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Articles tagged with: Panasonic
Panasonic begins tender offer for Sanyo takeover
Panasonic said Thursday it has begun a tender offer to take over smaller rival Sanyo Electric for an estimated $4.4 billion, moving closer to create one of the world's biggest electronics makers. more
Panasonic slumps to $4 billion annual loss
Panasonic Corp. sank deep into the red last fiscal year, joining a growing list of Japanese electronics makers who have fallen victim to a stronger yen and an unprecedented slump in global demand. more
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Intel, Microsoft, Dell band together for WiGig
Wi-Fi, WiMax, WirelessHD, WHDI and now ... WiGig? Computer and home entertainment industry leaders, including Intel, Microsoft, Dell and Panasonic, said Wednesday that they're forming a new association to create an even faster wireless technology for zipping large files around the home. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, wimax, wirelesshd, whdi, wigig, intel, microsoft, dell
Nearly 800 Planes Will Feature In-Flight Broadband by the End of 2009
The number of broadband enabled airplanes will increase from 25 in 2008 to 800 in 2009, reports In-Stat. As a result, broadband hungry airline passengers will generate over $47 million worldwide in 2009. The in-flight broadband market is still emerging and will grow well beyond $1 billion annually by 2012. more
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Huawei Became Top International Patent Seeker in 2008
China's Huawei has, for the first time, topped WIPO's global league of international patent applications - overtaking Philips which has traditionally topped the rankings. International patent filings under WIPO's Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) by all companies grew by 2.4% in 2008, to nearly 164,000 applications. While the rate of growth was modest, as compared to an average 9.3% rate of growth in the previous three years, the total number of applications for 2008 represents the highest number of applications received under the PCT in a single year. more
US Patent Firms Seeks Ban on Imports of Nokia, HTC Mobile Phones
Following a complaint late last year by patent holdings firm, Saxon Innovations, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted to institute an investigation of certain electronic devices, including handheld wireless communications devices. The products at issue in this investigation are handheld devices such as smart phones, cellular telephones, and television remote controls. more
Related Tags: nokia, amd, apple, itu, patents, international-trade-commission, smart, itc, USA
Nokia Shop Attacked by Mob Over Mapping Software Dispute
The Nokia mapping software which shows Indian claimed Kashmir has being part of Pakistan lead to a shop being attacked in central Jabalpur city in Madhya Pradesh state. The attack was lead by activists of the youth wing of the Hindu nationalist opposition party, the BJP. more
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Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales Increased 12% in Q2 of 2008
Worldwide sales of mobile phones reached close to 305 million units in the second quarter of 2008, a 11.8 percent increase over the second quarter of 2007, according to Gartner. Sales of mobile phones in the mature markets of Western Europe and North America slightly recovered after a difficult start. Western Europe reached close to 42 million units while North America surpassed 44 million units in the second quarter of 2008. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, samsung, motorola, rsa, gps, gartner, ericsson, iden, lg, compete, sony, touch-screen, 3, omnia
Shakeups Rock 1H08 Top 20 Semiconductor Supplier Ranking
IC InsightsÃ' recent research for its Strategic Reviews Online IC company database uncovered a big shakeup in the 1H08 top 20 semiconductor supplier ranking. There are eight U.S. companies in the top 20 (including three fabless semiconductor suppliers), six Japanese, three European, two South Korean, and one Taiwanese company (IC foundry supplier TSMC) in the ranking. As shown, it required at least $2.1 billion in 1H08 sales to make the top 20 ranking. Although the top four ranked companies remained the same, there were a number of "movers and shakers" up and down the remainder of the 1H08 ranking as compared to their full-year 2007 positions. more
Related Tags: broadcom, amd, semiconductor, flash-memory, samsung, qualcomm, nec, nxp, seven, memory, hynix, foundry, flash, dram
UPDATE: Nokia, Mobile Cos to Create Symbian Foundation
Nokia, Tuesday said it will acquire the remaining stake in Symbian it doesn't already own and with a range of partners create the Symbian Foundation, an open source model for the Symbian wireless operating system. more
Related Tags: android, google, sony-ericsson, microsoft, texas-instruments, samsung, smartphones, driving, docomo, texas, apple, motorola, lg, blackberry, sony, symbian, open-source, samsung-electronics, siemens, operating-system, license-fees, symbian-foundation