Articles tagged with: Qualcomm and Lg

LG Shows Off LTE SMartphone with Qualcomm Processor

­LG Electronics has shown off its anticipated new LTE smartphone, the  Optimus G, which is also the company's first LTE device featuring qualcomm's Snapdragon S4 Pro Quad-Core processor.  more

Related Tags: virgin-media, wi-fi, london-underground, london, UK


Qualcomm Confirms Details of Forthcoming LG Smartphone

­qualcomm has accidentally confirmed some technical details of a forthcoming smartphone from LG Electronics.  more

Related Tags: , Burkina Faso


LTE is changing the landscape of IPR wealth

The emergence of LTE is causing a major reshuffle in the distribution of IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) wealth, according to new research from Informa Telecoms & Media. ­While the 2G, 3G, and 3.5G IPR landscape was dominated by qualcomm, Nokia, and Ericsson, the arrival of LTE is seeing the emergence of new players such as Samsung, LG and Huawei, who have dramatically improved their patent portfolio for LTE compared to previous technologies.  more

Related Tags: lte, samsung, huawei, nokia,, ericsson, wireless, patent


Smart Phones Ring in Healthy Growth in 2009 Despite Mobile Meltdown

Although the outlook for the overall mobile handset market continues to dim, smart phones remain a bright spot with global unit growth as high as 11.1 percent in 2009, iSuppli is predicting. iSuppli's optimistic forecast for global smart phone unit shipments calls for 192.3 million units in 2009, up 11.1 percent from 173.6 million in 2008. A more pessimistic outlook calls for growth of only 6 percent this year, reaching 183.9 million units.  more

Related Tags: android, google, orange, 3g, windows-mobile, microsoft, nokia, sim, social-networking, samsung, apple, isuppli, ict, huawei, wind, ovi, rim, personal, symbian, smart, operating-system, windows, widgets, google-android, churn, os


Taiwanese OEMs Switching from Ericsson to Qualcomm for 3G Phones

Taiwan's handset manufacturers are increasingly switching from the Ericsson mobile phone platform to qualcomm's own handset platform - report local industry sources. Sources told DigiTimes that because HTC has had good success with its qualcomm-based 3G handsets, other major handset vendors such as Motorola, LG Electronics, Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Palm all intend to adopt the qualcomm platform for their 3G products.  more

Related Tags: motorola, ericsson, cdma, palm, htc, stmicroelectronics, hewlett-packard, nxp, sharp, asustek, modem, downlink, motorola,, marvell, Taiwan


Financial Crisis Hits Western European Mobile Phone Market

The Western European mobile phone industry felt the impact of the global financial crisis in the third quarter of 2008, as total handset shipments decreased significantly over previous quarters. Mobile phone manufacturers shipped 45.8 million handsets in 3Q08, down 8.0% from the previous year and up 5.1% over 2Q08. The third quarter has historically been a ramp-up period as manufacturers load their sales channels with handsets in preparation for the holiday season, resulting in year-on-year growth as high as 20%. However, this year has not witnessed a similar ramp up, largely due to the current economic situation.  more

Related Tags: sony-ericsson, iphone, samsung, motorola, cisco, apple, apple, ericsson, idc, sony, oem, omnia, music, feature-phones


Financial Crisis Hits Mobile Phone Sales as Q3 Shipment Growth Slows

The worldwide mobile phone industry felt the impact of the global financial crisis in the third quarter of 2008 (3Q08) as total handset shipments were down significantly over previous quarters. Mobile phone manufacturers shipped a total of 299.0 million handsets in 3Q08, up 3.2% from last year, and down -0.4% over 2Q08. The third quarter of the year has historically been a ramp-up quarter as manufacturers load their sales channels with handsets in preparation for the holiday season, producing year-over-year growth rates as high as 20% as a result. This year has not witnessed a similar ramp up, largely due to the current economic situation.  more

Related Tags: google, sony-ericsson, iphone, smartphone, samsung, motorola, apple, apple, smartphones, ericsson, idc, htc, compete, touchscreen, sony, oem, apple-iphone, sanjay-jha, xperia, pace, music, true


Broadcom Claims Qualcomm's Licensing Practices Violate U.S. Law

Broadcom has fired yet another salvo in its ongoing patent battles with qualcomm and says that it has filed a complaint seeking a declaratory judgment that the sales and licensing practices of qualcomm amount to patent misuse, that qualcomm patents are "exhausted" by qualcomm's practices, and that qualcomm's patents and patent licenses are unenforceable, under applicable U.S. law.  more

Related Tags: broadcom, wind, patents, supreme-court, california, patent, court, quanta-computer, quanta, quanta,


Qualcomm Warns of Slowing Handset Replacement Cycle

qualcomm CEO, Paul Jacobs says that there are signs that mobile phone owners are delaying plans to replace their existing handsets - slowing the replacement cycle. Speaking in an interview on CNBC television, he said that the trend has been most noticeable in Japan and South Korea. However, sales of smartphones appeared to be remaining strong.  more

Related Tags: sony-ericsson, motorola, arpu, isuppli, smartphones, gartner, ericsson, sony, churn


AT&T to Launch MediaFlo Mobile TV Service in May

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- AT&T said it would launch its long-anticipated mobile television service, powered by qualcomm's MediaFlo technology, in May.  more

Related Tags: verizon-wireless, verizon, text-messages, lg-electronics, ctia, mediaflo, television,


More stories tagged with Qualcomm and Lg

Subscribe to our free daily newsletter

Search the website  
Top items on cellular-news

Search the website