team and a business development team serving Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Via [eet.com]

LG Electronics Joins 802.11 Joint Patent Licensing Program

Wayne Slavin — Mon, 08 Aug 2005 18:59:00 +0000

Via Licensing Corp. said Tuesday that it has added LG Electronics as a licensor to its joint patent licensing program for IEEE 802.11 implementation patents.
Via [eetuk.com]

Analyst Says Consumer WLAN Adoption Still In Its Infancy

Wayne Slavin — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 15:22:00 +0000

The wave of wireless LAN (WLAN) in consumer applications is just beginning and will have a profound affect on the lives of consumers, according to an industry analyst and executives at fabless semiconductor supplier Marvell.
Via [eetimes.com]

ZigBee Shrinks To One Chip

Wayne Slavin — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 17:30:00 +0000

ZigBee devices are moving up in integration and down in cost, signaling a potential takeoff for the wireless networking technology. Ember Corp. is ramping up production of what it says is the first single-chip ZigBee solution, as well as its second-generation ZigBee software stack, EmberZNet 2.0.
Via [designnews.com]

PCTEL Snaps Up Sigma Wireless

Wayne Slavin — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 17:20:00 +0000

In an effort to gain a foothold in the European antenna market, PCTEL has acquired Sigma Wireless Technologies from Sigma Communications for $27 million.
Via [wirelessweek.com]

Metalink Wi-Fi Chip Goes At 240-Mbit-Per-Second

Wayne Slavin — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 12:22:00 +0000

Metalink Ltd. has announced it has baseband chip, the MtW8170, which when combined with the already available MtW8150 radio frequency chip, makes a chip set intended to implement the emerging IEEE 802.11n standard for next-generation WiFi and able to operate at 243-Mbits per second.
Via [eetimes.com]

Airgo Cuts MIMO Wi-Fi Chipset Prices

Wayne Slavin — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 23:18:00 +0000

Airgo, the Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) wireless technology pioneer Airgo, has launched new, low-cost Wi-Fi chipsets.
Via [theregister.co.uk]