Qualcomm jumps on China 3G expectations
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Qualcomm Inc.  shares jumped more than 4 percent on Tuesday after China said it may grant a license for a next-generation cellphone network that would boost royalties to the wireless technology and chip supplier.
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French telecoms equipment maker  Alcatel is nearing a deal with a Chinese peer on cooperating to  build third-generation (3G) mobile phone networks using a  Chinese technology standard, a senior executive said.
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SINGAPORE Telecommunications (SingTel) said it will commercially launch its high-speed third generation (3G) mobile service within months, putting it at the forefront of Southeast Asian telecoms firms looking to roll out the technology.
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LONDON - Qualcomm Inc. has bought Trigenix, a British startup specializing in software that lets mobile network operators adjust the menus on handsets, for $36 million in cash.
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Wireless technology company Qualcomm Inc.  on Wednesday posted quarterly earnings that rose 46 percent on strong sales of cell phones using its chips, but said current-quarter earnings would fall short of the average Wall Street forecast.
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InfoWorld - Qualcomm made a clear statement about its vision for future mobile devices on Monday by buying SoftMax, a provider of noise-reduction algorithms.
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SINGAPORE - SingTel will begin selling high-speech third generation mobile phones, or 3G phones, from Thursday, making it the first company in the region to sell the new technology.
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China may dish out its first 3G  license as early as this month, a senior industry executive  said on Tuesday, as China Telecom  and Netcom   soared on hopes that Beijing would finally take the  leap after three years of false starts.
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InfoWorld - Qualcomm is offering mobile phone makers a choice of technologies to tune into mobile TV services. In addition to its MediaFlo broadcast system, the U.S. manufacturer unveiled the development of two new chips supporting alternative technologies at last week&#39;s&#160;3GSM World Congress&#160;in Barcelona.
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(InfoWorld) - The Chinese government will not issue licenses for 3G (third-generation) mobile services until the first quarter of 2008, according to a Chinese report. China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) will not issue the licenses until a new round of tests involving theÂ homegrown TD-SCDMAÂ (time division synchronous code division multiple access) 3G technology ends next year, reported Caijing magazine in its latest issue. Delaying the releaseÂ of the 3G licenses will give TD-SCDMA and its backers additional time to close the gap with more mature 3G technologies, WCDMA (wideband CDMA) and CDMA2000 EV-DO (evolution data optimized). In December, China's Minister of Information Industry, Wang Xudong, reiterated a promise that commercial 3G services would be available when Beijing hosts the Olympic Games in 2008. Issuing licenses during the first quarter of 2008 would still allow operators to meet this goal, even if they have little time to expand their 3G coverage areas throughout the country. The eventual release of 3G licenses will coincide with a restructuring of China's major telecommunications operators, which are currently split into fixed-line and mobile carriers, Caijing reported. The four major Chinese telecommunication operators, which are all state-owned, are currently divided into fixed-line and mobile carriers. China TelecommunicationsÂ (China Telecom) and China Network Telecommunications Group (China Netcom) are the country's primary fixed-line carriers, offering voice and Internet services. To avoid overlap and direct competition between the two carriers, the country was divided up between the two companies. China Telecom serves western and southern China, including Shanghai, while China Netcom's market covers the north, including Beijing. The two mobile carriers, China Mobile Communications (China Mobile) and China United Telecommunications Co. (China Unicom), are not restricted geographically but they use different technologies. China Mobile operates a GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) network and has the most subscribers, while China Unicom has both a GSM network and a CDMA service that is its primary network and offers faster data downloads. Determining how these companies will be structured, and what mobile networks they will have, is not something that will be determined by MII alone. The decision also involves the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), which oversees China's state-owned companies and is a central player in the 3G licensing process. Further complicating the bureaucratic wrangling over 3G and telecommunication industry reform, there are other government organizations, including the National Development and Reform Commission and Ministry of Science and Technology, involved in the decision process.
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InfoWorld - China will put its homegrown 3G (third-generation) mobile technology to use during the 2008 Olympic Games, the country's state-owned broadcaster said in a news report.
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Cell phone chip maker Qualcomm said on Tuesday it has purchased United Kingdom-based wireless developer Trigenix, in part to bolster Qualcomm&#39;s stake in the European cell phone market.
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Qualcomm and Texas Instruments have unveiled two competing schemes for delivering video to cell phones that bypass 3G. Is the market big enough to get them off the ground?
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Wireless technology company Qualcomm Inc.  on Wednesday reported a higher quarterly profit on growing global demand for cellular networks using its technology.
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China may issue long-awaited licenses to build third generation (3G) mobile phone networks &quot;very soon,&quot; the government's top telecom official said.
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InfoWorld - The Chinese government will not issue licenses for 3G (third-generation) mobile services until the first quarter of 2008, according to a Chinese report.
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Qualcomm , the world&#39;s top  mobile chip designer, said on Wednesday China recently passed  Japan to become its second largest Asian market, as it unveiled  a major tie-up with leading smartphone maker HTC (2498.TW).