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...This month, a consortium of global telecoms standards organisations declared plans to work on a sixth generation of superfast wireless cellular communications specifications....
...For Samsung, 100 smartphone shipments leads to fewer than 11 tablets, six smartwatches and six wireless earbuds....
...After going public in 2009, Avago grew rapidly via acquisition, including semiconductor company LSI, networking tech maker Brocade and, in 2015, the $37bn takeover of communications giant Broadcom, whose...
...Analysts at Citi said in a note to clients earlier on Tuesday, following reports of a potential acquisition, that the deal “would expand [HPE’s] enterprise networking exposure beyond WLAN [wireless local-area...
...After all, not only are both companies fierce competitors in the US wireless communications market, but they both carry investment-grade credit ratings (albeit the three major agencies rank Verizon’s debt...
...Those questions were brought to the fore again this week with reports that Apple is moving ahead with plans to replace iPhone wireless communications chips made by Broadcom and Qualcomm, and to make its...
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on September 9 2022. ©2022 Nikkei Inc....
...The result could be direct competition with wireless carriers such as AT&T. Satellite/smartphone deals are all the rage....
...AT&T and Verizon have agreed to scale back or postpone the launch of 5G wireless service near airport runways after an eleventh-hour outcry from the aviation industry....
...At issue between the telecoms and regulators is potential interference from high-speed wireless service with sensitive aircraft equipment used for flight take-offs and landings....
...Federal communications commissioner Brendan Carr noted that the 5G services in question, deployed on so-called C-band spectrum, have already launched in more than 40 countries without known aviation interference...
...The FAA has planned buffer zones around 50 airports that have wireless transmitters in proximity to runways, including in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago....
...The market boomed at the turn of the century, when companies including WorldCom, Global Crossing and Cable & Wireless spent billions of dollars building networks that were barely used....
...and rolling out 5G wireless technology....
...Verizon, America’s largest wireless carrier, likes to tell investors that the tens of billions of dollars it is spending to build out its 5G service will be “rocket fuel” for growth....
...DTS said this week that it would enable wireless surround sound for compatible TVs hitting the market this quarter....
...Hans Vestberg, the former Ericsson boss who took over as CEO of the US’s largest wireless carrier in 2018, has shown little interest in challenging Facebook and Google’s online ad dominance....
...By 2005, a denuded AT&T was bought for $16bn by SBC Communications, one of the Baby Bells....
...Spectrum is considered the lifeblood of the wireless industry....
...Bottlenecks are not coming from production of the most expensive components like the $45 core processor, the A15, or the 5G modem that enables latest-generation wireless communication, or the premium organic...
...Poppy Trowbridge, former director of communications for the Chancellor of the Exchequer at HM Treasury, has joined Lazard in London as its senior vice-president of communications for UK investment banking...
...The trend has particularly big implications for two areas of technology — fifth-generation wireless communication technology and artificial intelligence....
...The debt reduction means the company will have more cash to plough into its wireless business....
...The mergers and acquisitions frenzy is being driven in part by big chipmakers’ desire to scale their businesses to dominate the 5G wireless sector and the “internet of things”, as well as the IT industry...
...The Chinese company — also a trailblazer in 4G — sued Verizon Communications in February, accusing the American wireless carrier of infringing on its patents....
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