Nanjing Z-Com developing 4G small cells for China market

May 22, 11:36

China-based Nanjing Z-Com Wireless has cooperated with IC design houses to begin development of 4G small cell equipment specifically for the China market and expects adoption by mobile...

Taiwan NCC sets floor pricing for 4G licenses

May 16, 14:15

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on May 15 announced floor prices for acquiring frequency band units to operate next-generation (4G) mobile broadband communications...

Taiwan market: 4G license applications to open in May

Apr 25, 16:13

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on April 24 said that applications for 4G mobile communications licenses will begin on May 1, 2013 and end on June 15.

Taiwan market: Vee TIME plans to compete for 700MHz 4G license

Feb 26, 10:35

Vee TIME, a WiMAX operator in southern Taiwan, is likely to compete for a 700MHz 4G license through open bidding to be held by the National Communications Commission (NCC) by the...

Sequans, Alcatel-Lucent team up for LTE broadcast

Feb 25, 11:53

Sequans Communications has successfully completed interoperability testing of Alcatel-Lucent's LTE infrastructure equipment with Sequan's eBMS-capable LTE chipsets, according to the...

Taiwan market: Total investment in 4G operation estimated at NT$148.4 billion, says TCA

Feb 20, 14:54

The total investment by 4G mobile communication licensees to start operation in Taiwan is estimated at NT$148.4 billion (US$5.0 billion), not including licensing prices through open-bid...

Taiwan NCC details 4G licensing plans

Jan 24, 19:41

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on January 23 details its tentative planning for the release of a total bandwidth of 270MHz for operating next-generation mobile...

NCC plans to set conditions on 4G frequency band transfers to prevent speculation

Dec 20, 16:24

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) will release 4G licenses by the end of 2013. In order to prevent possible speculative buying by licensees that have no intention...

Taiwan market: NCC sets forth principles for 4G licensing

Nov 27, 14:57

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on November 26 announced the principles for releasing total bandwidth of 270MHz for next-generation mobile broadband communication...

Taiwan NCC sets tentative schedule for 4G licensing

Nov 13, 14:20

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has set a tentative schedule for releasing 4th-generation mobile communication licenses, with licensees to be selected at the end...

China may unveil frequency bands for 4G soon, says MIIT official

Sep 11, 15:13

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) is likely to release frequency bands available for 4G mobile communication services as soon as the end of September...

Global Unichip posts record monthly revenues

Sep 7, 01:30

IC design service company Global Unichip has announced revenues of NT$1.12 billion (US$37.6 million) for August 2012, up 24.1% on month and 25.7% from a year earlier. The figure also...

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...