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RDA Microelectronics Sampling Wi-Fi Combo Chip

3-in-1 Connectivity Chip Designed to Support 3G/4G Smartphone Growth SHANGHAI, China, Dec. 19, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — RDA Microelectronics (Nasdaq:RDA) (“RDA Microelectronics” or the “Company”), a fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops and markets Radio Frequency (RF) and mixed-signal chips … Continue reading

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MediaTek friends Facebook with feature phone

Feature phones costing under $50 will soon come with Facebook functions built in

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簡評小米手機這個品牌 Brief comments on the new brand MIUI

這是個以山寨精神為底的 own brand

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Google to Acquire Motorola Mobility 谷歌買下摩托羅拉手機業務部門

Google 官方部落格:Supercharging Android: Google to Acquire Motorola Mobility Larry Page 的聲明中提到: Our acquisition of Motorola will increase competition by strengthening Google’s patent portfolio, which will enable us to better protect Android from anti-competitive threats from Microsoft, Apple and other companies. … Continue reading

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Samsung Is Said to Examine InterDigital’s Patents After Approach for Bid

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s second-largest maker of mobile phones, is examining InterDigital Inc.’s patent portfolio after being approached to make a bid, according to two people familiar with the matter. Samsung is looking at the patents along with Apple … Continue reading

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WiMAX 產業的下一步…

WiMAX 曾是全球矚目之 4G 行動通訊技術之一,也可成為開發中國家寬頻上網的一種替代方案。政府幾年前 M-Taiwan 及 WiMAX 產業政策推動計畫,也促進台灣成為 WiMAX 終端設備重要供應商基地。然而新世代通信技術與標準與時俱進,互相競爭,推動全球主要電信營運與系統設備業者在 4G 時代相繼投靠 LTE 陣營,預計 2015 年全球 LTE 用戶將達數億,而 WiMAX 僅可達數千萬用戶之規模。對於台灣未來電信營運商之 4G 通信技術將如何推進,與現有 WiMAX 電信營運商及上下游產業的未來發展是什麼,此時應是審視 WiMAX 產業政策之執行成果、與決定未來方向的最佳時機。 當初政府推動 WiMAX 到現在所面臨之挑戰,乃是任何新技術推廣所必面對的二大經典挑戰:技術不確定與市場不確定,這也是過去幾十年科技產業競爭的常態本質。當初政府有魄力推動 WiMAX,值得肯定,也想藉此跳脫過度依賴硬體設備代工製造思維。但全球營運商最終投向 LTE,連最初大舉投入的英特爾也拔營退出,這都只能說是科技產業不確定性之實例。此可分產業二大方向:上下游晶片、終端設備製造,與電信營運商來檢討。 在 WiMAX 電信營運方面,國內 WiMAX 網路建設時,主要 3G 電信業者均觀望而未投入,目前六家營運商只擁有四萬餘用戶,造成頻譜利用率過低與公眾資源的浪費。反觀對岸大陸,全球最大規模營運商「中國移動」一舉扛下 TD-SCDMA 國家電信政策之重責大任,台灣 … Continue reading

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GSM turns 20 today, still rocking the world

Happy birthday, dear Global System for Mobile Communications! 20 years ago today, on July 1 1991, the world’s first GSM call was made by Finnish Prime Minister Harri Holkeri. The historic call used Nokia gear on GSM’s original 900MHz band. … Continue reading

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Spreadtrum buys 3G modem firm, finds CTO

LONDON – Spreadtrum Communications Inc., China’s leading fabless chip company, has announced that it has acquired 48.4% of MobilePeak Holdings Ltd., a fabless chip company that designs UMTS/HSPA+ modem chipsets from bases in San Diego, California and Shanghai, China. Spreadtrum … Continue reading

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MediaTek expands operations in Singapore

MediaTek will be growing its presence in Singpore with a new office at One North. MediaTek will also invest more than than $94 million (120 million SGD) to expand its research and development center and business operations in Singapore. “We … Continue reading

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Nvidia’s Icera deal hides bleak outlook for EU wireless

You’ll have heard of Nvidia, the graphics and mobile chip maker. Until today, you won’t have heard of Icera, which hails from Bristol and makes data chips for mobiles. So when the former buys the latter, it’s Nvidia‘s story: rightly … Continue reading

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